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and it was cheap i had no way to get info off laptop other than to email them. this IOGEAR cardbus totally saved me in a pinch. my usb ports fried on my laptop. this saved me and i am able to get info off laptop to an external harddrive.
If you plug in a device that draws a lot of power, it will lock up your machine and you will have to reboot. For example, a USB disk drive, such as a GO drive, needs the external power supply. You can ask IOGear about this. This works fine on a Mac Powerbook G4. The hitch is that you need the extra power supply if you are using a device that is supplied a large amount of power from the USB port. The power supply is OADB-0705-261G.
For anything else, you MUST have the power adapter (which does not come with the cardbus). And it speeds up the data transfer. Otherwise, it works fine. Be sure you have reflected significantly before purchasing this product. The only things that I can use it for are my flash disks. Even with the power adapter, this bus would not support a printer.
hard drive. However, it does function with devices requiring less power, like a wireless keyboard/mouse combination or an externally powered ext. It does protrude a bit, but that's pretty expected. Great product. The quality is superb, and, I believe people only complain that it doesn't work because the device can only provide so much phantom power to your peripherals. Both work flawlessly.
Some of the comments have information that is not accurate, stated as if it applies to all machines with Intel chipsets.I'm running Win'XP w/SP3. IBM ThinkPad T40 with an Intel 82801 chipset.The IOGEAR installed fine and is working with a Seagate 500GB USB2 drive, with absolutely no issues.Hope that helps others considering this device.
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