works great in linux Works flawlessly in Linux with drivers in the mainline kernel. Once the right drivers are in the kernel (I compile my own...not sure whether or not they're in most prebuilt kernels), it just works when you put the card in. I get great transfer speeds with my 750GB Seagate FreeAgent. You need "Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA support" and PCI-Express HotPlug support enabled (pciehp module). See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ExpressCard for details.
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/25/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
85% (6 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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It does what it says it does. I have been using this card for about a year with a
Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA hard drive, in an AZIO Corp. external eSATA enclosure, and it has worked great for me.
This card greatly decreased wait time for me while video editing.
Also, I recently added another hard drive (same setup), and the card handles two at a time just great.
I have also used this card to run a DVD burner in eSATA, and it worked wonderfully as well.
All in all, there are not many cards...
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/29/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
83% (5 of 6) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works fine. After downloading the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website, the SIIG Esata II Expresscard works fine. I have two 750GB Seagate Freestyle eSata external drives hooked up to my HP laptop for storing my music files (I rip everything in .wav). The improvement in speed when browsing my files in Windows Media Player is much improved. The screen would stutter noticeably when scrolling through files on my USB2.0 external drive, but scrolling is much smoother with the eSata drives. I hope eSata...
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/22/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
80% (4 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works great But Works great but i bought this model instead of the /34 one because i thought this one would protrude less from the side of the laptop. Far from it, most 90%? of the plastic portion seen in the picture juts out from the side of the laptop, close to 1".
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/20/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
75% (3 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Seems to work Works on my HP laptop. However, must hold carefully when trying to plug in eSATA external cable. Card needs some kind of friction lock or small cable extender to keep from activating laptop extraction spring and disconnecting card in hot swap mode.
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/08/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Not terribly reliable under Vista 64 Perhaps it's because I'm running Vista 64, but SIIG CLAIMs they support that OS... and this product just doesn't, not very well.
I have five external drives with e-SATA interfaces, and only two work with this board. Additionally, it's sort of "tempermental," and I often have to unplug and replug the e-SATA cable into it several times before my system recognizes a drive. (The Nexstar 3 2.5" enclosure seems the most reliable e-SATA enclosure in my experience -- the Coolgear enclosur...
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/06/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Work fine Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: hook up 2 WD 500GB external hard drives using esata port, work fine on both channel.
Cons: this card is very hot by using only an hour.
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review by Rthkeditors can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Rthkeditors | | Review Date: | 09/10/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Awesome Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: put in express card, put in cd, when windows asks for drivers tell it to fetch them from the cd. Poof, you now have 2 external SATA ports that are super fast! I did a ScanDisk of my 500 GB drive and it finsished super quick!
Cons: none
Unless they don't have Vista drivers, but I have not looked yet because I didn't upgrade...
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review by DaYodaMaker can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | DaYodaMaker | | Review Date: | 06/29/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works in Linux! Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
Pros: Works in Gentoo Linux (kernel 2.6.21)
Follow these instructions for enabling expresscard support in your kernel: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ExpressCard
Also, enable "Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA support" (I compiled it directly into the kernel, not a module)
Cons: Yea.. it sticks out quite a bit.
Other Thought...
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review by EnigmaCurry can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | EnigmaCurry | | Review Date: | 05/10/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Well made Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Well made, good connectors. The SiI 3132 chipset for PCIx to SATA II is the most reliable I've used.
Cons: None so far.
Other Thoughts: This just uses the standard SiI 3132 chipset to the drivers are pretty standard. The ones on the manufacturer's web site are really old. You should get the reference dri...
[SIIG, Inc SC-SAE512-S1 eSATA II ExpressCard review by wysiwyg can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | wysiwyg | | Review Date: | 04/27/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |