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PCI 5 Port USB 2.0 Controller $30 @ CUSA

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TheDon

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I just picked up a 5 port (4 external, 1 internal) USB 2.0 PCI card at CompUSA for $30. It's their house brand and was at normal price. It seems to be working fine under XP Pro.
 
Is this the one you're refering to? This is the only device that seems to fit the product you're describing. There doesn't seem to be any rebate and it's showing at 40 bucks and not 30. Is there someway to save an extra 10 bucks that I don't see here?

Thanx
 


<< Is this the one you're refering to? This is the only device that seems to fit the product you're describing. There doesn't seem to be any rebate and it's showing at 40 bucks and not 30. Is there someway to save an extra 10 bucks that I don't see here?

Thanx >>



Your link is to a SIIG card. The one I bought is their house brand (CompUSA) and is not on the CompUSA web site. The SKU is 288605 and it sells for $29.99. It appears to use an NEC chipset.
 
Nice find! Hope no one gripes because no coupons, markdowns or rebates were involved. 😉
 
Kinda cold.

NewEgg has 5-port USB 2.0 cards for around $20. My local dealer sells them for a little over $9 in bulk. 😀
 
WARNING about usb2.0

if you have winxp or win2k, you should be able to use the MS drivers.

if you dont MS will not provide you with drivers.

where is the problem?

SOME CHEAPASS VENDORS DONT HAVE DRIVERS...

Adaptec, Orange Micro and a VERY FEW others do have drivers for other windows operating systems.

I have an adaptec controller, came with win98se drivers =). I have 2 cheapo controllers, NO DRIVERS for win98se. Also, most controllers use the NEC chip (1x2.0 controller, 2x1.1 controller). And different vendor drivers will not work on other cards (depending).
 
Mday is absolutely correct. I spent 2 days trying to get my Adaptec USB2Connect controller card to work at 2.0 speeds. I finally had to go to store and purchase another Adaptec card which claimed to have the controllers on the Cdrom. (The first card came with a Cdrom, but it was only info.). There was no installation program when I inserted the cdrom. I went into Control Panel, Sytem, Device Manager, Usb and had to Reinstall Driver and it found the files on the Cdrom. This is pretty standard, but it should have had an installer!!! I wll say that it was definitely worth it after everything started working, my external 2.0 hard drive flies compared to the old 1.1!!!!

I searched CompUsa website for drivers and they were not there.

I do have a question for anyone who may know: Are USB 2.0 cables and 1.1 cables really different? I saw some marked as "rated" for USB 2.0. If this is just a rating, shouldn't any quality USB cable be able to handle 480 mbps throughput?
 


<< Kinda cold.

NewEgg has 5-port USB 2.0 cards for around $20. My local dealer sells them for a little over $9 in bulk. 😀 >>



I don't get it?
Someone says "Hope no one gripes because no coupons, markdowns or rebates were involved"
In reality, doing a search for USB 2.0 at Newegg, comes up the lowest priced card at $26 + $6 shipping.
How does that $32 Newegg price make this $30 price a cold deal????
And for your bud that has them all day for $9, how does that help us???

Of course if you had backed up your crapping with links to truely better deals, then this would not be needed.

TheDon nice find!
 
Mday is absolutely correct. I spent 2 days trying to get my Adaptec USB2Connect controller card to work at 2.0 speeds. I finally had to go to store and purchase another Adaptec card which claimed to have the controllers on the Cdrom. (The first card came with a Cdrom, but it was only info.). There was no installation program when I inserted the cdrom. I went into Control Panel, Sytem, Device Manager, Usb and had to Reinstall Driver and it found the files on the Cdrom. This is pretty standard, but it should have had an installer!!! I wll say that it was definitely worth it after everything started working, my external 2.0 hard drive flies compared to the old 1.1!!!!

I searched CompUsa website for drivers and they were not there.

I do have a question for anyone who may know: Are USB 2.0 cables and 1.1 cables really different? I saw some marked as "rated" for USB 2.0. If this is just a rating, shouldn't any quality USB cable be able to handle 480 mbs throughput?
 
Am I the only one who is getting a bit sick of the "tiny" PCI cards. Remember when ISA cards used to be unique, one for hard drive, one for printer port, etc?

Why doesn't someone make a combo USB2.0 2 port + Firewire 2 port + 2 channel IDE ATA133 (Promise or similar controller) for about $100.

Does SIIG make all these cards?

UPDATE: I see they sell a combo Firewire + USB 2.0 card for around $82 : Combo PCI card with Firewire+USB2

 


<< Am I the only one who is getting a bit sick of the "tiny" PCI cards. Remember when ISA cards used to be unique, one for hard drive, one for printer port, etc?

Why doesn't someone make a combo USB2.0 2 port + Firewire 2 port + 2 channel IDE ATA133 (Promise or similar controller) for about $100. >>



I think you answered your own question.
Technology changes.
All 3 things you list, plus many more, are getting more advanced every day.
As soon as this combo comes out, ATA166 or the next version of firewire or USB will come out, or another wireless standard.
This is the same reason all in one motherboards are not the best choice.
It is much easier to simply upgrade one item as it matures.
I hope the near future is true wireless for everything.
 
forget the combo cards, why doesn't somebody just make a motherboard with 6-channel sound, built-in ethernet, firewire, usb 2.0, IDE raid, and NO SERIAL, PARALLEL, AND FLOPPY!
 
"and NO SERIAL, PARALLEL, AND FLOPPY! "

LOL

why no floppy? Does the floppy controller get in the way that much? Plus you can disable it in BIOS.

-poch
 
Well, none of the last three computers I've built has included a floppy drive. The connector doesn't get in the way (and I can and do disable it in the BIOS), but I gotta figure that the floppy controller (and serial controller, and parallel controller, and PS/2 keyboard/mouse controllers) on the north bridge aren't free. If nothing else, they're taking up valuable space on the silicon that could be used for something else, like USB 2.0, 1394, IDE RAID, and when the hell is Serial-ATA finally coming? It's almost criminal that we have to have these big honkin' ribbon cables running through our systems when bus technology for external peripherals has advanced so far.

I'm no great fan of Apple and I'm even less of a fan of Steve Jobs, but you can make a very good case that by not including a floppy drive on the iMac and by dumping ADB entirely for USB, they gave USB a much-needed kick in the pants and got manufacturers finally cranking out USB peripherals by the truckload. The sooner mobo manufacturers dump the outdated standards and start forcing peripheral makers to modernize, the sooner that modernization will come.

</rant>

(Please followup via PM, since this is now off-topic. Thanks).
 
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