Add SuperSpeed USB Connections to Your PC Notebook Computer
Your PC notebook computer has USB 2.0 ports, and they’ve served you well. Talk about compatibility - keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, joysticks, digital cameras, flash drives - what couldn you not you plug in? Talk about performance - well, that’s where USB ports 2.0 are merely passable - they limit data transfer speeds to around 25–30 MB/s. For most peripherals, that’s perfectly adequate, but when you connect an external drive and expect great performance, that bottleneck is a problem - video editing, backing up, and other data-intensive activities suffer as a result. Enter Sonnet’s USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 adapter, the bottleneck breaker! This Sonnet host controller is based on the new USB 3.0 standard that offers up to 10x the performance of the decade-old USB 2.0 interface. A single hard drive with a USB 3.0 interface is capable of transferring data at up to 125 MB/s, while SSDs (solid state drives) are capable of even faster transfers - insert Sonnet's USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 adapter into your computer ExpressCard slot to exploit the full performance potential of these fast drives
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Sonnet’s USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 works in ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54 slots. Each of this card’s ports supports bus-powered peripherals (devices that work without a separate power supply, including some external drives and scanners). Not only is this card backward-compatible with your USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 peripherals, it also supports hot-swappable device connection. Insert Sonnet’s USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 adapter into your PC notebook to experience the super speed of USB 3.0 connectivity firsthand.
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- Simple way to add two SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports to any compatible PC notebook computer
- Transfers data up to 10x faster than over USB 2.0 connections
- Supports hot-swappable device connection - plug in and disconnect peripherals without shutting off your computer
- Powered ports support bus-powered drives
- Use Sonnet’s USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 with your PC notebook to exploit the full performance potential of the latest hard drives and SSDs with a USB 3.0 interface
Hardware
- Warranty:
1-year
- Bus Interface:
ExpressCard/34, PCI Express interface
- Peripherals Supported:
Supports all industry standard USB 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 peripherals
- Cables Supported:
USB 3.0 with Standard-A male connector
USB 2.0 with Standard-A male connector
- Chipset:
NEC
USB Support
- Number of Ports:
2 external
- Standard:
USB v. 3.0/2.0/1.1 compatible.
Complies with OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface), EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) and
xHCI (eXtensible Host Controller Interface) standards
- Data Transfer Rates:
USB 3.0: 5 Gbps
USB 2.0: 480 Mbps
USB 1.1: 12 Mbps
- Number of Devices Supported:
Up to 127
- Hot Plug:
Supports hot-pluggable and hot swappable device connection
- Package Contents:
USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 host controller card
Quick start guide
Mac Compatibility
- MacBook Pro with ExpressCard/34 slot
- Mac OS® X Version 10.6+
PC Compatibility
- PC notebook with ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot
- Windows® 7
- Windows Vista®
- Windows XP
Technical Notes
(1) USB 3.0 devices require USB 3.0 cables to support USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) transfer speeds (up to 5 Gb/s). Use of USB 2.0 cables between USB 3.0 devices and USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 is supported, but data transfers are limited to USB 2.0 speeds (up to 480 Mb/s).
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