Desktop PC ExpressCard Drive Solutions

Noah Yuan-Vogel · August 1st, 2008, 07:16 AM

The website for the Addonics expresscard adapter seems to say that hotswap pci is possible, but probably only in Vista and with the right AHCI drivers.

Buba Kastorski · August 1st, 2008, 07:36 AM

thanks, , I'll try it again, but I spent like 3-4 hours trying to make it work, restarting and reinstalling:(
and it's fairly new PC, quad core, asus MB, XP Pro, anyways, I'll try again

Noah Yuan-Vogel · August 1st, 2008, 08:05 AM

as i mentioned, the addonics page says that hot swapping is possible, but "Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP are all non PCI-E aware OS and will not support hot swap." this leaves me to believe that it may only be vista that supports the function.

Joe Diaz · September 18th, 2008, 07:18 PM

For those that interested i use this,

Newegg.com - SIIG JJ-000082-S1 PCIe to ExpressCard Bay - Case Accessories

it is the SIIG PCI to Expresscard Bay for the pc and fits in the floppy drive bay or other larger bay it reads PCI-E and USB expresscards 34/54, their is a separate cable that plugs internally to the USB on the motherboard and also a cable running to the PCI-E card.
Im running Vista 64 works with no problems its fast.
it is not PCI-E hot swappable. it reads my sony 8gig SxS card from my EX3,
but in order to do so i must first plug the card in and boot up my computer
for it to recognize it because its not hot swappable. Works with USB Expresscard readers
and is hot swappable.

August 1st, 2008, 07:16 AM	#16
Noah Yuan-Vogel Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 613	The website for the Addonics expresscard adapter seems to say that hotswap pci is possible, but probably only in Vista and with the right AHCI drivers.

August 1st, 2008, 07:36 AM	#17
Buba Kastorski Trustee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,414	thanks, , I'll try it again, but I spent like 3-4 hours trying to make it work, restarting and reinstalling:( and it's fairly new PC, quad core, asus MB, XP Pro, anyways, I'll try again

August 1st, 2008, 08:05 AM	#18
Noah Yuan-Vogel Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 613	as i mentioned, the addonics page says that hot swapping is possible, but "Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP are all non PCI-E aware OS and will not support hot swap." this leaves me to believe that it may only be vista that supports the function.

September 18th, 2008, 07:18 PM	#19
Joe Diaz Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 25	For those that interested i use this, Newegg.com - SIIG JJ-000082-S1 PCIe to ExpressCard Bay - Case Accessories it is the SIIG PCI to Expresscard Bay for the pc and fits in the floppy drive bay or other larger bay it reads PCI-E and USB expresscards 34/54, their is a separate cable that plugs internally to the USB on the motherboard and also a cable running to the PCI-E card. Im running Vista 64 works with no problems its fast. it is not PCI-E hot swappable. it reads my sony 8gig SxS card from my EX3, but in order to do so i must first plug the card in and boot up my computer for it to recognize it because its not hot swappable. Works with USB Expresscard readers and is hot swappable.