Woohoo! New express card to eSata drivers are out from Silicon Images!!!

chrono1081 · Oct 10, 2009, 08:55 AM

If you have a Rosewill express card here is the updated drivers:

http://rosewill.com/Commons/SearchRe...ey=RC-605&st=2

If you have another card the base driver may work:

http://www.siliconimage.com/support/...=32&cat=3&os=3

I cant wait to get off work and try these out

chrono1081 · Oct 11, 2009, 03:25 AM

Hm I guess I'm the only excited about this lol.

BlueRevolution · Oct 11, 2009, 07:46 AM

I suspect so. I'm very happy for you, though.

UltraNEO* · Oct 11, 2009, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrono1081

Hm I guess I'm the only excited about this lol.

Well... new users don't have ExpressCard Slot anymore... poor b'stards

and I don't have any uses of eSATA.

With the new card, can you boot from them?

Bbusyb · Oct 11, 2009, 09:27 AM

Its good news, but as I only have an express card on my Old Dell XPS1210 and not my new Macbook Pro, there is a bit Gnashing of teeth

Seriously, The inability to use Esata is one of the few things I'm really missing on my Macbook, But as I needed Portability more then that I got the 13" instead of the the 17" or a previous Gen 15".

flatfoot · Oct 11, 2009, 10:16 AM

Here, here, me, me...!

I have a cheap Si3132-based PCIe-eSATA card lying around worthlessly since the Snow Leopard upgrade. The JMB362-based replacement I'm using right now isn't really worth it because it doesn't work with the port multiplier I use.

So I'm looking forward to the new drivers passing the beta-status...

chrono1081 · Oct 12, 2009, 11:50 AM

Ive been using the new drivers straight from Rosewills site (I suspect other cards will work with the rosewill drivers because a few in the office do but the stickers are peeled off so I cant tell who makes em, but they aren't rosewill).

I'm so happy to have eSata back

Oct 10, 2009, 08:55 AM	#1
chrono1081 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2008	Woohoo! New express card to eSata drivers are out from Silicon Images!!! If you have a Rosewill express card here is the updated drivers: http://rosewill.com/Commons/SearchRe...ey=RC-605&st=2 If you have another card the base driver may work: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/...=32&cat=3&os=3 I cant wait to get off work and try these out __________________ Macbook Pro 15" - 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 8GB Ram, 500 GB 7200RPM HD iPod Nano 16GB (Green!) iPhone 3Gs 32GB (Black)

Oct 11, 2009, 03:25 AM	#2
chrono1081 Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2008	Hm I guess I'm the only excited about this lol. __________________ Macbook Pro 15" - 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 8GB Ram, 500 GB 7200RPM HD iPod Nano 16GB (Green!) iPhone 3Gs 32GB (Black)

Oct 11, 2009, 07:46 AM	#3
BlueRevolution macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ailleurs	I suspect so. I'm very happy for you, though. __________________ "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal a loaf of bread." —Anatole France

Oct 11, 2009, 09:27 AM	#5
Bbusyb macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Notts, UK / Alex, Egypt	Its good news, but as I only have an express card on my Old Dell XPS1210 and not my new Macbook Pro, there is a bit Gnashing of teeth Seriously, The inability to use Esata is one of the few things I'm really missing on my Macbook, But as I needed Portability more then that I got the 13" instead of the the 17" or a previous Gen 15". __________________ 13" Macbook Pro 2.53Ghz, 4GB Ram, 500 GB HD 12" Dell XPS M1210 2.0 Ghz, 3GB Ram, 500Gb HD 16GB Jailbroken iPhone 3G

Oct 11, 2009, 10:16 AM	#6
flatfoot macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2009	Here, here, me, me...! I have a cheap Si3132-based PCIe-eSATA card lying around worthlessly since the Snow Leopard upgrade. The JMB362-based replacement I'm using right now isn't really worth it because it doesn't work with the port multiplier I use. So I'm looking forward to the new drivers passing the beta-status... __________________ MP1,1 2.66 Octo (2x X5355), 12GB RAM, X1900 XT (22" LG), 73.4GB Raptor, 3TB RAID 0 (4 drives), RocketRAID 2314 (external 2.7TB mixed RAID), add. USB MB 1.83 C2D, 3GB RAM, 250GB HD iPod touch 2G 32GB

Oct 12, 2009, 11:50 AM	#7
chrono1081 Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2008	Ive been using the new drivers straight from Rosewills site (I suspect other cards will work with the rosewill drivers because a few in the office do but the stickers are peeled off so I cant tell who makes em, but they aren't rosewill). I'm so happy to have eSata back __________________ Macbook Pro 15" - 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 8GB Ram, 500 GB 7200RPM HD iPod Nano 16GB (Green!) iPhone 3Gs 32GB (Black)

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