Sabrent PCI-PCMCIA PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Host Adapter Controller Card

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PH77AY
• Item model number: PCI-PCMCIA
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

SABRENT PCI-PCMCIA PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Host Adapter Controller Card Use your PCMCIA card on your desktop!! This PCMCIA to PCI card allows users to connect one PC (PCMCIA cardbus) Card to the back panel of a desktop PC. It is complaint with the PCMCIA 2.1/JEIDA 4.1 specification. The data interface to the PC card is 16/32 bit and powered at 3.3V or 5V. It allows CardBus (PCMCIA) device connected to the rear panel of the host PC, such as GPRS modem, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, CardBus hard drive, Firewire/USB host controller, Serial-ATA host controller, or LAN adapter Its allows you to share your PCMCIA cards between your Desktop and laptop computers. The user is beneficial from what they can connect to their PC with a wide range of devices compliance to Type I/II/III Cardbus/PCMCIA specification. Specifications: PCI Specification Revision 2.2 compliant PC Card Standard Release 8.0 Specification compliant Compliant with PC98/99/2001 Ricoh R5C485 single PCI-CardBus Bridge chip Supports 16-bit (PCMCIA 2.1/JEIDA 4.2) and 32-bit (CardBus) PC card with 3.3V/5V operation Support Type I, Type II, Type III CardBus/PCMCIA card Support Hot Swapping Support GPIO Support Plug'n Play Support Posting Write & Prefetching Read for PC Card bridge Support 16-bit Legacy mode ( 3E0/3E2 I/0 Port ) Support Zoomed Video Port ( Bypass type ) Support PC Card LED Low Power Consumption Requirements: Windows 98SE/ ME / 2000 or Windows XP PC computer with one 32-bit PCI slot

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine under Win7rc. No problem., August 22, 2009

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--jm (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sabrent PCI-PCMCIA PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Host Adapter Controller Card (Personal Computers)

OS auto-installed the driver for the Richo chip that this card uses, on first boot, without feeding it the driver disk. If whatever pcmcia card ye use, can't find the resources to play nice, just swap this card to a different PCI slot and you'll be fine. Sometimes yer computer's nit-picky where it likes which cards to be. One small Caveat: This picture's wrong. It shows a double height slot for taking double thick cards. That's why I bought this'n over the others. But, that isn't what I got. Twas only single height slot. I had to remove the bracket & widen the slot out with a dremmel to fit my double thick Xircom card. Not a deal-breaker, but should be noted. Amazon's product descriptions are a bit skimpy where it counts sometimes . . . YMMV

Bottom line: A solid inexpensive solution to offer a second life to your extra PCMCIA cards.

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money and your good attitude., June 9, 2009

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Tennessee Vol Fan (Rocky Top USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sabrent PCI-PCMCIA PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Host Adapter Controller Card (Personal Computers)

No matter what I did to get this little bugger to work, it would not cooperate.

You may fare better, but buyer beware, 'nuf said!

1.0 out of 5 stars WILL NOT WORK IN VISTA SYSTEM, January 9, 2009

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Robert Heifler (La Crescenta, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent PCI-PCMCIA PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Host Adapter Controller Card (Personal Computers)

Worked in XP but Vista would not allow a connection using the latest driver and utility download from the Sabrent site. The utility interface showed a strong signal from a b, g, n type source but no connection to that hotspot. Same location on XP machine allowed a connection with this USB device. If support gets back to me fast and resolves this, I will write another review, otherwise I hope expect Amazon to allow a fast refund. The Sabrent site mentions no problems or cautions regrading Vista installations.