Micro Innovations USB740R USB 2.0 Card Bus PCMCIA 2-Port Adapter

Rating:
Summary: don't buy
Review: Bought this and it crashed the laptop. Driver won't install properly. Can't contact manufacturer.

Rating:
Summary: Do Not Buy This!
Review: I attempted to use this on a Compaq 2100 laptop to no avail. It has never worked, despite trouble-shooting to the best of my ability. Micro Innovations bites.

Rating:
Summary: I wish Amazon had negative stars
Review: I bought this hoping to upgrade to USB 2.0 and it hasn't work at all. I haven't been able to troubleshoot and thier website doesn't even support this product. It is supposed to come with a 3.5 disk that contains the driver but it wasn't included. Micro Inovations sucks. Be sure to check for support before you buy any product from them. Better yet don't buy anything from them and hopefully they will disappear.

Rating:
Summary: Works Fine
Review: I was a bit worried after reading the negative reviews of this card but it works fine, and for the price <$30 I have no complaints - it does the job.

Noted behaviour:

Running under XP - it does not require the drivers that ship with it - seems to run fine with the XP default drivers or with the shipped (non-XP certified) drivers on CD.

Running a USB2 external disk (ION) that draws power from the USB port requires that you plug in the external power adapter for the card (it ships with it) to supply sufficient power for the device. If you don't plub in the adapter there are no warnings issued - the external drive just fails to be detected and configured, although all the ION power LEDs are on (if you listen closely you realise the disks aren't spinning). This may lead you to believe that the card and/or the external device is not working.

XP sometimes complains about power surges exceeding specs on the USB hub when you plug in the AC adpater or the external drive, but the USB managemnt spec seems resilient enough to detect and handle this - in other words, no hardware smoked. The caveat is that XP says "click here" to resolve the problem and it doesn't - XP appears to shut the port or ports down so you need eject the card and re-insert.



Rating:
Summary: doesn't work
Review: It simply doesn't work after I had it installed. Should've read the reviews before I decide to buy it...

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Summary: sure way to a crash
Review: The device worked fine for two weeks then it made my laptop crash every time I had it inserted. Thank goodness removing the device brought me back. I spent hours trying the ideas from the Micro tech. Nothing helped. Its junk.