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Best eSata Express Card for Macbook Pro?
Hey forum – I just purchased the latest 17″ MBP because I wanted eSata capabilities (haven’t made the move to thunderbolt storage).
Does anyone know of a decent Express34 card? I’m looking at OWC and the Sonnet models. Of course the most expensive Sonnet model sounds good, but it’s like $200 which is kind of pricey.
Anyway….I’m running Lion along with Avid and FCP7. Thanks!
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I’m not sure where you saw the $200 Sonnet card, but I can tell you that the $80 card at the link below is all you need. It’s the latest, adding two 6Gb/s eSATA ports.
https://store1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=387
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I bought the $200 adapter earlier this year; https://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?cPath=127_129&products_id=264&osCsid=eebf928cb7bc1ad814282d4f8da2eb76
If it’s more expensive it must be faster, right!? 🙂
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I use this cheaper sonnet card on a 17″mbp and it works fine ( you need the latest drivers from the sonnet site for Lion).
However I am not convinced that he actual speed is much different to connecting my AVIO Raid5 directly by Firewire ( with no other FW devices on bus) may be an express34 thing?
Steve
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Guys,
I have just purchased the Sonnet Tempo SATA 6GB dual expresscard and I am having significant issues.
I would like to use it as an interface to upload from a Sound Devices PIX240 caddy in order to backup data from the SSD to a FW800 drive.
I can get the expresscard to be “seen”, but cannot get it to mount the SSD drive. The “SATA Controller” menu item in the menu bar is grey and I am unable to access anything about the card.
I believe I have updated the appropriate drivers – although I understand that 10.7.3 should no longer require drivers.
Is it possible that it is this USB “chipset” thing I have read about
Any assistance gratefully received.
Marty
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