Recommend an internal flash reader?

[Paul Ma]

I go on Newegg and I see at least 7 or 8 different kinds of flash readers. I just want something that's sturdy and can read all the popular formats like Compactflash, Memory Stick, MicroSD, etc for a reasonable price. If you bought one in the past, could you share your thoughts?
Thanks

 

[heyheybooboo]

SABRENT CRW-UINB 65-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0 Port

I've installed 6 of 'em with no problems.

Assign appropriate drive names in 'My Computer' ...

 

[frostedflakes]

I have an Atech Flash XM5U and so far it's been working great. A huge upgrade from the Rosewill I was using before that didn't support SDHC and would only read/write at about 1MB/s.

 

[grrl]

I'd go by price, so long as it's USB 2.0. They are all pretty much identical, save for layout and maybe an idiot light, although as frostedflakes said, you do need to check the interface as some are still 1.1.

 

[frostedflakes]

Well the weird thing is the Rosewill was advertised as USB 2.0. It must have been using a really crappy controller that couldn't support very high transfer rates. I tried 150x SD media in it and the thing would still only read at about 1MB/s. Plugged the same SD cards into my laptop and they would read close to what they were supposed to, about 20MB/s.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
SABRENT CRW-UINB 65-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0 Port

I've installed 6 of 'em with no problems.

Assign appropriate drive names in 'My Computer' ...

Just installed one recently on a build for a friend. Is the light on the front always going to be on if there's power to the computer? I tried some BIOS settings and can't get it to turn off.

I'm not suprised that it's on, it just would be nice to be able to make it turn off.

 

[frostedflakes]

Probably always on, I'm pretty sure that's the case for most internal flash readers.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Probably always on, I'm pretty sure that's the case for most internal flash readers.

Yeah I guess. First one I've dealt with that had a light.