| | |  | Camping & Hiking | Home » » » 2-Port eSATA 3Gbps ExpressCard/34 | | | | | | | Description: | | Adds 2 eSATA ports to a laptop computer. Supports ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54. 2 independent Serial ATA channels to ensure maximum performance. Supports data transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps. Backward compatible to SATA 150 (1.5Gbps). Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ), port multiplier, hot-plug and hot-swapping. 2 LED's for HDD monitoring. Dimensions: 1.30" W x 0.80" H x 4.45" D; weight: 0.11 lbs.. Includes 3-year warranty, Quick Start Guide and driver CD. | | | Features: | |
• Adds 2 eSATA ports to a laptop computer
• Supports ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54
• 2 independent Serial ATA channels to ensure maximum performance
• Supports data transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps
• Backward compatible to SATA 150 (1.5Gbps)
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.18 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Do you feel lucky?Feb 16, 2010
I got this card knowing it was a roll of the dice for Mac users. Sadly, I crapped out. Running 10.5.8 on a 15" MacBook Pro. All of the software installed correctly (from CD, 3132 non-raid folder, then via tech support, BASE drivers from Silicone Image site). However, as far as I can tell, the card is not working. No lights on the card, no drive on the desktop. Is it the card? Is the drivers? Is it the drive (WD MyBook Studio)? Who knows? Some people have had luck with it, others none. So before you buy, you gotta ask yourself, do you feel lucky? For me it was a waste of time.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 On a PC, installation easy. Ext. drives faster than USB or FireWire.Jan 28, 2010
If you check on the web, I think you'll see that, given the limitations of the speed of current SATA hard disk drives themselves, an external SATA drive connected to the PC via an eSATA adapter like the Iogear # GPS702E3, will transfer data faster than if it were connected via USB, FireWire 800 or even USB 3.0 (which is just coming out now).
This is due to current HDD's being internally slower than their SATA/eSATA connection to the PC's internal bus. This means if you need speed from an external HDD, then you should switch to eSATA, and forget about USB or FireWire. I found that this Iogear adapter installs easily and works fine on an older PC.
As an example, I have a 2.5 yr. old Lenovo laptop PC with an Intel Core Duo 2.20 Mhz CPU & 4 Gb of RAM. It runs Windows Vista Ultimate on a 100 Gb 7,200 rpm internal EIDE/PATA HDD.
Unfortunately, some time ago I ran out of HDD space & so I installed two 500 Gb 7,200 rpm exernal HDD's (specifically, two Western Digital My Book Premium ES Edition HDD's). One of these external drives holds my documents and the other is for backups only (the internal HDD is just for Windows & other programs). Like on a lot of PC's, these initially were connected to the laptop via USB.
What I found wast that, using Norton Ghost with both drives connected via USB, it took about 2 hours to backup the documents from the one external drive to the other. This seemed too long to me.
So I disconnected both external drives from their USB connections and reconnected them to the laptop via eSATA using the Iogear eSATA adapter #GPS702E3. The installation was smooth. I just plugged the adapter into the ExpressCard slot and Windows saw it, searched automatically for its drivers and installed them. Then I shut the PC off, connected the two external HDD's to the adapter and rebooted. Both drives appeared in Windows Explorer just like before. No problems.
Voila! Using Norton Ghost with both drives connected via eSATA, now it took only about 15 minutes to back up the same documents from the one external drive to the other. That's about 1/8th the time it took with USB. I'd try it with FireWire, but I only have FireWire 400 on this old laptop (not FireWire 800), so it wouldn't mean much.
Some cautions, however, may be in order. On a PC when installing the adapter I think it is best not to connect the HDD's to the adapter until you are sure Windows has recognized it and successfully installed the drivers. Then, with the PC off, connect the drives to the adapter and reboot. Also, I believe there are some issues with eSATA drives not being so reliably "hot swappable," so it is best, if the PC is running, not to disconnect the drives, and/or reconnect them, like you might be able to do with USB devices. Disconnecting or reconnecting an eSATA drive with the PC running may cause Windows to stop "seeing" the drive until you reboot, at least from what I have read.
I'm a happy camper now, with more free time to roast marshmallows ;)
Great piece of gearJan 22, 2010
I bought this locally a few months ago and have been using it almost daily for important things which require a lot of bandwidth to the disk.
I see a few reviews which mention issues with this card. One of them says that a unibody Macbook Pro won't work with it. My unibody Macbook Pro works fine with it. Another says that the drivers on the included CD are no good. I use those drivers, they installed fine and continue to work with no problems. Some people mention kernel panics. I find that I cannot reproduce any kind of kernel panic error, even if I am careless with this card. That said, my 17" MBP has had a kernel panic while this card was plugged in, but it's anyone's guess as to why. It almost never happens unless the machine has been up for weeks. I don't know what everyone else is doing with their hardware, but for me it wasn't a big deal to get this going and it hasn't been a big deal keeping my system stable with it.
My only gripe is that I couldn't find the drivers on the website. Ideally you should be able to do this inside of five minutes. I wasted ten, but the CD drivers were fine.
Macbook Pro Success!Dec 29, 2009
I have to be honest, I just needed this card to format my WD "My DVR Expander", because it only uses eSata.
Following a tip from another reviewer, I popped in the supplied CD (which doesn't mention Mac support at all, even though their website does) and installed the driver for "3132 driver, non-RAID". FYI, this is a 2008-purchased non-Unibody MBPro with the latest Snow Leopard OS updates as of Dec 29, 2009.
As soon as I did (no reboot necessary -- Macs rule!) I connected my drive and it asked me to Initialize it. I formatted it with MS-DOS successfully. Worked like a charm.
The entire process took maybe 15 minutes from the time UPS dropped off the package at my front door.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Mac Users: READ THISNov 16, 2009
DO *NOT* USE THE DRIVERS ON THE INCLUDED CD.
My set-up: MacBook Pro 17'' (mid-2009) running Snow Leopard
I tried that the CD's drivers ... the install bar got half way when the kernal panic kicked in.
Then I went through the process of chatting with tech support, and eventually got a link to download the correct drivers. The Macally external enclosure with a new Seagate Barracuda 1.5 TB mounted immediately on the desktop, and it's been running non-stop for 150+ hours without a hiccup.
You will find the Mac drivers (as well as all the others) at: [...]
The most current drivers are at the top.
Read carefully before downloading, and you should have no problems.
| | |
|
