Apiotek Express Card

Hello
I have the IEEE1394B 800 Firewire Card. When I put it in an icon appears on the top (beside battery level, wireless, clock etc) It gives the option to power off but the other options are faded and I can''t click them.
I hook up my soundcard and say my external hard drive but absolutely nothing happens. Apparently it does not need a driver.
What is going on?
Thank you

Don't know what's going on. Suggest that you contact Apiotek Tech Support.

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I tried the apple care line for advice, but unfortunately they are not trained to talk about experiences with third party products.
Waiting for news.
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The driver has to come from the manufacturer of the card, so your two options are to get another card or to use your full backup to go back to 10.7.5. That assumes it's a clone backup and not Time Machine.

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HP Express Card Mini Remote Mappings, Issues, Woahs, Questions.

Ok, I am trying to actually get this Mini-Remote to be useful for my DV5-1235DX.
First, is there an easy way to remap the buttons on the remote control? I will never use HP Smart DVD. I do not use HP Smart Menu. I will not use Media Center. I prefer my own software over those packages.
1). Any way to map those buttons to something else and stop the calls they make starting the existing software?
2). Is there a full list of which media functions the remaining buttons are mapped to? I have found some so far provided below.
Remote Button Virtual Key Media Key
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Rewind MEDIA_FASTFORWARD
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Next VK_MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK MEDIA_NEXTTRACK
Up MEDIA_CHANNEL_UP
Down MEDIA_CHANNEL_DOWN
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Direction Down VK_DOWN
Direction Left VK_LEFT
Direction Right VK_RIGHT
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Settings "i" Volume Down VK_VOLUME_DOWN VOLUME_DOWN
Mute VK_VOLUME_MUTE VOLUME_MUTE
Volume Up VK_VOLUME_UP VOLUME_UP
As can be seen I am still missing some key buttons and their matched Media Key Function Name.
I would appreciate any and all help on finding the missing button functions and remapping the current app start calls.
Thank you very much in advance for your time,
Kelly
P.S. - EDIT: A programmer friend pointed out the IR Software/Driver may be sending virtual keys and not just media key signals. With that I was able to map a few more to their virtual key and can use those buttons now as well.
With this new information I can now map all buttons except the little "i" and the 5 buttons across the top (Power, DVD, SmartMenu, Display Switch, MediaCenter).
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"Press to display system information. The button may also be used to display settings menus for some multimedia software." It does not display system information and I have yet to find any software it displays anything in.
Message Edited by kelendral on 2009-04-25 07:48 PM

Well, I called HP Support today.
They verified the only reaction they could get from that "Settings" button on a similar model (they did not have the exact DV5-1235dx on hand) was to interrupt the screen saver. This is the exact and only behavoir I have found with that key.
They were also unable to provide any technical information (such as remote code, key being emulated, virtual key command, or media key mapping).
So basically on a similar model device they experienced the exact same thing, the key appears to have no function in any of the software provided by HP.
It is very disappionting that their technical support was so lacking that they could not describe the functionality of the key even after being sent up a level and passed over to a third tech.
Until I figure out the mapping of this key, it appears to be a nice way to remotely interrupt the screensaver. Then again any of the other keys will do that as well.
I did find some use for knowing both the VK and MK mappings. Media Player Classic HomeCinema allows the use of either VK or MK mapping. It also allows the use of both. By using both some keys can be made to perform double duty.
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USB/eSata express card not working on stock kernel

Hello everyone,
I have a weird problem and I don't seem to find any solution by myself. Let me give you some background info on what I plan to do.
I purchased an express card to eSata/USB 3.0 adapter and want to make it work on my laptops. Precisely, it is this card: http://www.amazon.de/Notebook-Express-C … B007F8TXZ8
1: Lenovo X200s (1,6GHz) running Ubuntu 14.04 amd64
2: Lenovo X200s (1,6GHz) running Debian 7 amd64
3: Lenovo X200T (1,6GHz) running ArchLinux amd64
The card does work fine only on the Ubuntu machine. I would like to make it run on the two other ones as well. I thought I might get help here getting it to work on machine 3 and then transfer the results to machine 2. What really matters to me is eSata, btw, I do not even have a USB 3.0 device to test with.
First of all, here's what happens when I plug the card into machine 1:
user@1-ubuntu:~$ uname -r
3.13.0-39-generic
user@1-ubuntu:~$ dmesg | tail -n 44 # that's where it begins
[ 1953.576472] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Card present on Slot(3)
[ 1953.728077] pci 0000:05:00.0: [1b21:1042] type 00 class 0x0c0330
[ 1953.728119] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00007fff 64bit]
[ 1953.728304] pci 0000:05:00.0: PME# supported from D3hot
[ 1953.736062] pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xf0000000-0xf0007fff 64bit]
[ 1953.736087] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: PCI bridge to [bus 05-0c]
[ 1953.736092] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
[ 1953.736098] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff]
[ 1953.736104] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xf2900000-0xf29fffff 64bit pref]
[ 1953.736133] pci 0000:05:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform
[ 1953.736143] pci 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 1953.736398] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.736406] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 9
[ 1953.743621] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1953.743629] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1953.743635] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1953.743784] usb usb9: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1953.743788] usb usb9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1953.743791] usb usb9: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.743794] usb usb9: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic xhci_hcd
[ 1953.743796] usb usb9: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.0
[ 1953.743973] hub 9-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1953.743990] hub 9-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 1953.744147] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.744153] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 10
[ 1953.744218] usb usb10: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 1953.744221] usb usb10: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1953.744224] usb usb10: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.744227] usb usb10: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic xhci_hcd
[ 1953.744229] usb usb10: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.0
[ 1953.744366] hub 10-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1953.744383] hub 10-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 1954.447851] usb 10-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1954.460505] usb 10-1: Parent hub missing LPM exit latency info. Power management will be impacted.
[ 1954.461215] usb 10-1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=5106
[ 1954.461219] usb 10-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[ 1954.461222] usb 10-1: Product: AS2105
[ 1954.461225] usb 10-1: Manufacturer: ASMedia
[ 1954.461228] usb 10-1: SerialNumber: 00000000000000000000
[ 1954.463146] usb-storage 10-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1954.463279] scsi7 : usb-storage 10-1:1.0
[ 1955.460385] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access ASMT 2105 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1955.465099] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 1955.466483] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
I wouldn't know of any attached disks, and neither does it show up. Note that it is only the card I plugged in, no hard drive attached to it.
hburg1234@packrehsel:~$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e0
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e4
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e4
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e6
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ec
Kernel driver in use: serial
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ee
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f1
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f2
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f1
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f5
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f8
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f9
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
05:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller
Subsystem: Device 174c:2104
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
The last one seems to be important to me, so here's a verbose output on that one.
user@1-ubuntu:~$ lspci -v | tail -n 8
05:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: Device 174c:2104
Physical Slot: 3
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
user@1-ubuntu:~$ sudo udevadm monitor -k
monitor will print the received events for:
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
KERNEL[2585.956558] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0 (pci)
KERNEL[2585.972086] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb9 (usb)
KERNEL[2585.972116] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb9/9-0:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[2585.975736] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10 (usb)
KERNEL[2585.975763] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-0:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[2586.689218] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1 (usb)
KERNEL[2586.690935] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[2586.695723] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9 (scsi)
KERNEL[2586.695757] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/scsi_host/host9 (scsi_host)
KERNEL[2587.692633] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0 (scsi)
KERNEL[2587.692667] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0 (scsi)
KERNEL[2587.692691] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/scsi_disk/9:0:0:0 (scsi_disk)
KERNEL[2587.692708] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/scsi_device/9:0:0:0 (scsi_device)
KERNEL[2587.692824] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/scsi_generic/sg1 (scsi_generic)
KERNEL[2587.692898] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/bsg/9:0:0:0 (bsg)
KERNEL[2587.699636] add /devices/virtual/bdi/8:16 (bdi)
KERNEL[2587.699771] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdb (block)
KERNEL[2587.703694] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdb (block)
KERNEL[2587.709178] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdb (block)
Apart from the supposedly found block device (can't judge) I am not sure if there is anything that is really eSata specific and not USB 3.0 related.
So far what I think I can tell from the output is that the modules
pciehp pci pcieport
seem to be dealing with the express card as such whereas
xhci_hcd
takes care of USB 3.0. I cannot see any clear reference to the eSata connector, which might not be surprising if the bus is just passed through (again: not sure).
For completeness' sake here comes the output of
user@1-ubuntu:~$ lsmod | tee before
Module Size Used by
ctr 13049 1
ccm 17773 1
pci_stub 12622 1
vboxpci 23194 0
vboxnetadp 25670 0
vboxnetflt 27613 0
vboxdrv 339502 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci
cuse 13445 3
dm_crypt 23177 1
btusb 32412 0
cdc_ether 14351 0
usbnet 43913 1 cdc_ether
cdc_acm 28803 0
mii 13934 1 usbnet
cdc_wdm 19053 0
rfcomm 69160 8
bnep 19624 2
bluetooth 391136 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 17468 1
coretemp 13435 0
kvm_intel 143148 0
kvm 451729 1 kvm_intel
thinkpad_acpi 81013 0
nvram 14411 1 thinkpad_acpi
serio_raw 13462 0
arc4 12608 2
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_codec_conexant 57441 1
iwldvm 232285 0
snd_hda_intel 56451 3
mac80211 630653 1 iwldvm
snd_hda_codec 192906 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich 21080 0
iwlwifi 169932 1 iwldvm
snd_seq 61560 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm 102099 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
mei_me 18627 0
cfg80211 484040 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
mei 82276 1 mei_me
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 29482 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 69322 17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
soundcore 12680 1 snd
parport_pc 32701 0
ppdev 17671 0
mac_hid 13205 0
tp_smapi 28367 0
thinkpad_ec 14449 1 tp_smapi
lp 17759 0
parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
i915 783961 2
psmouse 106714 0
ahci 25819 3
libahci 32716 1 ahci
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
e1000e 254433 0
drm_kms_helper 55071 1 i915
drm 303102 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
ptp 18933 1 e1000e
pps_core 19382 1 ptp
video 19476 1 i915
wmi 19177 0
and a list of the newly loaded modules:
user@1-ubuntu:~$ diff before <(lsmod)
1a2
> usb_storage 62209 0
Now, on my Arch machine the situation is as follows when the card is plugged in:
user@3-arch:~$ uname -r
3.17.2-1-ARCH
user@3-arch:~$ sudo udevadm monitor -k
monitor will print the received events for:
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
user@3-arch:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
sr_mod 21903 0
cdrom 47479 1 sr_mod
hid_generic 12393 0
usbhid 48603 0
hid 102220 2 hid_generic,usbhid
cdc_ether 12564 0
usbnet 34978 1 cdc_ether
cdc_acm 30362 0
cdc_wdm 17427 0
mii 12675 1 usbnet
ctr 12927 0
ccm 17534 0
fuse 87410 3
joydev 17063 0
wacom_w8001 12706 0
serport 12842 1
mousedev 17272 0
iTCO_wdt 12831 0
iTCO_vendor_support 12649 1 iTCO_wdt
coretemp 12820 0
kvm 417429 0
pcspkr 12595 0
psmouse 107214 0
evdev 21544 20
mac_hid 12633 0
serio_raw 12849 0
i2c_i801 16965 0
snd_hda_codec_conexant 21835 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 63126 1 snd_hda_codec_conexant
arc4 12536 2
iwldvm 184847 0
mac80211 604456 1 iwldvm
i915 905750 2
lpc_ich 20768 0
iwlwifi 156837 1 iwldvm
snd_hda_intel 26387 0
snd_hda_controller 26938 1 snd_hda_intel
cfg80211 445286 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
thinkpad_acpi 69074 0
e1000e 215686 0
snd_hda_codec 108536 4 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
drm_kms_helper 80934 1 i915
shpchp 35210 0
snd_hwdep 17244 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 88487 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
ptp 17692 1 e1000e
pps_core 17225 1 ptp
snd_timer 26614 1 snd_pcm
wmi 17339 0
drm 259106 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
nvram 13034 1 thinkpad_acpi
thermal 17559 0
snd 73436 8 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi
soundcore 13031 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
led_class 12859 2 iwldvm,thinkpad_acpi
rfkill 18867 3 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi
ac 12715 0
hwmon 12930 2 coretemp,thinkpad_acpi
acpi_cpufreq 17218 1
battery 17452 0
i2c_algo_bit 12744 1 i915
mei_me 17900 0
tpm_tis 17182 0
i2c_core 50152 5 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit
tpm 31467 1 tpm_tis
mei 75079 1 mei_me
intel_agp 17432 0
intel_gtt 17848 3 i915,intel_agp
video 18043 1 i915
processor 27777 3 acpi_cpufreq
button 12953 1 i915
sch_fq_codel 17343 6
tp_smapi 27621 0
thinkpad_ec 12813 1 tp_smapi
ext4 497696 3
crc16 12343 1 ext4
mbcache 17171 1 ext4
jbd2 86417 1 ext4
sha256_ssse3 25692 2
sha256_generic 16804 1 sha256_ssse3
ecb 12737 0
cbc 12696 1
algif_skcipher 17051 0
af_alg 12988 1 algif_skcipher
dm_crypt 22551 1
dm_mod 93490 15 dm_crypt
sd_mod 44398 3
crct10dif_generic 12581 1
crc_t10dif 12431 1 sd_mod
crct10dif_common 12356 2 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif
atkbd 22254 0
libps2 12739 2 atkbd,psmouse
ata_generic 12490 0
ahci 33291 2
libahci 27158 1 ahci
pata_acpi 12771 0
uhci_hcd 43507 0
ehci_pci 12512 0
ehci_hcd 69939 1 ehci_pci
libata 181518 4 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic
usbcore 199381 9 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,usbnet,cdc_acm,cdc_wdm,cdc_ether
usb_common 12440 1 usbcore
scsi_mod 147543 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
i8042 18002 1 libps2
serio 18282 9 serio_raw,atkbd,i8042,serport,wacom_w8001,psmouse
Sticking to my suspicion that this might just be a USB related issue and eSata might still work due to some sort of passthrough, I attached the very eSata drive that I could mount on Ubuntu. It did not work.
I then researched and found this blog post: http://okomestudio.net/biboroku/?p=1360
So I downloaded the pkgbuild for the arch linux core kernel and checked the config. It matched the recommendations.
Another hint I found was to unload acpiphp and force-reload it. However, this tip does not seem to apply to the arch kernel:
[user@3-arch:~$ sudo rmmod acpiphp
rmmod: ERROR: Module acpiphp is builtin.
Anyone any idea on how to make the card work?
Thank you!
Last edited by archery1234 (2014-11-15 10:46:35)

For anyone else seeking help on that: Card slot was deactivated in 2/3 Bioses.

Macbook Pro wakes up from sleep when express card inserted

Hi,
my macbook pro (no unibody, 10.5.7) wakes up from sleep when I have my express card 34 (Hama 16GB) inserted. Is there any trick to disable wake up when a drive is inserted? I tried to eject the disk before going to sleep with a shell script but it automounts the device... I attached my log... I hope somebody can help! Thanks a lot!
==============LOG======================
Jun 26 13:19:09 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: replay_journal: from: 306176 to: 983040 (joffset 0x8bef000)
Jun 26 13:19:13 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: journal replay done.
Jun 26 13:19:13 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro fseventsd[36]: event logs in /Volumes/SSD/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (1518 4 1653)
Jun 26 13:19:13 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro fseventsd[36]: log dir: /Volumes/SSD/.fseventsd getting new uuid: AC3ADEEB-E85B-458C-8A86-1B706D14F54A
Jun 26 13:19:17 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
Jun 26 13:19:17 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Jun 26 13:19:17 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 4294967296, partition base 0xc805000, maxio 400000
Jun 26 13:19:17 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 4
Jun 26 13:19:17 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernateallocpages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
Jun 26 13:19:20 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: System SafeSleep
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall start
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall time: 158 ms
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: pages 293269, wire 126743, act 61368, inact 12, spec 2, zf 0, throt 3292, could discard act 51190 inact 6589 purgeable 3063 spec 41010
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall found pageCount 191417
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, mlget_interruptsenabled 0
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: writing 190148 pages
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: image1Size 281734144
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: all time: 13298 ms, comp time: 1224 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: image 398541312, uncompressed 778846208 (190148), compressed 392607896 (50%), sum1 bf0603be, sum2 de99627
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatewriteimage done(0)
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: sleep
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Wake reason = EHC1 EHC2
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: System Wake
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 0
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: USB (EHCI):Port 3 on bus 0xfa connected or disconnected: portSC(0x301803)
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:36: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: C4-4E9D-BCD9-7C287E26A2E2/live.0.indexHead] [FSLogMsgID 1823370559] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/73B2C840-CEC4-4E9D-BCD9-7C287E26A 2E2)(Error) IndexStore in SIStoreDirytySDBChunks:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 22
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/0AA31246-CE25-4B90-906A-D905FB25F 156)(Error) IndexCI in ci_ftruncate:ftruncate(62 /Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/0AA31246-CE25-4B90-906A-D905FB25F1 56/live.0.indexPostings, 4194304) error:22
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/73B2C840-CEC4-4E9D-BCD9-7C287E26A 2E2)(Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoSync:sync err: 22
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:36 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/0AA31246-CE25-4B90-906A-D905FB25F 156)(Error) IndexCI in initPayload:ftruncate err: 22
Jun 26 13:19:37 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: close: journal 0x6ed7d10, is invalid. aborting outstanding transactions
Jun 26 13:19:38 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro TextMate[56798]: Error checking for new version: no Internet connection
Jun 26 13:19:38 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro TextMate[56798]: Will try again in one hour
Jun 26 13:19:39 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: replay_journal: from: 983040 to: 1221120 (joffset 0x8bef000)
Jun 26 13:19:47 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
Jun 26 13:19:47 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Jun 26 13:19:47 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 4294967296, partition base 0xc805000, maxio 400000
Jun 26 13:19:47 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 4
Jun 26 13:19:47 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernateallocpages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
Jun 26 13:19:47 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: journal replay done.
Jun 26 13:19:49 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: System SafeSleep
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall start
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall time: 158 ms
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: pages 293840, wire 126507, act 62230, inact 13, spec 0, zf 0, throt 3290, could discard act 51190 inact 6658 purgeable 3007 spec 40945
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall found pageCount 192040
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, mlget_interruptsenabled 0
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: IOPolledInterface::checkForWork[4] 0xe00002eb
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: all time: 6 ms, comp time: 0 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: image 0, uncompressed 0 (0), compressed 0 (0%), sum1 90b9c243, sum2 0
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: hibernatewriteimage done(e00002eb)
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: sleep
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Wake reason = EHC1 EHC2
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: System Wake
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 0
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: USB (EHCI):Port 3 on bus 0xfa connected or disconnected: portSC(0x301803)
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: disk1s2: media is not present.
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/73B2C840-CEC4-4E9D-BCD9-7C287E26A 2E2)(Error) IndexStore in SIStoreDirytySDBChunks:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 22
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/0AA31246-CE25-4B90-906A-D905FB25F 156)(Error) IndexCI in ci_ftruncate:ftruncate(62 /Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/0AA31246-CE25-4B90-906A-D905FB25F1 56/live.0.indexPostings, 4194304) error:22
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/73B2C840-CEC4-4E9D-BCD9-7C287E26A 2E2)(Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoSync:sync err: 22
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro mds[30]: (/Volumes/SSD/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/0AA31246-CE25-4B90-906A-D905FB25F 156)(Error) IndexCI in initPayload:ftruncate err: 22
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: IOBlockStorageDriver[IOBlockStorageDriver]; executeRequest: request failed to start!
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: disk1s2: device/channel is not attached.
Jun 26 13:19:51 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]:
Jun 26 13:19:52: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jun 26 13:19:52 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: close: journal 0x6ed7d10, is invalid. aborting outstanding transactions
Jun 26 13:19:52 philipp-knobelspiess-macbook-pro fseventsd[36]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/SSD/.fseventsd/00000000015455f1 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/SSD/.fseventsd

Hey, thanks 4 your response... Well I figured that out... I hoped that there was a way to prevent system calls, regarding devices, to wake up my macbook pro... something like: forbid interrupts while asleep
If you ever hear of a way to fix it please let me know...
I think a solution would be to disable automount on the express card device... I use it for my time machine backup and really DON'T want to remove the card every five minutes...
Cheers, Philipp

ESata express card. - opinions wanted

I've got a Lacie 1.5Terabyte HD and a Lacie eSata express card. I have created 2 partitions on HD, one for installing MAc OS X and the other one for data. Inserted Mac OS X disk that came with Mac, restarted Mac, boot up fine but the Lacie drive is not shown in the list of drives I can choose from to install the OS on. Am I correct if I say that is because the Express Card needs its driver to function ? Connected the drive with fire wire and installed the OS, connected drive to eSata card again. When I go to preferences, I can select the Lacie drive to start up from but the computer do not start up from it, it start up from internal HD, Am I correct if I say it is because the eSate express card is only seen by the Mac after the driver is loaded ?

Got this when I shut the card off while in iTunes :
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 884281 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 5
Anonymous UUID: 4D3C2F74-EB9D-4CF3-BE39-C54C41DBEA4D
Wed Dec 15 20:03:20 2010
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2aab55): Kernel trap at 0x002993d6, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000008, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x088e6000, ECX: 0x0096973a, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000008, EBP: 0x58b6bee8, ESI: 0x00000001, EDI: 0x0000415e
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x002993d6, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x58b60010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x58b6bd08 : 0x21b50c (0x5d42fc 0x58b6bd3c 0x223974 0x0)
0x58b6bd58 : 0x2aab55 (0x59616c 0x2993d6 0xe 0x596336)
0x58b6be38 : 0x2a09a8 (0x58b6be50 0x0 0x58b6bee8 0x2993d6)
0x58b6be48 : 0x2993d6 (0xe 0x48 0x10 0x10)
0x58b6bee8 : 0x969752 (0x0 0x87fc000 0x58b6bf68 0x227259)
0x58b6bf08 : 0x54c4db (0x88e6000 0x88e2f00 0x1 0x29f54e)
0x58b6bf58 : 0x54b50c (0x88e2f00 0x886191c 0x58b6bf88 0x2272c4)
0x58b6bf88 : 0x54b966 (0x88f5880 0x8861900 0x0 0x0)
0x58b6bfc8 : 0x2a06cc (0x88f5880 0x0 0x2a06db 0x88033d4)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.SiliconImage.driver.Si3132(1.2.3)@0x967000->0x97afff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily(2.0.1)@0x94d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x956000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10H574
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri Nov 5 23:20:39 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.17~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro5,2 (Mac-F2268EC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 104372700576
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.deepseasoftware.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport 1.2.1
com.roxio.BluRaySupport 1.1.3
com.SiliconImage.driver.Si3132 1.2.3
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch 2.2.05
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.3d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1
Model: MacBookPro5,2, BootROM MBP52.008E.B05, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.42f4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.1)
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.8f7, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: sppciexpresscardname, sppci_othermassstorage, ExpressCard
Serial ATA Device: FUJITSU MJA2500BH FFS G1, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0x24400000
USB Device: Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x9136, 0x26200000
USB Device: CTH-661, 0x056a (WACOM Co., Ltd.), 0x00d3, 0x26230000
USB Device: CanoScan, 0x04a9 (Canon Inc.), 0x2220, 0x26220000
USB Device: Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x9137, 0x26240000
USB Device: Display iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8508, 0x26242000
USB Device: Apple LED Cinema Display, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x9236, 0x26243000
USB Device: Display Audio, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x2912, 0x26241000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0237, 0x04600000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x04500000
USB Device: BCM2046A, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x2046, 0x06100000

Sony DCR-HC62 camcorder won't connect to iMovie with express card adapter

I got a Sony HC62 Mini DV video camera but it will not connect to iMovie. Since I don't have a firewire 6 pin on my Mac (only a 9 pin) i got an express card adapter. So I am using 4 pin (camera) to 6 pin (Express card) firewire. I have no other devices to test the express card but i tested the firewire and the video camera that I got and it works fine with a Windows XP computer. I have also talked with sony and I ended up with either there is something wrong with the express card or the iMovie software.

Well there is nothing there because the express card is listed under a PCI card. The express card is recognized when inserted but that is it will not notice the camera attached to the express card. since i couldn't test the card i went and got the card replaced, but still with no luck.
Would returning the express card and buying a firewire 4 pin to 9 pin be worth it? (given that i can get one since i can only find one company that makes them and they are a wholesales only) This way i can connect it directly to my mac's firewire 9 pin port.

RE: eSATA express card/34 and External Hard Drive for MacBook Pro

I have a 17" MacBook Pro and do lots of movie editing. I need a fast external hard drive option to use. My internal is totally used up. Also need a back up drive.
I am a newbie and all of my info is based on googling. My FIRST QUESTION: Can I, and would it be a good solution, to use an express card 34 such as, Sonnet Tempo or Firtek SeriTek/2sM2-E with an external hard drive such as SeaGate 500GB or 300GB.
QUESTION 2: Why do so many of the SATA hard drives come without a case or enclosure?
And QUESTION 3: Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with the express card/34 and SATA external hard drives.
Thanks alot,
Jill Rand
And please, don't hesitate to tell me I am nuts...because I am peicing this info together without any experience at all.

1. Yes, eSATA would be a good choice for an external enclosure with a SATA drive. Alternatively, you could use Firewire 800, but it's mostly a matter of choice.
2. SATA drives a primarily used in desktop machines. SATA capable enclosures have made them usable outside of desktops.
3. I can tell you from experience to get an enclosure with a good chipset. It makes all the difference in the world. Oxford is very good for firewire. Cypress AT2+ and Prolific 3507 are excellent for USB 2.0.
I have a case with the new Oxford 924 chipset (eSATA, FW 800, FW 400 & USB 2.0) and couldn't be any happier. An added bonus; it acknowledges OS commands to power down on inactivity. Link: http://www.cooldrives.com/esata-firewire-800-enclosure-case-external.html

Express Card Driver Not found after upgrade to 10.6.7

I upgraded my macbook pro to version 10.6.7 recently and later found out that the express card 34 slot drive was missing and could not access my Sony SxS cards. After some extensive search I found the site where I could retrieve the driver from. It is listed below. Worked for me! It should work for you also.
http://support.sonybiz.ca/esupport/Navigation.do?filetype=Drivers
SxS Device driver Ver. 1.0.52020 forMAc (Oct 2010)

Hi,
I need to configure a copier konica minolta 7145 with IP-432 on Mac OS X 10.6.7.
the copier has never been used before on this computer, can you tell me how to print with the Konica on mac, which drivers to install, what kind of cables and which procedure.
Thanks a lot!

Mac Pro doesn't recognize USB 3.0 PCI express card

Mac Pro doesn't recognize USB 3.0 PCI express card. Does it need specific drivers?

I did a little searching for that card. The more I looked at it the more I felt that, yes, it needs a driver, and no, one doesn't exist for the Mac. So it looks like that is a card only supported for PC's. But to be sure, if I were in your place at this point, I would contact MSI directly.

NitroAV FireWire 800/1394b Express Card (34)

After some foot dragging by FireWire direct, today I finally received the NitroAV FireWire 800/1394b Express Card ordered almost a month ago.
First Impressions: Unimpressive at best.
According to the FireWire direct rep, it is supposed to work using the Mac OS built in drivers and require no additional driver....
Upon first insertion, my MacBook Pro promptly went into a kernel panic.
NOT a good introductory performance!
Upon restart, I did get the thing to work, "sort of".
First, it requires AC power even with a 2.5" external drive meant for bus power. Bummer, but so be it. However, less acceptable: it is VERY fussy about sequence, reminding me of evil SCSI voodoo rituals from the past century. Seems it only likes to work once- if I remove the card, it requires a reboot to recognize anything attached to it subsequently.
Functionality is intermittent. Sometimes I can mount and unmount a drive several times in a row, sometimes just once before it fails to recognize the drive and requires another reboot. One drive it took a long time to recognize but eventually it did- only to freeze up rock solid soon thereafter requiring an uncomfortable long push on the power button to shut down- nothing else worked. That drive was a known to be working Lacie, the first a known to be working WiebeTech and both are totally reliable on my G5 and previously completely reliable on the MacBook Pro using the integrated FireWire 400 port.
Unscientific results so far show a modest speed increase transferring a few large files, nothing like double the FireWire 800 speed hoped for. In any case if it ain't reliable it ain't gettin' used. Hoping for a driver solution in 10.4.7? (Wishful thinking)
No one likes a fussy device, much less one doomed to corrupting directories with that kind of behavior. I'm disappointed with Apple for omitting the FireWire 800 port on the 15 inch model and leaving us with this cheesy "solution".
I am not a big fan of dongles, or things like Express cards which are just asking for trouble by introducing intermediary third party connectivity issues exactly like these...
Oh yeh, and the little metal door on the Express Card slot tends to hang open and not snap closed- just to add insult to the whole process.

Well, after two days of use I have a bit of data regarding the NitroAV (and Apple's implementation of ExpressCard/34).
First some general observations: like bigwheel, there are a few too many rough edges to be fully pleased. After inserting the card, a menu bar icon appears next to the Airport icon. On mouse over, the drop down shows "Unknown Vendor" and "Firewire Controller" are greyed out, while the 3rd "Power off Card" is selectable but does NOT power down the card. Looks like I have to shut down the MBP, then eject the Nitro card.
I also can confirm intermittent unmounting and remounting. My latest experiment is to leave the drive mounted and then have it wake up after sleep. So far it's worked once, but will post if it continues to find my FW 800 drive over time.
One major design flaw of the ExpressCard implementation - to engage the card you push in until it clicks, while to disengage the card you merely push in a second time. But how are you supposed to ATTACH FW800 cables?? I find I have to try to hold the ExpressCard firmly so it doesn't go in while fumbling with the FW800 connector. WAY too fussy...
OK, here's some actual test data, involving transfers of 1,000 MB of files (147 Canon RAW files, approx 7 MB each).
I used three hard drives for various transfers -
1. Internal stock 100 GB - 5400 rpm (TOSHIBA MK1032GSX)
2. FW 800 / 400 500 GB - 7200 rpm (Seagate 3500841A in OWC Mercury Elite case)
3. FW 800 / 400 250 GB - La Cie 7200 rpm drive
All test are transfer of 1 GB of files from HD to HD-
Test 1: Internal to FW 400 - 68 seconds
Test 2: Internal to FW 800 - 65 seconds
Test 3: MBP built in FW 400 daisy-chained - 54 seconds
Test 4: Nitro FW 800 daisy chained - 43 seconds
Test 5: Nitro FW 800 port A to Nitro FW 800 port B - 43 seconds
Test 6: MBP built in FW 400 to Nitro FW 800 - 35 seconds
So it looks like there is some speed increase, but I was surprised that mixing the FW 400 and FW 800 ports gave the fastest transfer speeds! The Nitro card is dependent on Apple's implementation of buses, and this seems to be the winning combo. Not that intuitive that shifting one of the FW 800 devices down to FW 400 will speed things up, but that's what my simple test seemed to imply.
I didn't test read times only, but it would seem that these should speed up (and hopefully speed up my primary application of Aperture).
MBP 2.0, 2GB Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Apiotek Express Card

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