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Expresscard Express To USB 3.0 34mm with Power Cable

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Package Dimensions

3.5 x 3.2 x 0.5 inches

Item Weight

0.8 ounces

Shipping Weight

0.8 ounces

Manufacturer

AKE

ASIN

B0046Y3INC

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17 customer reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars

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#398,114 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Date first available at Amazon.com

October 25, 2010

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Works flawlessly with Windows 7 x64

ByMichael Ballackon March 17, 2011

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[EDITED 30th MAR 2011 RE LATEST WIN 7 DRIVERS]

This expresscard adapter is highly recommended for the following reasons:-

1. USB 3.0 Officially Certified

If you are shopping around for a USB 3.0 card, this is the main reason why you should buy this.

This expresscard contains the Fresco Logic FL1000 USB 3.0 host controller chip. By way of analogy, this is the CPU of the expresscard you are purchasing.

Fresco Logic's FL1000 chip is one of the few chips out there which have met the stringent requirements of USB 3.0 and have been certified to work within USB 3.0 guidelines.

2. Latest Drivers readily available - Works with Windows 7 x64

This package comes with a mini-CD which contains the drivers.

I did some Google research before purchasing this item and so I knew that the mini-CD supplied drivers were out of date. You can safely ignore the mini-CD and keep it as a momento. ;)

The latest drivers as at 30th Mar 2011 are "Version 3.0.116.3" for Windows Xp/Vista/7 32/64bits.
As AMAZON does not allow the posting of http links in product reviews, I'll post the link to the latest driver in the comments below.

After you download the latest driver, double click the program icon to run the decompression program.

Just run either the "FL1000_32bit" or "FL1000_64bit" file for 32Bit or 64Bit Win 7 o/s respectively.

Now insert the expresscard into your laptop slot.

The Fresco Logic USB 3.0 host controller is recognised immediately.

3. Snug Fit

This was the 2nd main reason why I chose this AKE card.

There are many other USB 3.0 expresscards out there which protrude out of the laptop in a rather unsightly manner.

As advertised, this fits flush in the 34mm expresscard slot and does not protrude out of the slot.

4. Speedy Transfers

I have found that data transfers are on average about 2x faster than USB 2.0.

For those who wish to jump onto the USB 3.0 bandwagon, this should be a good enough reason to upgrade.

Please note that there are a couple of caveats where speed is concerned.

Currently, all USB 3.0 expresscards cannot provide the maximum transfer rate of 4.8 Gbits/s as advertised per the USB 3.0 specification.
This is due to the current limitation of the expresscard which can only accommodate 2.5 Gbits/s.

But this should not deter one from purchasing such an upgrade because current conventional HDD cannot saturate the transfer rate limit of 2.5Gbits/s, unless you are attaching an SSD drive.

5. USB 3.0 port

I consider this to be very well made as the USB 3.0 connector is very tight.

Any USB 3.0 device attached to this expresscard will not be disconnected easily.

There is also a caveat when it comes to attaching your USB device to this expresscard. You have to connect the usb cord (of the USB device) to the expresscard 1st, BEFORE installing the expresscard itself into your laptop.

This is because if the expresscard had been installed first, any inward pushing movement of the USB cord into the USB port on the expresscard will cause the expresscard to be detached from the laptop.

6. Power

Due to the Expresscard limitation, the full 900 mA specification of USB 3.0 cannot be provided.

However, as confirmed by another fellow reviewer, this card can still provide sufficient power to an external HDD via USB.

Conclusion

A very strict reviewer might deduct a couple of rating stars from this product due to the caveats I mentioned.

However, these are limitations of the Expresscard specification rather than that of this AKE brand of card. This is why I feel that the product still deserves a maximum of 5 stars.

BTW, only an Expresscard 2.0 can provide the transfer rate and power of the USB 3.0 specification. At the present moment, about 99% of laptops out there only have an Expresscard 1.0 slot.

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Good NEC chipset card which worked reliably for me for two years until it failed due to heavy use

Byjadedponyon January 23, 2015

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Great card that worked well with all of my portable external HDD's for over two years. The card that I received contained the NEC chipset. The drivers for this chipset were contained on the provided mini-CD. I did not ever have to use the included power cord to provide extra juice for my HDD's as the Expresscard bus worked fine on its own.

Eventually around two years into ownership, my drives started randomly disconnecting. I thought that it was just the drive or one of my applications causing this initially. After troubleshooting the problem by moving the drives to the built-in USB ports on my laptop it was apparent that the card was shot.

I don't regret purchasing this card for $12 as it worked perfectly for two years of heavy use. I had to cut my losses and move onto another card. My next NEC chipset powered card was a dud as I couldn't find this exact card again so I ended up picking up a Gmyle card with an Asmedia chip that has two ports and has been working fine now for about a week.

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Good hardware - driver not included.

ByNick S.on June 29, 2011

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Pros: Fast 185MB/sec transfer speed; Provides good power; Sits flush; Package is easy to open.
Cons: My driver disk was blank; Power Cable that connects to USB Port to provide power makes your laptop look funny; USB has lots of overhead.

The diver disk included with this product was a blank CD-R, this was probably a manufacturer oversight. Thus, no driver was included. Windows 7 could not find a driver for the product automatically. Product that was sent to me has an NEC (Renesas) Chipset.

Once I found a driver this product worked great. I was able to push 180-185 MB/sec with an SSD in a USB 3.0 enclosure. Around 180MB/sec is known to be close to the top speed of the USB 3.0 certified NEC chipset. The NEC chipset is used on many motherboards to provide built-in USB 3.0 support. The same drive connected internally over SATA revision 3 (aka SATA 6.0 Gb/sec) pushes about 250 MB/sec. If you want full speed connection to a fast SSD, you are probably better off with eSATA. Obviously there is some slowdown in the conversion from going from SATA to USB. 185MB/sec is fast enough for my needs, and super fast compared to the slowness of normal USB at about 40 MB/sec. This powered a 160 GB SSD and a 500 GB HDD in an external enclosure just fine with the extra power cable attached.

Link to Driver in comment below.