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SIIG INC. EXPRESSCARD/54 WITH 2 EXTERNAL SERIAL ATA (ESATA) PORTS FOR EXTERNAL DRIVE CONNEEXPRESSCARD/54 WITH 2 EXTERNAL SERIAL ATA (ESATA) PORTS FOR EXTERNAL DRIVE CONNECTIONS Manufacturer : SIIG INC. UPC : 662774025391

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Product Dimensions

8.85 x 7 x 2.1 inches

Item Weight

5.6 ounces

ASIN

B000EM6NO6

Item model number

SC-SAE512-S1

Customer Reviews

18 ratings

3.3 out of 5 stars

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

No

Date First Available

July 2, 2004

Manufacturer

SIIG

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David Alegria

Does not seem secure in the slot on computer

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2009

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It seems to work, but I have not yet confirmed how fast it is. It seems to be very easy to have it accidentally pop out of my brand new, "HP Pavilion dv6t-2000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC." It also seems to have "play" sideways and does not seem secure. This is my first ExpressCard 54 device, but I was told that the narrower ExpressCard 34 are much worse. This may not be SIIG or HP's fault at all, but just a stupid industry wide specification for ExpressCard.

Also the drive did not work AT ALL on Win7 Pro 64bit when I used the then recommended 1.0.14.1 driver. I called SIIG support and they eventually emailed me a link to use the 1.0.15.0 driver, but absolutely no "how to do install it" info. I have been computing for many years and tried several of the 'normal ways' before I got it to work. (Sorry, but that was 12 days ago and I don't recall how I finally did it. My mistake.)

Summary. It works, but not ready for Prime Time.

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Mark J. Minasi

Not terribly reliable under Vista 64

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2008

Verified Purchase

Perhaps it's because I'm running Vista 64, but SIIG CLAIMs they support that OS... and this product just doesn't, not very well.

I have five external drives with e-SATA interfaces, and only two work with this board. Additionally, it's sort of "tempermental," and I often have to unplug and replug the e-SATA cable into it several times before my system recognizes a drive. (The Nexstar 3 2.5" enclosure seems the most reliable e-SATA enclosure in my experience -- the Coolgear enclosure runs well on its USB interface but not the e-SATA interface.)

Worse yet, there is no way to safely remove this device. No matter how I tell Vista to let me remove the e-SATA adapter and no matter how many times Vista gives me the all-clear, yanking out this adapter is a guaranteed blue screen.

I hate writing negative reviews, but if you want to use this, then be prepared to try a LOT of e-SATA cables, a lot of e-SATA enclosures, and then, once you've got a combination that works, then Just. Don't. Touch. It. And pray that it continues to work.

8 people found this helpful

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Kevin Underriner

Nice addition to a laptop

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2009

Verified Purchase

This eSATA card works reliably with no functional issues on a variety of laptops and OS's (Dell, HP, Vista, Windows 7). Drivers were easy to find and install. It has never failed to operate as expected. This makes it very easy to add a couple of TBs of fast external drives.

The only negative is the cabling. All of the eSATA cables I know of are fairly rigid which limits the physical placement of the external drives and results in strain on the connectors which sometimes causes them to disconnect.

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R. Scott

Works fine.

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2007

Verified Purchase

After downloading the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website, the SIIG Esata II Expresscard works fine. I have two 750GB Seagate Freestyle eSata external drives hooked up to my HP laptop for storing my music files (I rip everything in .wav). The improvement in speed when browsing my files in Windows Media Player is much improved. The screen would stutter noticeably when scrolling through files on my USB2.0 external drive, but scrolling is much smoother with the eSata drives. I hope eSata ports are standard when I purchase my next laptop.

5 people found this helpful

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Average Joe

Does not fit in the MacBook Pro Express Cards.

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2012

Verified Purchase

It was my mistake to have missed the size in the description, and insisted on ordering it in hopes that it would fit my MacBook Pro (late 2008 model), even tho the box clearly says it's compatible with Windows and nothing else was mentioned about Macs, but the seller was great in accepting the return. Just want to clearly point it out for those who had the same thoughts as me: I wonder if it fits my MacBook Pro express card... Great seller nonetheless.

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TooManyHobbies

Works great but cannot boot from connected drives

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2009

Verified Purchase

This card has worked well for me. Very fast with eSATA drives. I connect three external Western Digital 750 Gig hard drives to it (two at at time of course). The only other thing I would like is the ability to boot from the external SATA drives. This card does not support booting from the connected drives, or at least I have been unable to find a way; even after searching the web for a while.

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A. Zaddach

Don't waste your time on cheap ones

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2009

Verified Purchase

I tried 3 different eSATA expresscard adapters. This was the only one that actually worked. The first 2 were $15-25, I bought them because they were cheap. Don't do what I did. This worked the first time I used it and has worked continuously since then.

What else can I say? It worked where others didn't. I can't ask for much more.

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Tony

Esata II expreesscard

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2008

Verified Purchase

After a brief research of eSATA express cards I settled on Esata II because of cost & ability to work with Vista systems. So far I am satisfied with it, however I cannot confirm if it works at the speed advertised but does seem to be faster than USB. I did not find the problems of other reviewers who reported needing to reboot when idle.

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