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Esata II Expresscard

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Weight - 0.80 lbs.
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Esata II Expresscard

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Model Number: SC-SAE512-S1

Product description

1.Easily add two external Serial ATA (eSATA) ports to your notebook or desktop for external drive connections 2.Supports data transfer rate up to 3.0Gb/s (300MB/s) 3.Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and SATA TCQ commands 4.Easy plug-n-play installation to your external serial ATA drives 5.Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging

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Package Dimensions

8.6 x 6.9 x 2 inches

Item Weight

5.6 ounces

Shipping Weight

7.2 ounces

ASIN

B000EM6NO6

Item model number

SC-SAE512-S1

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18 customer reviews

3.3 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#382,209 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Date first available at Amazon.com

July 2, 2004

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Does not seem secure in the slot on computer

ByDavid Alegriaon 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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Does not fit in the MacBook Pro Express Cards.

ByJoey Maon May 11, 2012

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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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Not terribly reliable under Vista 64

ByMark J. Minasion February 6, 2008

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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.

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Nice addition to a laptop

ByKevin Underrineron September 19, 2009

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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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Don't waste your time on cheap ones

ByA. Zaddachon November 4, 2009

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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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Works great but cannot boot from connected drives

ByAverie Powellon August 6, 2009

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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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Esata II expreesscard

ByTonyon December 26, 2008

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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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Good product. Works fairly well. Nice addition.

ByJasonon October 7, 2010

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Title says it all. It is a nice addition if your notebook doesn't have any eSATA ports. Makes transferring large files significantly (2-3x) faster. Works well with my Thermaltake BlacX Duet eSATA USB Dual Hard Drives Docking Station ST0014U.