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    NP2092 Express Card / eSATA Card

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by brenwaterys, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. brenwaterys

    brenwaterys Newbie

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    I just received my 2092 last week and love it so far. I am currently having some difficulty getting an eSATA express card working . I got the below card and when I plug it in the light blinks briefly but that is all the response I get. I am running Vista x64. At this point I don'g know if it is the laptop, the card, or the OS. I attempt to install the driver and it says it can't find the expected hardware. This leads me to believe that something is preventing the card from even being recognized.

    http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SD-EXPC34-1S2&cpc=SCH
     
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    brenwaterys Newbie

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    A little more information for those interested - I was able to finally get the system to recognize the card - it had to be plugged in as it the laptop was turned on. Even then though I was unable to access my external eSATA hard drive and it took a few reboots to finally get that much to work correctly. Once the card was unplugged I had to reboot for it to be recognized again - not what I was hoping for. If anyone has any suggestions please pass them on. If anyone is hoping for a plug and play eSATA solution with Vista x64 this is definitely not the solution.

    Thanks in advance for any suggestions
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Pardon me for asking the dumb obvious question but, have you contacted the card manufacturer and/or the support company yet to see if they've seen the problem and/or have a fix?
     
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