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Extra Value 2 Port Hi-speed USB 2.0 Cardbus PCMCIA Adapter
- £8.95ex vat
- £10.30inc vat
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- manufacturer #: NLUSB2-502
- quickfind code: 48669
- 27 in stock for next day delivery.
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Superb!!
os:
Windows XPHaving previously tried a pcmcia usb 2.0 card made by Belkin costing over 3 times the price of this one, with a spectacular lack of success, I really wasn't too hopeful about EBuyer's own cheap version. I needn't have worried - it installed without any problems whatsoever. I now have 2 fully functioning usb 2.0 ports running at full speed, something that Belkin's vastly more expensive offering couldn't manage. Thoroughly recommended.
Worth looking at
os:
Windows XPFinding 69 reviews for this product, ranging from rubbish to brilliant, was quite suprising. After reading them all, it semed the common threads were:
1) make sure your laptop supports USB 2
2) make sure XP service pack 2 is loaded
3)dont use the supplied drivers, but let XP load them
4)dont forget to use the supplied power lead
Following these must dos, everything worked fine on my Dell Inspiron 5000e.
My only crtisism is that when the power lead is fitted, access to the USB ports is very limited, only wide enough for a normal USB connection. I couldn't fit my D-Link wireless USB adapter with the power lead conected, which was needed to power the D-Link. I got round this problem by simply using a standard USB extension cable, which also gave me the advantage of moving the D-Link away from my laptop.
As someone else said, great value, so long as you follow all the tips that have been reported by others and which I hopefully precised above.
This does the Job,
os:
Windows XPI cant fault this product in any way, it does what it says on the box.
I am not sure about previous comments, as I did not need a sep power supply to get this to work.
I installed a Printer, Scanner, Web Cam which it powered with no troubles, it even charged my Nokia mobile using a USB charger bought from ebuyer.
It is far better than the belkin version, as there is no dongle to lose or get in the way.
Well worth the money.
A couple of pointers.
Bought one of these a few weeks ago, a few tips after trying it in various machines.
Firstly, this is an up to date card which means its a no-go for older laptops with only the 16 bit pcmcia interface. If it were physically possible to shift 480Mbs across a bus slower than isa, the machine would freeze for a period every time it tried to access a device.
Secondly I see a lot of daft people comlaining about the card not being able to power usb disks. This aint really a surprise as the pc-card bus cannnot supply the nearly 3 amps (same applies for cd-writers) that are required to run a disk in full fling, no wonder the machine blue screens as the voltages drop! Go to maplin with the box and they'd supply you with an appropriate mains adaptor for a fiver.
Third its only a tenner so stop whinging.
Good product
os:
LinuxWorks perfectly well with Linux. You may need to type "cardctl insert" in order to get PCMCIA to work (as you would for most PCMCIA cards). However DO NOT use "cardctl eject". This is because the chip is a NEC USB2 hub and will be taken over by the linux usb system.
It comes with a power cable which has to be connected to some spare usb port on your system. This cable is absolutely necessary as the PCMCIA does not give enough power to the card.
I have used it together with a Pioneer DVD (58754) and a usb-to-ide adapter (43759), I have burned already a couple of DVDs without any problem.
However I was not able to use my Lacie mobile disk due to it's excessive power requirements. I don't consider this though a defect of the card, it is doing the best job possible given the constraints of the PCMCIA system.
XP installation
Works fine but, a couple of points about XP installation:
1. As others point out, you need the power plug into another USB port, or an external power supply, to make the card work. This is not unreasonable because of the power capacity allowed for USB devices.
2. The installation instructions are not very valid for XP.
3. Make sure you are running XP SP1 or 2.
3. Don't install anything off the CD that comes with the card. Just plug it in and let XP find it.
4. Under XP device manager, you'll find it identified as a 'Standard Enhanced PCI to USB controller' and NOT as an 'NEC' device. The key word is 'enhanced', which is what tells you it's a USB v2.0 capable device.
5. Runs my DVD and Power DVD with no probs.
Works on my Mac G3 Powerbook
os:
Max OSXWorked first time, just installed the driver, inserted the card & plugged in the printer using the 1.5 M cable also from e-buyer. Recently moved my G3 PowerBook to OS X 2.6 from OS 8.6, and couldn't print as AppleTalk is no longer supported. BUT with this card I can now print via the printer's USB port (my G3 came out before USB & Firewire became standard).
Excellent price too (half the competitions!)
My only gripe is e-buyer insisting the first delivery is to home.
Worked like a dream for me
os:
Windows XPUsed this with an IBM ThinkPad T22, does exactly what it says on the tin.
XP (SP1a) supplied its own drivers, and since I have had no stability, compatibility or speed issues whatsoever (including with USB hard drives), I can't speak for the mafucturer's drivers as I didn't bother with them. "If it ain't broke..."
No power adapter, but you get what you pay for. All my USB2 devices have their own power anyway.
Unbeatable price, decent product
If I was writing this comment a week ago I would have give this product a hell of a grilling.
I installed this on my Windows ME laptop and downloaded the latest driver and all that stuff. To my absolute annoyance this product did not work at USB-2 speeds at all, only sluggish USB-1.
A week later i had enough of winME anyway so I installed Windows 2000 SP2. When I installed the card on Win2k it worked like a gem with my Pikaone CD rewriter. No problems with other devices either.
For all those who are having problems, your OS is probably the culprit.
Updating your OS may do the trick.
works great under linux (Fedora Core 2/3)
os:
LinuxI'm using this to read flash cards with a USB2 card reader. It works fine, it's fast and there are no hotplug problems.
Just plug in the card then plug in your USB2 devices.
The external power supply is not provided and I found I didn't need it for my card reader.
