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Adaptec USB2connect High-Speed 2-Port USB 2.0 CardBus Adapter for Notebooks, Clamshell Package

Adaptec USB2connect High-Speed 2-Port USB 2.0 CardBus Adapter for Notebooks, Clamshell Package

(MPN: 2053100R)
Description: This High-speed 2-port USB CardBus Adapter lets you take advantage of the most current high-speed devices without compromising the connectivity with your existing ones. Along with the dramatic increase in speed you'll also appreciate that t.... Read More

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Date Reviewed:  12/21/2006
  • nickbittner
    • from OH
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    Nov 2006

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1 Star ReviewFaulty product
Strengths: -Doesn't require power supply (sorta)
Weaknesses: -Cannot copy to jump drive -Device drivers not compatible with Windows 2000 (results in Blue Screen of Death) -Does require not included power supply for some applications
Summary: Bought for USB 2.0 possibilities on a Dell Notebook with only a 1 USB 1.1 port.

Allows me to move music from an external hard drive to an iPod (both connected to the Adaptec Host) and therefore bypass my puny hard drive on the notebook. Nice speed, etc. Its is 2.0, ya know.

Then I noticed that I could not copy files to my Lexar jump drive. That's weird , it works fine in the internal 1.1 port. Okay, I'll try to install the actual drivers that came on a CD with the product. Bad idea. The device is plug-n-play and worked relatively well with drivers found on the Windows 2000 OS. I believe that all of these devices really work on NEC USB drivers while the hardware driver the OS determined to be most compatible was an Intel one.

Well after following Adaptec's instructions to update the driver to the Adaptec one the system required a reboot. Upon reboot the blue screen of death appeared with a stop error. It seems the driver is activated on start-up and was so incompatible with Windows that the stop error occured.

I had to use Windows 2000 boot disks to run a repair in the Recovery console. Once entered in the Console you need to disable the device (ADPTEHCD). The computer then start-ups normally. I went ahead and reverted the disabled driver back to the one Windows 2000 found most suitable (the Intel one).

I realize now that the jump drive probably does not work with the Adaptec USB host, driver or not. Whether it is a compatibility or power issue, I am not sure. The fact that the Adaptec device has a power input but no included power cable is disconcerting.

I now am wondering if the iPod is charging when plugged into the device (I charge it at work as well). I will get back on that aspect.

One last detractor: My notebooks 2 PCI slots are stacked together. The bulky Adaptec device must go in the top slot. My Belkin wireless card then has to go below. I can't get a good signal when the Adaptec device is inserted. It blocks the signal. If the USB Host were narrower or flipped so that the extruding end were down, it could easily go in the lower slot.

Use your judgement.

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