Express Card/34 standard for further expansion.

What uses this new card slot on the Macbooks?
Will P2 media fit here?

SIIG has created a few cards: an 11-in-1 flash media reader (excludes Compact Flash due to its size), single and dual serial cards, and a dual Firewire 400 card. Only the flash media reader is currently Mac-compatible (it's a USB Mass Storage device that uses the ExpressCard/34's USB 2.0 interface). Mac compatibility is just a matter of the right driver, so it's possible that some of the other cards will be compatible in the future.

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Sat Pro M70-113: Express Card slot - What for?

Hi,
can anybody tell me what is the use of express card slot on my sat pro m70-113,like what hardware can i connect to it for expansion..
Thanks..
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This new expansion Express Card slot for notebooks has two sizes: Express Card/34 and Express Card/54, whose widths will be 34 mm (1/8) and 54 mm, respectively. Both are 75 mm long and 5 mm thick. The idea is the same of the PCCard, only that by using serial communication instead the parallel one, it uses less pins (only 26 pins, against 68 pins in the PC Card) and that permits the manufacture of smaller expansion boards.
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FW400 vs. Express card FW800? For Pro Tools?

Has anyone read anything at all about spec comparisons for sustained throughput on FW800 thru an Express Card? Will it end up being much faster than the stock FW400 connection?
If anyone has seen any articles, etc. I'm more than interested. I'd like to make sure that I don't blow a chunk of $$ on a 400 drive if the 800/Express card will give me more digital tracks of audio. I'll be limited to 48 tracks in Pro Tools anyway either way. Just don't have a lot of experience with the FW drives. Was running 7,200 SATA on the old PC.

I used to use this:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10511
With:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10482
On my D*ll laptop (MBP on order now though and i have to say the difference between FW800 and both FW400 and USB2.0 was quite noticeable when rendering video to it (using Premiere Pro 1.5) So i would say that if you can afford it... do it, it'll probably pay for itself quite quickly if you're a professional user.
Or if you want to go hardcore..
Get this:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vydeo-Announces-Dual-Port-eSATA-ExpressCard-34-Fo r-MacBook-Pro-21050.shtml
and use it with this:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10490
Should cover you for pretty much everything for a while to come

Swap Express Card/34 slot for SD Reader

Is there a way to swap the Express Card Slot for an SD card slot, like the current MacBooks have?

Short answer, no. Get a SD ExpressCard Adapter.
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Extreme vs Express Card/34

Hi. Driving around town to test out Airport Extreme on my MBP, I found several hotspots, including T-Mobile at a Starbucks. I didn't connect as I only wanted to see what's out there.
My question is what purpose does the expansion slot for an Express Card/34 serve, if the Airport Extreme card already picks up secured and unsecured signals? Perhaps it's compatibility? I noticed that I didn't pick up any Verizon, Sprint or Clear Wire signals, but I did get a lot of private signals, including from my 3 neighbors.
Thank you.

mauimike, Welcome to the discussion area!
An "Express Card/34" is for other peripherals. The name may sound somewhat similar to AirPort Extreme but it has nothing directly to do with the wireless networking capabilities in your MacBook Pro.
Some examples of "Express Card/34" items might be an analog video capture card, SATA hard drive connection, cellular network card, memory card reader, TV tuner card, card to add more FireWire/USB ports, etc.

FW Express card

for some reason i can't post in the Mac book pro forum, but wondered if anyone was using or had a recommendation for a Firewire 800 Express card.
I have a WD 800 HD and Saffire pro 26 (fw400). I want to put my drive on a separate bus and get max speed. Anyone know if you actually get the full 800 speed using express card (another user posted a speed test with 56mbs instead of 80mbs when using express card)
cheers
JD

FWIW, For maximum HD speed, your best bet is to get an Express Card eSATA controller... and use an eSATA HD.
I'm doing this - note that under Leopard, there are some compatibility issues in the driver for the Sil3132 (the chip inside virtually all the current expresscard eSATA cards), that cause a variety of issues if you have an external HD that has multiple interfaces (ie, USB+eSATA, FW+eSATA etc).
On my WD MyBook drive, the disk hangs after half an hour or so, so I've moved this back to the FW port until these issues get resolved in the next driver version. My other audio drive is Ok on eSATA I think...
It is pleasantly faster than FW....

Search express card TV tuner

Hello,
I search to buy an express card TV tuner for my laptop. It's a Lenovo 3000 N500 4233 47G.
Can anybody give me a good tip ?

Does your laptop have an ExpressCard 54/34 or only an ExpressCard 34 slot?
If your laptop supports both 54 and 34 cards, you can buy an HP Analog TV Tuner. This is what I have for my IdeaPad Y530. It has some lag when TV on the laptop, but from what I'm hearing, a great deal of tv tuners do this.
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Express card for MacBook Pro

I have a 15in MacBook Pro (Early 2008). and i have bought an Express Card from ST Lab which i cannot seem to get to work.
When i look in the Systems Report, were does the Express Card show up??
And were is the driver? will it automatically load up?
Thx
John

I just bought the same st-lab USB3.0 expresscard on offer from Maplin, to try in a 17" unibody MBP, 2009 running Snow Leopard.
I downloaded and installed the LaCie USB 3.0 driver, which recognized the card, since it uses the same chipset as Lacie's adapter and LaCie don't seem to have enforced any vendor tie-in (they might have for usb3.0 drives, though, not sure yet).
In System Profiler (About this Mac -> More Info) it shows up under PCI regardless of driver, and, with the LaCie driver installed, it appears also under USB as a "USB Super-Speed Bus".
I haven't tried it with a USB 3.0 drive yet (none to hand) but it runs USB2.0 drives just fine, power issues notwithstanding (it won't supply enough to run e.g. an Iomega 1TB USB2.0 pocket drive - needs a 2-ended USB cable with extra power supplied from one of the Mac's USB ports, or external 5v plugged into its power socket).
I haven't tried it on a Thunderbolt equipped mac (mine is too old for that), but the LaCie driver claims to be Lion compatible.
I also downloaded CalDigit drivers - these are based on open source code so while people report that the driver as-supplied doesn't work with non-CalDigit drives, they do provide source code under the GPL. which one could readily modify to suit other vendors. The also provide a brief PDF doc describing (very vaguely) the process to build the driver from source - this is enough for a reasonably experienced programmer but won't be of any use to the average user. The CalDigit documntation suggests issues with thunderbolt systems, implying that some or other Apple update may have stopped their driver working (this is speculation - when the LaCie driver worked I didn't investigate further.)
All trademarks acknowledged, and it goes without saying that neither Apple, ST-Lab, Lacie nor CalDigit will support any of this in this context.

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 adapter for NI Express Card 8360

Hi All,
I am trying to find a USB or Firewire or eSATA or PCMICIA to express card adapter for my laptop (DELL Latitude E6400) to connect an NI Express card 8360.
I have searched for adapters but they are all based on USB2.0 technology but the link below seems to suggest that USB based adapters wont work.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/B5E9398279914984862574F700049847
I was wondering if any of you had the same issue and got it to work one way or the other?
The idea is to use the express card to communicate to a NI PXI-1033 PXI rack.
thanks and regards,
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Hi ace,
There isn't really anything I can add to this issue except to echo what it said in that link. NI don't manufacture such adapters so I can't recommend any, hopefully someone else has had some experience with this and can offer some advice on the issue.
Kind Regards,
Jas.W
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Applications Engineer
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Does any company make a Express Card 34 that can be used in the 17 for USB 3.0

I want to use an external seagate external USB 3.0.
Is anyone making one for the Express34 PC Card and if so do you get the extra speed for read and write.

Theoretical and acual speeds for all types data connections can differ due to several variables. I cannot tell you if my eSata connection has ever achieved the theoretical maximum speed because I have never measured it. However I have compared transfer times against Firewire with large files and it is noticeably faster (at least by 50%+). Therefore I highly recommend having it if you need to transfer large files from one HDD to another.
If you have a recent MBP, you already have a Thunderbolt connection. I do not believe that there will be a Thunderbolt Express Card for older MBPs because they are not configured to accept that technology.
Ciao.

Suggestions for express card/cingular

I'm looking for the best options for an express card/34 for macbook pro that will work with Cingular service (only available service option for offshore in the Gulf of Mexico region).
I see that Cingular will soon be offering a GT Max 3.6 express card, but specifications only list for windows operating systems?
http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/pciexpress/?_requestid=177996
Also found the very pricey Novatel Wireless Merlin XU870 3G HSDPA 3.6/7.2 Mbps ExpressCard ($399) - but know nothing yet about it's support for mac.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=141035
Any feedback from users who've found a successful express card option for cingular wireless service and the macbook would be welcome.
Thanks!
macbook pro, macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)
macbook pro, macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I posted in reply to a similar question. You might find the answer useful:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4460804#4460804

Standards for match on card

Hi all,
It's 2 days that I'm searching this forum and reading match-on-card related topics. that was good but unfortunately I could not sum all the info up.
So I'm so sorry for asking old questions again!
1. Is there any standard for extracting biometric features by the readers(scanners)? I mean If I write my own matching algorithm how can I be sure that my card will work with all the readers? Do all the readers respect to any standard for extracting features and then sending them to the card?
2. Do all the java cards have match-on algorithm implemented on them? If not, then what is that javacardx.biometry package for? It has a function named "match()" in it.
3. What is the role of globalplatform here? As I understood GP's concern was all about the security not about standardizing the process of extracting biometric features, storing them on the card, matching them and other issues. Am I right?
-Thanks in advance

1. You need to worry more about the cards technology than the reader technology. Most if not all support 7816. As long as they conform to the standards, and you use the same biometric vendor hardware, you will be fine. You still need to weight your options of engineering your own or using a vendors MOC. I would chose the latter personally.
2. MOC is dependent on the card vendor and your needs. Just because there's a spec doesn't mean it's implemented on your card. From what I could recall, adding "features" like MOC increased the cost so much that off card matching was preferred. Just use the card to store the biometric.
3. GP was for the financial use of the cards. It was created to increase greater adoption throughout the industry. JC didn't offer the security needed by the financial industry. So GP extended the JC to add additional security features that were missing. Because it was so well engineered, it's become a defacto standard on JCs.
Keep in mind, I've left the JC industry for greener pastures, so some of what I mentioned might have changed
HTH

Hi. I have a Macbook Pro Model 5,5 with one 800 firewire port. I need to create two firewire 800 ports but only have an SD card slot (this is for video interface with 2 cameras). Is this possible or do I have to have an express card slot in order to do

Hi. I have a Macbook Pro Model 5,5 with one 800 firewire port. I need to create two firewire 800 ports but only have an SD card slot (this is for video interface with 2 cameras). Is this possible or do I have to have an express card slot in order to do this?

Hi Jessica,
No, the SD slot will not work, you need an ExpressCard/34 slot.
I do not know if it works with cameras, but with two or more HDs, if the first one has two FW ports, you can "daisy chain" one or more additional HDs from it.

Ok, so now I need a new eSATA PCI Express Card for my Mac Pro

I have a Seagate eSata External Drive which comes with an eSATA PCI card.
The http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata-pci-express-1-ext-1-int.htm site recommends this card: eSATA PCI Express Card - 1 eSATA II and 1 Internal SATA II Port, but it doesn't specify whether it works on a Mac Pro - any suggestions?
Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi
I think the Radeon 9800 is certainly the most powerful graphics card you could buy for your G4 and would do everything you need.
Just be aware there are at least 3 different Mac versions though.
There's a G5 version, the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition, which is 8X AGP and has 256MB VRAM.
There's an older Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, which is 2X/4X AGP and has 128MB VRAM.
Finally there's a newer Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, which is 2X/4X AGP and has 256MB VRAM.
So long as you get one of the 2X/4X AGP versions, either with 128MB or 256MB VRAM, it should work fine.
It's perhaps also worthwhile mentioning they do require a separate internal power connection, although this can be taken from a hard drive molex power connector. Also they have a cooling fan which can be noisy.
I hope this helps.

Express Card/34 standard for further expansion.

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