Sabrent SBT-P2D USB 2.0 CardBus 2-Port Hi-Speed PCMCIA Card Adapter

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007LU7U0
• Item model number: SBT-P2D
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Sabrent SBT-P2D USB 2.0 CardBus 2-Port Hi-Speed PCMCIA Card Adapter is an easy way to add USB 2.0 ports to any notebook computer.

Just plug the adapter into a 32-bit CardBus slot and get two USB 2.0 ports. USB 2.0 offers transfer rates of 480 Mbps and is commonly used to connect peripherals and accessories such as printers, digital cameras, external disk drives, and scanners.

The adapter supports up to 127 devices and is backward compatible with older USB 1.1 devices.

What's in the Box
SBT-P2D USB 2.0 CardBus PCMCIA card, and CD-ROM (user's manual, drivers).

Product Description
SABRENT SBT-P2D USB 2.0 CardBus Two (2) Port Hi-Speed PCMCIA Card Adapter Plus Power Cable Add USB 2.0 connectivity to your notebook computer with this Cardbus 2-Port USB 2.0 expansion card. USB introduced a wide variety of hot-swappable, easy to use peripherals to the computing world, and USB 2.0 kicks it to the next level! The CardBus 32-bit high performance bus mastering architecture for PC Cards, was standardized by the PCMCIA. The transfer rate are 480Mbit/sec, and very useful for PC Camera, HDD, scanners, digital cameras, external CDRW drives, Printers and some other devices with USB 2.0 interface. Chipset: NEC USB 2.0 chipset Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 (Data Rate 1.5/12/480 Mbps) Compliant with Open Host Controller Interface Specification for USB Rev 1.0a Compliant with Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification for USB Rev 0.95 Supports High-Speed (480Mbps), Full-Speed (12Mbps) and Low-Speed (1.5Mbps) Plug & Play support Hot Swapping functions Provides 2 downstream ports for USB devices Fully compliant with USB 2.0 EHCI standards Fully compliant with USB 1.1/1.0 OHCI standards Integrated dual-speed USB transceivers Supports up to 127 devices USB 1.0 backwards compatible Root Hub with 2 external downstream facing ports shared by OHCI and EHCI Host Controller core. Supports 32 bit CardBus PC Card Type II slots Supports Bus Power 2 USB2.0 Ports (A-type x2). Total 5V/500mA Bus Power Shared by 2 USB Devices. Current Protection Active lf Bus Power Over 500mA. Auto detect speeds and connections of devices Requirements : Notebook or Desktop Computer With a CardBus PC Card Type II Slot 266 MHz or faster processor Available 32-bit CardBus / PCMCIA Type II slot Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Value, April 18, 2006

By	Jack - See all my reviews

Worked fine with my Dell Inspiron 1100. Windows detected it just fine and even had the right drivers without having to use the included CD. Some non scientific testing showed significant improvement for read times from a compact Flash card, but writing to the flash card was about a fast as with USB 1.1 (That may be due to the flash card or the reader and not the USB card though). All in all I think this is an excellent value for the low price.

A small side note: After purchasing the card I found out that my laptop already had USB 2.0 (although the documentation clamed it was only 1.1) If you also have a Dell, it may be worth checking the actual hardware rather than trusting the docs.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for old laptops, September 13, 2007

By	S. Allgeier (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This card is actually pretty good.

I bought it for my sister's old laptop that only had one USB port, and that one USB port started malfunctioning.
Unfortunately, this card (along with every other USB expansion card) requires it to be powered by USB. (It comes with a USB power cable that plugs into the USB card and into the existing USB port on the computer.) Luckily, it only seems to use this for power and it somehow it works with the malfunctioning USB port. However, if your laptop doesn't have any USB ports at all, then this won't work for you. (It didn't work until I plugged in the USB power cable.)

Also, you might as well buy the cheapest one of these USB cards that you can find, since they're all exactly the same.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Overheated, June 12, 2008

By	Zeuljii (New Brunswick, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

Overheated, froze my powerbook and emitted a smell like burning plastic. Tried it on a PC laptop with the same result. Both laptops recovered, but I disposed of the device. At this price, I didn't bother contacting technical support, but I would have expected the device to shutdown before it froze the computer.