Joined on 02/22/10
Good light-duty server, needs more USB ports
Pros: 1U, light weight, very quiet, IPMI, dual network ports, RAID support on the motherboard.
Cons: Only 2 USB ports. There are connectors for more on the motherboard, but even adding a PCI bracket with more ports is tricky due to space constraints. I would love to see Supermicro dump the two PS/2 keyboard/mouse ports and replace them with at least two more USB ports. Out of the box, the system only supports 1 3.5" device internally. It does allow for two brackets that hold 2 2.5" devices each, allowing for up to 4 internal devices. But these brackets are not included (search for part number MCP-220-00044-0N if you need them). You'd think that for a server, even a small one, at least 2 drives would be used and Supermicro would include a bracket by default.
Overall Review: We are using two of these as redundant domain controllers in a small environment. We run with 8GB ECC RAM (Kingston KVR1333D3S8E9SK2/4G) and Core i3-2120T processors, plus two hard drives in RAID1. They have been flawless so far.
Worked for 33 days
Pros: Worked fine for 33 days.
Cons: Since the standard return period from Newegg is 30 days, I now have to deal with the manufacturer direct. We'll see how that goes for getting a replacement.
Overall Review: We were using this in a Dell Latitude D620, and it worked flawlessly for 33 days, then all of a sudden the laptop won't detect that the battery is there at all. With all the different available manufacturers of replacement batteries out there, I would recommend taking your chances with somebody else. I certainly won't be ordering anything from them again.
Perfect for server with no built-in graphics
Pros: Low power draw, has drivers that work with Windows Server 2008 R2 (use NVIDIA revision 307.83).
Cons: This is *NOT* a low-profile ready card, it is standard height. It does not include a low-profile bracket.
Overall Review: If you have a custom-built server using a motherboard with no onboard graphics and a free PCI slot, this board will work perfect. I had a bunch of other older PCI interface graphics cards laying around, but none of them had drivers that worked with 2008 R2.
Works great
Pros: Correctly shows up in Windows 7/XP as USB interface device, no custom drivers necessary. Price was much cheaper than when I last bought some of these, a few years back.
Cons: Cannot scan a grilled cheese sandwich.
Overall Review: Assuming you know what you are doing with these and have a specific application use in mind. Testing these is easy, just start Notepad and swipe a card. You should get the details from the magnetic stripe in Notepad. They work like keyboard devices basically.
Fits Firefly headset
Pros: Works great with a Firefly headset from Plantronics (S12 headset module).
Cons: Expensive for such a small item.
Good for legacy printer support
Pros: Worked fine in a Dell OptiPlex 390 SFF, which no longer includes a parallel port. A low-profile PCI bracket is included in the box, which is on the product picture but not on the product description.
Cons: As stated in other reviews, the default parallel port for the card is LPT3. You can change it to whatever port you want through the driver interface in Device Manager, though.
Overall Review: Ugh. Didn't realize Dell stopped putting parallel ports on their newer systems. Had to scramble to come up with this card to support legacy ticket printers at a remote site. These cards were cheaper than buying USB to parallel adapters and gender changers.
Good experience
Items came as expected, fast shipping time, thank you.
Good experience
Item as expected, fast shipping, thank you.