ADS USB 1.1 PCI Card

by ADS Tech

Product Details

Product Manual [495kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YYPR
• Item model number: USBX-500
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,336 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 29, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The ADS Technologies USB port PCI adapter is an internal PCI card for your desktop PC or Power Mac that provides two USB ports for connecting USB peripherals. With USB support, you can connect USB-based printers, modems, speakers, scanners, and hundreds of other devices that offer easy USB plug-and-play installation. In addition, USB devices are hot swappable, meaning you can attach or remove them from the USB port without powering off your computer. And you can link one USB product to another--up to 127 USB products--in an ongoing chain.

The adapter is USB compliant with plug-and-play installation and comes with a one-year warranty.

Product Description

ADS USBX-500 - You're one simple installation away from connecting USB peripherals to your desktop PC or Mac. System Requirements - IBM compatible PC or PowerMac with available PCI card slot running Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, or Mac OS 8.6+

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I only use it for one thing, but hey, It worked., August 17, 2001

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Jason Zagar (Pottsville, Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADS USB 1.1 PCI Card (Personal Computers)

Mind you, I haven't tried this with 3000 different USB products but I bought it with a Digital camera so I could use the USB port to get my pictures.

I got the card, turned off my computer, and put it into the PCI slot and screwed it in. I turned my computer on, it found and installed the USB card. I plugged in the camera's cord and plugged the cord into the camera. It recognized it and installed it. It's working perfectally.

What more can I say, It works just like any other USB port that I've used and I haven't had any problems with it. So if you need a USB port in your computer because it's old and doesnt have them, this here is your product.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty unbeatable for the price, and works with linux., August 23, 2001

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Alex J. Avriette "Alex Avriette" (Arlington, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADS USB 1.1 PCI Card (Personal Computers)

I have a pair of older macs here, a 9500 and an 8500. I installed this card in both machines. The card ran in MacOS 9, after using Apple's USB updater, which is available from their support/downloads site (for free of course). I also used this card with very good success in linux (no modules or kernel recompiles necessary in fact). One drawback is the card was not recognized by Mac OS X. However, with these older machines, Linux is a much better choice anyways.

Highly recommended at the price...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great!, January 21, 2002

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Chet Claudon (Yorba Linda, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ADS USB 1.1 PCI Card (Personal Computers)

Not much to say. Plugged it in, computer found it immediately, and Windows 98SE loaded the drivers. Five minutes tops. I now have an old Pentium 1 that is working great with the latest USB devices. I wish everything worked like this, just as advertised!