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Card installed very easily. USB 2.0 works perfectly, and this is why I bought this card, but firewire has been a little flakey. It works ok, but I have to unplug my drive and plug it back in, to get it to mount.
I have used it under Windows 98 SE, Windows ME and Windows XP, and also under several variants of Linux, including VectorLinux, Arch Linux and recently Yoper Linux 3.0. This card is an excellent combination of both Firewire and USB2.0 ports, making it a very good single PCI slot way of adding both capabilities to an existing PC. The price is very reasonable for what you get. I have two of these cards in two different PCs and they have both worked flawlessly, the first one for over a year now and the second one since I purchased it several weeks ago. This card has wide OS support. So, with a reasonable price, a compact single slot "footprint" and wide OS support, this card is a great way to augment an existing PC. Strongly recommended.
Now I have to go through the hassle of trying to get warranty work for the Iogear card. 2006 and just now found out that the 2 Firewire ports only work intermittently. I've had this card installed since Nov. The USB ports on the card have worked okay.Update: Over 3 weeks and I'm still awaiting my warranty work repair/replacement from Iogear.3-23-07 Update: Finally got the warranty replacement. I thought my new camcorder was messed up when I tried to use the Firewire port on the Iogear card. But when I plugged into another non-Iogear available Firewire slot, the camcorder worked. Everything seems to be working now. I would now rate this about 3 stars.
I use this all day for work. Not only does it continue the sleek and simple look of my computer, but it also didnt put a dent in my wallet.
This is a no brainer. Simple to install, works as advertised. Price was excellent too.
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