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SYBA SY-EXP20087 USB ExpressCard 2 x USB 3.0
 
Revised review from 5/21/2013 11:43:31 AM
- Pros: Seems to work fine now (able to resume from sleep without blue screen) with new driver from Etron website.
- Cons: Had to get driver from Etron website. The driver which came with the card and the driver on Syba's website was no good.
Also, there isn't much power available for devices plugged into the USB3.0 slots on this card - unless you plug in the USB power connector to the side of the card and use up one of your other available USB slots just to supply power to this card. This isn't really a huge deal.
- Other Thoughts: Thanks to an older review which mentioned a similar BSOD problem on resume from sleep in Windows, I decided to check Etron's website. There was an updated driver there which fixed my sleep problem.
1) Go to www.etron.com
2) On the left side, under "Products & Technology", click on "USB 3.0 Host Controllers".
3) On the left side, click on EJ168
4) On the bottom, there is a link to "Etron EJ168USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver". The version I found was ver 1.0.0.115. Download and install that.
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Reviewed By:N/A,5/22/2013 11:48:28 AM
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SYBA SY-EXP20087 USB ExpressCard 2 x USB 3.0
Blue screen on wake-up from sleep in Win7
- Pros: Works - as long as you don't leave it plugged into your Win7 PC when you put it to sleep.
- Cons: Instant blue screen of death on wake-up from sleep in Windows 7 - 64-bit. I have no idea why I bought this thing after reading the reviews. Perhaps I thought it was user error on the part of the users having problems. Or perhaps it seemed like Syba's insistence that the users download the driver from their site meant that the driver had fixed the problem. But it most certainly has not - if it has even been changed (which I doubt it has since the version on their site is the same one on the CD which comes with the card). The name of the file mentioned in the blue screen is the driver for this card: EtronXHCI.sys (the card enumerates as "Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller").
I downloaded the latest driver from Syba's website, and that changed nothing - as I said above.
I am totally stunned that the company continues to sell this product and has done nothing to address this problem despite the numerous customer complaints.
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Reviewed By:N/A,5/21/2013 11:43:31 AM
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StarTech ECESATA254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm eSATA II Controller Adapter Card
Fast and small
- Pros: I am annoyed how people that rate themselves a 5 out of 5 tech level can't seem to use an installation disc that comes with their hardware. This device worked perfectly the very first time I installed it and it has become a daily part of my laptop at work. No problems, been using it for 8 months. The USB's are plug and play and so is the card itself once it is installed. It does need a driver first. Read write speed is limited by the expresscard port and motherboard.
- Cons: Being a flush design it is sometimes hard to tell when it is pushed in correctly, just practice taking it in and out and it should be fine.
- Other Thoughts: People need to figure out what their tech rating really is, this is getting stupid. Yes, you do need the installation disc.
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Reviewed By:DataDyne,5/2/2013 12:28:01 PM
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StarTech ECUSB3S254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
Works as advertised, fixes major oversight by dell
- Pros: Gives me USB 3.0 speeds for accessing a 2 TB 2.5" external. The PCI-E lane on my Dell XPS 1645 powers the HDD too. Observed sustained 60MBps data transfer to and from the HDD, which should be around the max for this little drive. Fits flush with the slot and fills the whole slot, so it looks good, too.
- Cons: None to speak of, may need external power for some 2.5" drives in some systems, or 2 2.5" drives
- Other Thoughts: Managed to fix a major oversight by Dell (USB 3.0 was new in 2009, but hey, it was a top of the line laptop).
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Reviewed By:N/A,4/28/2013 10:03:43 AM
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VANTEC UGT-UC312CB USB ExpressCard 2 x USB 3.0
It works with some issues
- Pros: Almost plug and play, driver installation is one click away. USB3 speed, speed between two disks connected to the same card is about 45MB/s.
- Cons: Poor document makes it almost useless:
1) Install 34-to-54mm adapter plate is quite trick, and it is not written in the manual. Be careful, don't bend your card.
2) Only works with self powered USB3 disks. If you have 2.5inch portable disk, you need external 5V power, not another USB Y cable
3) Worst of all, the manual does not say the polarization of 5V plug. I can tell you: It is 3.5mm center positive.
4) And, you have to power the card before plugging it in to the express slot. If your card is already in the slot, and USB disk connected to card already. Plug in external power will disable the express card and disconnect the disk.
- Other Thoughts: This is a great product but the poor document kills it. Maybe the person who designed the product have never actually used it at least one time.
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Reviewed By:dks,4/23/2013 10:26:29 PM
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StarTech ECUSB3S254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
Garbage
- Pros: None
- Cons: This thing is a piece of garbage, the tech support is useless and just wants you to install driver after driver until hopefully something magic happens and they work. I still can't use it as it doesn't want recognize the controller. It worked once... but after that I couldn't read or write to the drive it just saved the index... great
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Reviewed By:Josh,4/11/2013 1:50:32 PM
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SIIG JU-EC0212-S1 USB 3.0 Single ExpressCard/34 1 x USB 3.0
Decent way to connect USB 3.0 HDD
- Pros: Works as advertised. Appears to be of good quality. Comes with separate USB power cord. Updated drivers on web site. Fast file transfers using USB 3.0 HDD.
- Cons: This SIIG expresscard needs to be held onto with one hand while withdrawing the USB plug with the other, else the entire card will pull out. Half-size card doesn't come with 10 cent slot-stabilizer to fill out the other half of the expresscard slot-get N82E16839158051
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Reviewed By:msr,4/8/2013 7:53:39 PM
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SIIG JU-EC0212-S1 USB 3.0 Single ExpressCard/34 1 x USB 3.0
Works great
- Pros: Works great in my Dell E6510 Windows 7 64-bit. Card fits flush to the edge of the laptop. No problem detecting a variety of USB 3 and USB 2 devices.
Much more reliable than the Silverstone EC02 Express Card I had previously. The Silverstone was very flaky about device detection and didn't seem to re-initialize properly after hibernation. - Cons: None.
- Other Thoughts: I was able to update this to the latest NEC/Renesas USB 3.0 firmware and drivers from station drivers dot com.
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Reviewed By:N/A,3/24/2013 3:59:20 PM
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Silverstone EC02 Slim ExpressCard/34 USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter
Doesn't work well at all
- Pros: Sits flush with edge of laptop
- Cons: - Seems to only detect a given USB device once, after a windows reboot, then never again, rendering it useless until you reboot the computer again
- Drivers seem to be immature and problematic with my Windows 7 64-bit laptop
- Even using the extra power jack, it seems incapable of powering my external 1TB notebook drive
- If you push too hard inserting a USB plug, chances are the laptop's spring mechanism will eject the expresscard midway through Window's PnP detection routine, leaving your USB drive's status in an unknown and possibly damaged state.
- Other Thoughts: Too many bugs in this product, I would seek another manufacturer.
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Reviewed By:N/A,3/12/2013 4:50:14 PM
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TRENDnet TU2-H2PC 2-Port USB PC Card - Retail
Good for Older Laptop
- Pros: This is a great PC Card for an older laptop that has only USB 1.1. Note that it is 32-bit CardBus PCMCIA Type II, which will not work in a 16-bit PCMCIA slot.
- Cons: Not really the fault of the card, but, it will not provide enough power for a USB hard drive.
- Other Thoughts: Interface: 32-bit CardBus PCMCIA Type II
Make sure your PC Card is CardBus, not the older 16-bit slot.
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Reviewed By:Anonymous,3/4/2013 8:48:40 AM
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