Hewlett Packard/Compaq USBCB USB 2.0 Port PCMCIA Cardbus Adapter

by Compaq

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001DZGWS
• Item model number: USBCB
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,231 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 25, 2004

Product Description

COMPAQ USBCB -- USB 2.0 enables potential data transfers speeds up to 480 Mbps, and is fully backward compatible with USB 1.1 peripherals, at lower data rates.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great and easy to install!, October 5, 2005

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Angeline J. Jackson (Pelham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard/Compaq USBCB USB 2.0 Port PCMCIA Cardbus Adapter (Personal Computers)

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop with the old 1.1 USB connection. I take hundreds of pictures for my son's baseball team and have to copy them from the compact flash cards. It took usually took 10-15 minutes to copy a 512MB card and with this USB Adaptor it took 1-2 minutes! I was very excited!

The card was very easy to install... I just inserted it into the PCMCIA slot and XP recognized it immediately! I have also plugged in my printer and the pictures print much faster.

It does come with a power cord. I haven't tried anything that uses the USB Drive for power, so I don't know it it's required or not.

I chose this adaptor because I have had trouble with other hardware in the past that caused my laptop to reboot for no particular reason. This one was a little more expensive than some of the other ones, but since it's from HP/Compaq I thought that would reduce my chances of having problems.

I am very satisfied and would definitely recommend this product to others.

3.0 out of 5 stars Be aware this needs a power supply to function!, July 21, 2010

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Brian - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hewlett Packard/Compaq USBCB USB 2.0 Port PCMCIA Cardbus Adapter (Personal Computers)

You can't just plug it in and have it work - what the advertisement doesn't show you is the wall-wart needed to power the card. The laptop PCMCIA slot can't provide the juice. This may be a deal breaker for some.

1.0 out of 5 stars Incompatible, July 10, 2006

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Harry Drasin (Pacific Palisades, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard/Compaq USBCB USB 2.0 Port PCMCIA Cardbus Adapter (Personal Computers)

While others have had success in getting this card to work, I did not. I was trying to connect an external hard drive -- a 12 V accessory, to this card. I have read of cautions that others have had problems, but the favorable reviews for this card led me to take a chance. The first card I got, I was told by technical support, was defective. The manufacturer replaced the card (as long as I sent a check for postage to them first). Unfortunately, nothing I did it made a second card work either. CompUSA did accept the return and refunded me the purchase price of the object -- but not the original postage-- even though the card didn't work. Perhaps if you're trying to connect a low-voltage item to your older laptop computer this card may work, but it didn't work with an external 12 V hard drive in my laptop.