Binding: Electronics Brand: Viking Compatibility: PC Card EAN: 0798442078779 Feature: Inexpensive CompactFlash card reader solution for your laptop Label: Viking Components Manufacturer: Viking Components Model: CF-ADAPT Publisher: Viking Components Studio: Viking Components Warranty: 5 years warranty
Features
Inexpensive CompactFlash card reader solution for your laptop Transforms the PC Card (or PCMCIA) slot of your laptop to a CompactFlash card reader Enables you to drag and drop files to and from your CompactFlash card from any software program Very rugged design with no moving parts to ensure a long life cycle Five year replacement warranty and 30-day money-back guarantee
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: flash reader made easy Comment: Good price good product just what I needed Nothing more.
Sometimes that is just the way to go. The more bells that you don't need the more that can go wrong.
Customer Rating: Summary: Cheap & functional Comment: Well, it does exacatly what it advertises. It sits flush with the side of my laptop when in the PCMCIA slot, so I just leave the reader in there all the time. Readspeeds are fine, although I haven't benchmarked it. It seems to be a fair bit faster than reading straight from my D70 (which only supports USB 1 speeds).
I've only used it under linux, so I can't comment about problems with Windows locking up during read/writes -- if it does, then it's a problem with Windows or Windows drivers, as this is not an issue at all for me. It truly worked in a plug & play manner, running on an IBM T42p with Ubuntu Dapper for the OS.
The only "complaint" of any sort, is that the CF card is also flush with the side of the laptop, so you must remove the pcmcia card to get the CF card out. This could also be a benefit, since you *can* leave the card in there if you want to (and not worry about snapping anything off).
Customer Rating: Summary: Works well and can't beat the price Comment: I got this to transfer files from my Nikon 5400. It works well and the fit and finish is very good. I am using a Dell latitude D610 laptop with XP on it. No complaints with this especially for the price.
Pros:
-If you just put the adapter in the PC slot the computer does not recognize it. I like this b/c if I want to take it out then I don't have to deal with disconnecting it in XP. (Once you add the CF card XP recognizes it.)
-The CF card together with the adapter, while inserted in the computer are flush with the side computer. This prevents me from being a klutz when I leave it in the computer and breaking it off.
Cons:
- The CF when inserted is flush with the side of the computer. I like this (see above), but it means that you have to eject the whole adapter to get the CF card out.
Customer Rating: Summary: Good device Comment: It does what is says it does, the only downside I can think of is, that it does not have an eject button for the CF Card, so when the card fits tight, you have to remove the PCMCIA Card to actually get the CF card out. Customer Rating: Summary: Decent product at a great price Comment: Many people have said that they had trouble with the drivers on this device and my experience was a little more troubled than I had hoped, but since I haven't seen anyone tell people actually how to do the install, I thought I would. This is my experience with what works in Windows XP SP2
1. Install the device and insert a CF card.
2. Windows will say that the drivers aren't compatible with this operating system.
3. Go to the device manager and find the device, it should have an exclamation point over its icon.
4. Double click on the device and click reinstall driver.
5. I clicked 'Yes, this time only' for connecting to Windows Update, although I don't think this step matters.
6. Click 'Install the software automatically' and click Next.
7. Windows will look and eventually find the correct drivers.
This method worked for me, but I'm not sure how it will work for anyone else. I don't know why Windows didn't find the drivers when you attach the device, but it didn't for me.
The only other problem with this device is that when you insert a CF card the card is flush with the device and with your laptop and this makes it difficult to remove the CF card without ejecting the entire device. However, the up side of this is that there is nothing to stick out and get caught when traveling with your laptop.
