Laptop Expresscard 54 slot USB 3.0 x 2 Port Adapter up to 5Gbps £6.60 @ Amazon (Clever Gadgets)

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  reddit10 months, 1 week ago2 Likes #1Show comment toolsReply

  Bought one of these last year to go in my old Acer machine and it works a treat.
  
  The flush fitting is great although once you put it in, getting it out again will likely be a little tricky.
  
  A cheap and easy way to add USB 3 support that does the job quickly and easily.
  
  There will be drivers on the accompanying CD but I would hop over here Linky to get updated ones.
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  o_t_e10 months, 1 week ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  Ordered - thanks. These are about 10p cheaper on ebay so seems like a good deal. Now I can buy that usb3 external drive I was after...
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  mbuckhurst10 months, 1 week ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Brilliant thanks, keep running out of USB ports on my laptop and have an expresscard that's rarely used. If nothing else, will keep dust out of the slot.
  
  thanks
  
  mike
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  tomwenn10 months, 1 week ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  Still trying to install this on a Vista laptop with no luck :-(
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  Schizophonic10 months, 1 week ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Are these the same as PCMCIA cards or different technology?
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  Gordon Bell10 months, 1 week ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Schizophonic

  Are these the same as PCMCIA cards or different technology?

  
  
  This won't fit a PCMCIA slot.
  
  Only thing to watch with this card (PCMCIA was the same), without a booster cable (supplied) that plugs from the middle of the card into a USB port elsewhere on the machine, this can't seem to supply enough power for a high drain device (like a mobile hard disk) on its own.
  
  When I tried on mine, the card would shut down and I would have to reboot to get it to reactivate. They do work great for USB flash drives without the cable though.
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: Gordon Bell on Jul 11, 2012 13:22
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  Jellybeans10 months, 6 days ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks ordered. Heat
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  brookheather10 months, 1 day ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Just received mine - works fine with a USB3 flash drive and portable hard drive (without any extra power connector). The supplied CD is useless so use this link for the drivers - I used the 3.0.20 drivers. Only downside is that inserting or removing the USB plug causes the card to be ejected - this is with a Dell XPS M1330.
  
  http://www.station-drivers.com/page/renesas.htm
  

  
  Edited By: brookheather on Jul 16, 2012 19:58
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  mbuckhurst10 months, 1 day ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Mine arrived this morning, it is a pain to get out, but found I could catch a small screwdriver on the side of one of the ports and get sufficient grip to remove it.
  
  Haven't had a chance to test performance, but at least it works fine.
  
  mike
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  o_t_e10 months, 21 hours ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  brookheather

  Just received mine - works fine with a USB3 flash drive and portable hard drive (without any extra power connector). The supplied CD is useless so use this link for the drivers - I used the 3.0.20 drivers. Only downside is that inserting or removing the USB plug causes the card to be ejected - this is with a Dell XPS M1330.
  
  http://www.station-drivers.com/page/renesas.htm
  

  
  
  Hi - I also have a M1330; did you get both of the usb slots working? I can only get the one ... With the one that did work I found you didn't have to push the usb drive all the way in for the expresscard to find it, thus allowing for extraction without taking the card with it..
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  brookheather10 months, 16 hours ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Yes both slots work on my M1330.
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  o_t_e10 months, 14 hours ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  brookheather

  Yes both slots work on my M1330.

  
  
  Thanks. Damn.
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  ashishdaa9 months, 4 weeks ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  how can we use it with dell XPS 17" Lx702
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  remarsh9 months, 4 weeks ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  + £1 delivery now. This is a week old thread though
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  remarsh9 months, 4 weeks ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  ExpressCard has a maximum throughput of 2.5 Gbit/s so half USB3 speeds but still 5 times faster than USB2!
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  IWANTBLUE9 months, 4 weeks ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  **** have a 34.... Heated, nice price
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  hugekebab9 months, 4 weeks ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  6.60 now but I didnt know these existed and it was just what i was looking for, thanks op!!
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  hugekebab9 months, 4 weeks ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  any cheap usb 3.0 external drives out there?
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  brookheather9 months, 4 weeks ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  remarsh

  ExpressCard has a maximum throughput of 2.5 Gbit/s so half USB3 speeds but still 5 times faster than USB2!

  
  And limited by the USB3 device itself which is typically a much slower hard drive or flash drive.
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  Alyosha9 months, 4 weeks ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  ashishdaa

  how can we use it with dell XPS 17" Lx702

  
  
  i'd like to know this too

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