ADS Dual Link Cardbus Card (DLX-181)

by ADS Tech

Product Details

Product Manual [1.05mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 11 x 6.5 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008NV19
• Item model number: DLX-181
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,521 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

The Dual Link Cardbus Card features two (2) USB 2.0 Ports, one (1) 6-pin, one (1) 4-pin FireWire Ports and power supply. Now you can have the latest in connectivity to your notebook, easily connecting to the latest in USB 2.0 and FireWire devices such as: Hard Drives, DVD Burners, DV Camcorders, Video Capture Devices Etc. The possibilities are endless, you can now have up to 127 USB 2.0 Devices and up to 63 FireWire Devices.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars USB 2.0 Repeatedly Crashes my XP Pro HP Laptop, September 20, 2004

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J. Mueller (Flagstaff, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADS Dual Link Cardbus Card (DLX-181) (Personal Computers)

Firewire and USB 2.0 connectivity both work fine on my Mac OS 10.2.8 Powerbook. Firewire also works fine on my Windows XP Pro HP Laptop. HOWEVER, USB 2.0 does not work at all on the XP Pro (SP1) system; it totally crashes everytime. USB 1.1 does work ok through the cardbus on the XP system; only USB 2.0 fails. I spent a few hours with ADS tech support. They were friendly, but could not solve the problem. I assume it is a USB 2.0 driver issue or conflict. Yes, I downloaded the most recent drivers. Very frustrating.

5.0 out of 5 stars Product works as advertised, October 1, 2007

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R. Belerique - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADS Dual Link Cardbus Card (DLX-181) (Personal Computers)

Purchased the unit and it works great! Couldnt be happier with it.....didnt have as many ports on my notebook as i wanted and this card allowed me to do that along with adding firewire.

1.0 out of 5 stars Bluescreens Galore, December 27, 2005

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Andy Gold (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ADS Dual Link Cardbus Card (DLX-181) (Personal Computers)

Using an XP SP2 laptop, the card wouldn't work with a new USB 2.0 device. I tried it with and without the latest drivers provided by ADS Tech. My laptop experienced multiple bluescreens and device lockups. The laptops built-in USB 1.1 works just fine the entire time, it was just slow (as would be expected). I've restored the laptop and am going to try a USB 2.0 card different manufacturer. Two-thumbs down for the DLX-181.