Customer reviews from startech.com
Startech - 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
Average customer rating
3.6
(10 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 10 reviews
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Customer Reviews for Startech - 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
Customer Rating
5
Plug n Play On Linux
on July 26, 2020
Posted by: PeterThePlumber
I use this to add usb ports to a Toughbook CF-19 Mk7 that I use in my cobbled together home office. I plugged it in to the Expresscard slot and it worked out of the box. I did not use the driver CD because I used Linux and those would be of no use to me. And yes, the cover closes and seals with the adapter in place. I can't speak to transfer speeds, because I'm using it to connect external keyboard, webcam, mouse, etc. For my use it works flawlessly.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
3
Works, but has issues.
on September 13, 2018
Posted by: BobtheEngineer
Driver installation was difficult. If you purchase more than one of these cards, interchanging them across different PCs wont work. Each card comes with an accompanying CD and you MUST install it's paired CD on your computer to use it. This seems to be a very sloppy method to install product drivers.
The unit once installed properly does function as a set of two USB 3.0 ports. I use it to interact with a USB monitor adapter and have not had any issues for 2+ years running.
The external jack seems to be broken as I was trying to run a USB3 vision camera with this card and did not have any luck. This was when I wired the external power cable to a phone charger for power. External jack is broken?
All in all this product works, but it has its hiccups.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
2
Works but gets extremely 🔥 hot
on January 4, 2023
Posted by: Louman
I don't know if I damaged it by plugging in a small external hard drive without the extra USB power cable. But now I see that it gets extremely hot. It still seems to be working fine But I find that I use it sparingly only for short periods of time now
Perhaps my express port is damaged..
Perhaps my express port is damaged..
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
5
It just works
on December 4, 2023
Posted by: Uiabird
I got this for an old hp pavilion 3000 series laptop and it works perfectly to expand the amount of ports you need, the transfer speeds aren't bad either, even with a more modern usb drive.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
5
Excellent Quality! Works Very Well and Quickly!
on May 31, 2020
Posted by: William G
I bought this for my old Dell Latitude E6400 laptop to transfer a lot of files to a portable drive, and it preformed awesome just as Startech said it would. I was very impressed with the USB 3.0 speed. It was very easy to install, and it even came with a CD that had the needed drivers, so it only took a few minutes until I was transferring all those files at lightning speed. Before buying it, all my questions were expertly answered by a representative with Startech’s chat service. Thank you for such a great product! : )
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
4
very good support service!
on February 12, 2017
Posted by: mrtflop
My unity doesn't works at all and driver never could be installed.
After a very poor review , the support service contacted me and in a brief chat by e-mail they fixed the problem, so my unit now work at the best .
Thank you!
4 stars because the driver not installs automatically on dell 640M with xp sp3 (italian releasing).
For the support 5 (FIVE!!!!!) stars!!!!
After a very poor review , the support service contacted me and in a brief chat by e-mail they fixed the problem, so my unit now work at the best .
Thank you!
4 stars because the driver not installs automatically on dell 640M with xp sp3 (italian releasing).
For the support 5 (FIVE!!!!!) stars!!!!
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
2
not so happy would like some help trouble shooting
on April 27, 2020
Posted by: Leonardo93
so it was working perfectly. I had installed the correspondant ECUSB3S254F driver coming in the CD and after a while it didn't recognize any more my external hard drives. I can plug usb sticks and everithing looks normal but with my external hard drives are not recognized any longer. Once I had this problm in the past and I've resolved it just by installing the driver again.
Not this time.
Quite dissapointing
Not this time.
Quite dissapointing
Response from startech.comBy Stacey, Customer Support, April 30, 2020
We're sorry to hear you are experiencing difficulties. We have reached out to you via e-mail to offer support. StarTech.com offers lifetime technical support for ECUSB3S254F, and our Technical Advisors are available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, to provide support for this product. To reach us please call 1-800-265-1844 or visit www.startech.com/chat.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com
Customer Rating
4
Good add on for an older laptop
on October 14, 2015
Posted by: Lizard_king
I just received this earlier and it installed without issues using the drivers i took down from Startech. The speed is noticeably faster than the USB 2.0 ports and makes using this card a good choice.
Written by a customer while visiting startech.com