Rosewill 2-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Card Model RC-505

Pros: Came packed well, looks to be of high quality. Wanted to add some usb 3.0 ports for external hdd's.

Cons: Running Windows 8 with a DFI Lanparty NF4 MB and have it hooked into one of my PCi-e x16 slots. Made sure the slot was enabled etc, even tested it with my sound card.

Installed the drivers but Windows still does not recognize it.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for purchasing this unit.
We strive to provide the most reliable and highest quality products to our customers.

Please kindly contact the Rosewill support team with the following results
Phone: 1- 800-575-9885
Email: rma@rosewill.com

Download the drivers from chipset manufacturer directly.

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/renesas.htm

Driver version 2.1.39.0
Firmware: 4.0.2.0

Thanks,
Rosewill Custome-r Care

Pros: IT WORKS GOOD

Cons: SOME INSTAL PROBLEMS EASY FIX

Other Thoughts: NONE

Pros: Works, extra power from a molex.

Cons: None.

Pros: None

Cons: Does not work on my Windows 7, 64 Bit PC. It does not recognize USB 3.0 Drives. It does recognize USB 2.0 Drives. I downloaded the latest driver and firmware. The motherboard is the DFI LP JR P45-T2R.
Email to Rosewill for help were not answered.
I think I am done with Rosewill parts!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Please check the following

1. Make sure you have the latest windows update installed (This is a must)
2. Connect to a PCIe x1 slot on your motherboard
3. Make sure 4-pin molex is plugged into the card
4. Download latest driver and firmware from the chipset manufacturer site.
a. http://www.station-drivers.com/page/renesas.htm
b. Version 2.1.39.0 = driver
c. Version 3.0.3.4 = firmware
5. Install them but extract them first prior to get to the .exe or .inf files
6. If that does not work then go ahead and test on another PC

Feel free to contact the Rosewill Customer Support team for further assistance at 1-800-575-9885 Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM PST or via email at techsupport@rosewill.com

Pros: didnt actually get to use this as my pci-e 1x slot is blocked by my gfx so i gave to my bro

Cons: i gave to my bro

Pros: Easy install, came with (really nice) free antistatic wrist strap. Extremely fast. Transferred 2gb file from external drive (Seagate Backup Plus 4GB) to desktop (SATA2 7200rpm 1TB) in about 5 seconds.

Ports are snug, leaves no doubt cable is connected properly or that cable will work itself loose.

Came with low profile bracket that I didn't need, driver disk that I also didn't need, and installation guide/warranty booklet. Good, sturdy retail box.

Works perfectly under Linux Mint 14 with no driver install needed.

Cons: Price a little higher that comparable models, but I feel that it's worth it.

Other Thoughts: Looking for a good card that will work with your linux install? Stop and buy this one right here.

Pros: It's not that expensive.

Cons: I've added it to a Win XP 64 bit machine, with a Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard, and a AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor.
Boot time is now about 4 minutes. Something's not right.
I called Rosewill Tech Support, and was told that "It usually just plugs in and works". Which wasn't as helpful as you'd think.

Pros: Worked great while running Windows 7 64 bit.

Cons: After a clean install of Windows 8 pro 64 pro the
Rosewill 2-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Card Model RC-505 ran good for maybe two days then started to failed showing error codes in the device manager"This device has failed to start up and has reported an error.". I tried updating the drivers to no avail. After a week card failed completely and no longer even showed up in the device manager.

Other Thoughts: Replaced with similar brand that uses the same chipsets as this Rosewill card and have had no troubles what so ever.
Please don't take me wrong, I am a big fan of Rosewill products,
However, some bad seeds do make it through.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for purchasing ADD CARD ROSEWILL RC-505. Our apologies for your inconvenience.
Please download Win 8 64 bit driver at http://www.drivers-download.com/en/downloadlist.php?id=90
Or call our support team either via phone at 800-575-9885 or via email at rma@rosewill.com so we may further assist you.


Thanks,
Rosewill Customer Care

Pros: The specs list compatibility with various Windows versions -- I wanted to confirm that this will work with Linux. Tested on Centos 6.3 - kernel 2.6.32.

Using USB 3.0 SATA dock (StarTech SATDOCK22U3S from Newegg), I'm getting 100MB/sec dd'ing an image to an SSD in the SATA dock.

Cons: None

Pros: Specification look good

Cons: Installed device, and then tried to install driver. Driver install errors out complaining that Java runtime not available. I do have the latest Java installed on my Windows 7, 64 bit machine.

Other Thoughts: does not work

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback. We have forward this issue to our research team for further evaluation.
Please contact the Rosewill support team either by phone at 800-575-9885 or email us at rma@rosewill.com so we may further assist you

Thank you

Rosewill Customer Care