Rosewill RDCR-12001 Multi-in-one USB 2.0 & SATA Internal Card Reader w/ 2.5" HDD/SSD Enclosure

Pros: Good quality and easy to install in system so its seamless in they system verses outside USB version

Cons: none

Pros: None

Cons: Bought this to replace a rosewill card reader in my personal system. Wanted the 2.5” drive slot. The old card reader worked fine. This one Crashes my system when anything is plugged into the slots. I have tried it in both USB positions on my motherboard. I have also tried with and without the molex power connector connected. Cost more to ship back than worth.

Pros: It occasionally reads cards.

Cons: The card reader function only works half the time. As for HDDs and SSDs, it can't read either one! The worst part is that if you plug the molex into this card reader your fans and motherboard is constantly running, even when the computer is off! Never had that happen to me before with any other device.

Pros: it reads ssd and hdd as well as mini sd

Cons: i wrote a review the other day that this product stopped working on me, well i had a problem with my wireless card being disconnected, so i thought i would reformat the ssd and re install windows, i do not know what was going wrong, but it works perfectly fine !!!

Pros: i like the fact that the ssd/hdd part does not take up a sata port and that it takes a mini sd card.

Cons: the power cable sends feed back to the mother board not letting it turn on. i see that other people don't plug in there power cord to it and the ssd wont work, well for some odd reason my ssd is working fine and the power is not connected to the device, i haven't had this for a month and the sd reader took a dump !! i just opened a rma for it. i wish more work effort went into making this!! i cant even find another brand that makes one like this !! ..

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you very much for your purchase of our product. We do apologize for this inconvenience. For further support please contact the Rosewill support team either via phone at 800-575-9885or via email at rma@rosewill.com so we may assist you

Thank you
Rosewill Customer Care

Pros: The card slots work, sometimes. Rosewill has offered to make it right (haven't seen them yet, but they offered)

Cons: If plugged into USB header on motherboard it creates some odd power feedback loop. In theory, if you unplug the USB header attachment, the card reader should still work, but the key feature, the SSD mount will not.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for your purchase of our product. We do apologize for this unexpected inconvenience.For further support contact the Rosewill support team either via phone at 800-575-9885or via email at rma@rosewill.com so we may assist you with a replacement. We are eager to assist you in any possible way and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you
Rosewill Customer Care

Pros: The traditional card memory slots work.

Cons: Backfeeds power into the motherboard.

Other Thoughts: The card reader requires power from a Molex connector for the SSD slot to work. Do NOT plug in the Molex connector to the power supply. It will backfeed power into the motherboard. The fans will spin and the light will come on even when the PC is turned off (but plugged in into an AC outlet).

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for your purchase of our product. We do apologize for this unexpected inconvenience.For further support contact the Rosewill support team either via phone at 800-575-9885or via email at rma@rosewill.com so we may assist you with a replacement. We are eager to assist you in any possible way and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you
Rosewill Customer Care

Pros: Cheap. Non-powered card slots work. I guess it earns 1 star even though it should not.

Cons: Feeds power back into the motherboard. Do not plug in the Molex power connector!

Other Thoughts: The reports below are true. It feeds power back into the motherboard when the PC is plugged in but off. Fans spin up and motherboard lights light up.

If you already have one and can't/don't want to return it, this is how to stay out of trouble: Just use the memory card slots that don't require external power. The SSD slot requires a Molex power connector to operate. Do not plug it in. Just don't use that feature.

Pros: -It works
-it was insanely cheap
-and its not an eyesore of endless usb ports (that most card readers seem to be these days) that I'll never use cause I already have tons of them.

The hdd tray is snug and drives go in and out easily so far without issue.

Ive only had this a day but everything seems to work just fine so Im pleased with the purchase.

Cons: Like some have said, the faceplate is flimsy (at best) and didn't fit into the bracket I bought to make it fit into one of the 5.25 drive bays. It was a little too large but with some dremeling I ground it down to just the right size and everything seems to work fine.

It gets a minus 1 egg for the lack of quality in the faceplate but otherwise it seems okay.

Other Thoughts: Someone mentioned in their review something about power feedback and Ive got to imagine he plugged the usb connector into a nonusb motherboard plug and was having feedback issues because of that.

In my motherboard manual it mentions not plugging the usb into one of the nonusb connectors on the board cause it will cause damage to your board so I gotta think thats what was wrong on their issue.

Aside from having to do some minor surgery to get the faceplate to fit into the bracket with a little minor sanding this was a breeze to install and so far works fine. Honestly for $7 shipped it was worth taking a chance on cause I have a handful of old laptop drives that I can just throw in the slot and use for whatever whenever so Im pretty happy with it. Also it reads micro sd cards without a usb adapter which is awesome cause I can throw my phone msd in there and bam! works like a charm.

This isnt a high quality item for sure but like I said, for $7 shipped it was worth taking a chance on. If it only last a month I wont be out much and will then start looking at some other readers, but for now this does what I need it to do so Im happy.

Pros: The card reader does work.

Cons: The 2.5" bay did not work at all right out of the box.
If it had worked, it would be only usb2, not sata.

Other Thoughts: The 2.5" bay is usb 2, not sata. This is the third idem with the rosewill name on it I have bought and all three ether did not work or was misleading.
Rosewill is a bad company and makes products as such.
I bought this card reader on sale and the shipping cost is higher than the refund I will get. I spend a lot of money with newegg but may never buy from them again after this one.