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It still went in though, and does the job. I've had this for about a year now. Included cable makes it worth the higher price. Probably a slight alignment of the card in the slot would fix it. I don't recall having any problems with it except that plugging in the firewire cable was a little tight. Seems like it might be because the verticle jacks are almost flush with the slot openings in the case.
Not a bad deal when you factor in the cable and free 2nd day shipping with Amazon Prime. However, I went by the picture and got what I thought I'd be getting. However, it powered up without a problem and on testing all of the ports seemed to function properly, as did the supplied 6-4 pin Firewire cable. On a negative side, the card did have a noticeable ding on one side when it arrived, with a matching dent in the anti-static wrap indicating that it happened sometime after assembly. The product actually has a total of 8 ports: 4 external/1 internal USB 2.0 and 2 external/1 internal 6-pin firewire. The computer I bought this for has a mATX motherboard with only four expansion card slots, 6 USB 2.0 ports and no firewire, so by using the internal USB port for the 8 gb memory stick I use for Vista pre-fetch, this card effectively doubled my external USB connectivity, added Firewire and kept the other slots free for an e-sata raid, blackmagic intensity card and graphics card.
I returned it to the manufacturer with relative ease and prompty received a refund. Purchased as a christmas gift but was defective.
I didn't return it however. All the ports seem to work OK, but when the 2006 Dell E310 Dimension case is reassembled, the way the usb ports are aligned perpendicular instead of parallel to the bracket prevents their use. For my needs maybe 2 USB and 1 FW port might have been enough, if they were in the proper bracket oreintation, and I use a powered USB hub.
Tried in two computers. Had out white stuff on legs. Both items had QC Passed stickers. Bought two. What a joke. Saw that two of the legs on IC were touching. I have not so good eyes anymore and could see the bent legs and white stuff without a magnifier.
Looks to be poorly soldered. It is cheap but it is junk made in China. Stay away from Sabrent. Second one made computer studdddder and USB writes were slow to an SD card. Also had bought 2 other Sabrent products, one of those two was broke out of box, that 3 out of 4 = 75% bad out of box.
First one in computer would not start. I bought these two a month apart. Took it out, computer went back to normal. Has whitish stuff on IC legs. Loading down the bus some way.
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