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Hiyatek Black 20-in-1 Multifunction Card Reader With Fan Controllers 2x USB E-SATA
- £8.32ex vat
- £9.57inc vat
(price includes 2.5% VAT discount)
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- manufacturer #: HY-CR-713
- quickfind code: 136392
- 474 in stock for next day delivery.
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Nice product - but.....
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Windows VistaNice looking unit, works very well - especially the fan controllers which will all but stall the fans if you so desire. But, if the fans - either of them - drop below 1,000rpm a buzzer sounds to warn of this. There is no way to disable the buzzer, save for the way I did it which was to break off the top cap of the buzzer - this shut it up. A bit brutal perhaps, but the unit now merely flashes a warning via its display screen - I wanted both my fans running at around 6-700rpm, 1,000rpm was too noisy.
This buzzer warning problem is the reason I gave the unit four stars, not five.
Works well
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Windows XPLooks pretty good, 1st one I got the card reader didnt work, just fitted the replacement and works well. Cant use the fan controllers yet as my fans are molex and the reader has 2, 3 pin fan wires.
Easy to install, bit fiddly with all the wires though, the usb card reader cable is a 4 pin lead which goes into a usb header, so just got to check which way around to put it.
The fan knobs protude about 1cm, so if you have a case with a door like me, you need to push it a little way back in the drive bay so you can close the door. Still looks fine. Would be 5 stars if wasnt for the faulty one I got first.
Fiddley, but got there in the end!
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Windows VistaIt took the best part of 2 hours to get this working, lots of cables to connect, etc.
Instructions are not very transparent and i had to figure out a lot on my own, for instance the actual wire that goes from the card reader section has to actually be inserted into a motherboard usb connector (either top or bottom row, but get it the right way round, use the other usb connector as a guidline).
The audio cables dont connect to the on/off-board sound card, they are infact just ordinary 3.5mm Stereo Jack's, and they provide you with a pci bracket with a gap in it so you can feed through the jacks, and plug them into your soundcard sockets on the back of your PC, sommewhat crude.
The fan facilities work well enough and the LCD display works fine.
I am using Vista 64-bit, everything seemed to install on its own and without the CD they provided (which was useless anyway since it said it wasnt compatible with my OS). The card slots appeared as extra removable storage drives in 'My Computer' as soon as i booted up after installing.
Overall, i will have to say now that i've got everything working the facilities are great, but they make it very difficult with the instructions they provide and the little support they have on their website.
Fan Controls
Does anyone have one of these and know how far the fan controls protrude from the front of the facia? I'm thinking of getting one but i'm not sure it'll fit behind the door of my P182
