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    M15x USB 3.0 Express Card 54

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Nivaku, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. MartinHatch

    MartinHatch Notebook Enthusiast

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    Aha ... didn't realise there were driver / firmware updates :)

    And only from last month too eh?? ;)

    Ok .. *optimistically installing updates* .. I'll let you know how it goes
     
    MartinHatch, May 21, 2012
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  2. T-ravisty

    T-ravisty Notebook Consultant

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    So which is the best one that you all have experience with?
    And that will ship to Aus?

    Do you have to have it plugged in all the time to use it?
     
    T-ravisty, May 21, 2012
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  3. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    This is the one that I purchased: USB 3.0 AKE Superspeed Card 34mm Inside Hide 2 USB 3.0 ports NEC chip | eBay

    Haven't had any issues with it so far, besides lack of power when I tried to have it power two hard drives.

    When I put it into my VPCZ1, it's very tight in the slot so there's no chance it it will accidentally come out when you unplug a USB cable from it (not sure if it's supposed to be like that). It's also a Renesas/NEC uPD720201/uPD720202 card. Seems to work in Windows 8 too.
     
    namaiki, May 21, 2012
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  4. T-ravisty

    T-ravisty Notebook Consultant

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    Is it flush like the one on the first post?
    Any chance of a pic?
     
    T-ravisty, May 21, 2012
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  5. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    namaiki, May 21, 2012
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  6. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Flush yes. However it won't stay in the port which is annoying so it starts to stick out again. Sometimes it will even get pulled out....
     
    King of Interns, May 21, 2012
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  7. T-ravisty

    T-ravisty Notebook Consultant

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    Cheers, man... *buy*

    Ah bugger. Does it do it when things are connected to it?
     
    T-ravisty, May 22, 2012
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  8. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Yes, however usually it will still stay in enough to remain connected. I am tempted to glue it in lol as I don't intend to use it for anything else lol...

    Tis pretty nifty though. Throughput on a 2TB usb 2.0 HDD is up at 35mb/s about a 5mb/s improvement which is great. USB 3.0 devices would benefit alot more....
     
    King of Interns, May 23, 2012
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  9. T-ravisty

    T-ravisty Notebook Consultant

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    Bummer.
    As long as it stays connected though.
    I probs won't glue it in, I plan to sell it maybe next year... Get a desktop or something, still keep my M11x though.

    Yeah, I'm starting to make a nice collection of USB 3.0 hard-drives, so it'll make a nice enhancement to my workflow.
    With like 5 externals at the moment, it's starting to get a bit insane... And I just keep collecting more of them!!! Gahh!!!
     
    T-ravisty, May 24, 2012
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  10. ScorchRaserik

    ScorchRaserik Newbie

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    ScorchRaserik, Jul 27, 2012
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  11. CluckyTaco

    CluckyTaco Notebook Geek

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    That it is a steal, I'm using the same one and apart from coming out while trying to remove a usb cable, no problems till now. The coming out issue I can live that for 2 dollars. Go take the plunge and you wouldn't regret it.
     
    CluckyTaco, Jul 28, 2012
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  12. T-ravisty

    T-ravisty Notebook Consultant

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    That's the one!

    I think mine was about 6 bucks... Cheap as anything.

    It should come with a small disc with drivers, but I suggest you should either put the small disc either nto a different PC that doesn't have a slot load drive or google for a download.
    The disc is one of thise tiny ones... 80mm, I wouldn't suggest that you put it into the slot-load.

    If you have trouble finding the driver online or don't have another computer to copy them PM me and I'll upload them for you.

    All the best.
     
    T-ravisty, Jul 28, 2012
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