IOGEAR Hi-Speed USB 2.0 CardBus (GPU202)

List Price: $50.32 Discount Price: $34.76

Features:

• Device Type - PCMCIA Card
• Form Factor - CardBus
• Interface Type - Hi-Speed USB
• Dimensions WxDxH - 2" x 4.5" x 0.5"

Accessories:

3-Year Extended Service Plan - Covers Electronic Items $0-$200 - Repair

Customer Reviews:

Probably a fine product, but doesn't work with the iPhone on older mac hardware [Posted on 2008-01-13]
FYI tried to use this product as a USB 2.0 port for a Mac Powerbook G4 running Leopard (10.5). The card worked fine for keyboards, mice, and ipod syncing, but it did not work for iPhone syncing. It would frequently cause kernel panics and require manual powercycling to reboot the mac.

I tried a few different ways to get it to work (including using the drivers built-in to Leopard and then using the latest 2003 drivers from the iogear website), but ultimately was forced to give up.

Note that I also tried a Belkin product and was similarly unsuccessful.

Freezes Dell Inspiron 8100 [Posted on 2008-02-13]
Did not work for me. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100, built in Q4 2001. When I insert the USB cable for an external disk (USB 2.0) the computer freezes. Unfreezes only when I eject the PC card. With some playing with the timing between powering-up the external disk and inserting the USB cable I sometimes can get the disk to communicate, but only at USB 1.1 bit rates. Tried loading the drivers from IOGear and made sure all my drivers were up to date (via MS Update). Had to use my internal USB 1.1 port to clone my disk.

Great Product [Posted on 2008-04-09]
I bought the IOGEAR Cardbus for my Dell Inspiron 8100 computer (three-plus years old) because the computer's USBs were all kaput. This product works flawlessly; I've had no problems, and my Dell is working like a champ. (Or at least it's working as well as it ever could.) I highly recommend this product.

Terrible Device [Posted on 2008-05-18]
First off, it's bulky so it won't fit in my dual PCMIA slot if I am using another PCMIA card at the same time. Second, if you are going to use this device with an iPod, you need to buy the power cord (not included) for this device. Otherwise, it does not provide enough power to interact with your iPod.

Working Fine [Posted on 2008-05-22]
Some of the comments have information that is not accurate, stated as if it applies to all machines with Intel chipsets.

I'm running Win'XP w/SP3. IBM ThinkPad T40 with an Intel 82801 chipset.

The IOGEAR installed fine and is working with a Seagate 500GB USB2 drive, with absolutely no issues.

Hope that helps others considering this device.

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