Dual eSATA II ExpressCard Adapter for Laptop/Notebook and Desktop Computers Review

This card rates some where between a 1 or 2. The card works most of the time, but not all of the time! Big problem: who is the manufacturer? Where is their Website? This card was purchased for an HP DV9548us laptop running Vista 32bit. Thankfully I created a fresh Ghost image before I started the install. In the middle of the 1st install, the process froze. The only recourse was to re-image the laptop from my Ghost copy. The card's instruction sheet was very limited on instructions. OK, So I'll go to the company's website and look for FAQs or some such. Hmmm. No company name, no website, nothing! (this is why I have rated it a 1 and not a 2) The second install worked. As N. Aulman pointed out in his review the card does fit loosely in the Express slot but my HP will hold the card in place provided it is not bumped or the semi-stiff eSATA cable isn't moved.
The Laptop did crash over night while this eSATA card was installed (Unusual behavior for this Laptop even with Windows ;-)I haven't had the time benchmark I/O to the external Lacie quad interface drive but the second ghost image I took after the install did run about 20% faster than the first with the USB 2. If I have the chance to Benchmark, I'll update this review with the results.
I Do Not Recommend This Card.

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Product Description:
Enhance your laptop/notebook or desktop computer with this Dual eSATA II ExpressCard that allows for two eSATA II port connections from a single ExpressCard slot. It is the perfect solution for adding a high performance external hard drive to your laptop/notebook or desktop computer via an ExpressCard slot, sold separately. The real advantage to using an eSATA connection over USB of Firewire is that it allows for transfers up to 3 Gbps. Additionally it supports PCI Express bus and SATA II interface, 1-Lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express specification, RAID 0 & RAID 1, Native Command Queue (NCQ) , a slave SMBus interface, it is hot-plug capable, compliant with ATA 1.0a and ATA II 1.1, and compliant with eSATA35 and eSAT54 interface slots. It can be used with PCs using Windows 2000, XP or Vista, and will also work with Mac OSX.

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