WHATS IN THE BOX?
Or rather what’s in the plastic package?
Apart from the adaptor, there is a driver CD and some paperwork.
USING THE ADAPTOR
Fitting the card into the Dell desktop I have here was no problem at all. I had two spare PCI Express slots so I just used the furthest away from my current cards.
I then powered up the computer and once Windows 7 had started up I put the driver CD in and waited.
The software contains the drives and manuals for both the desktop card and the ExpressCard, so click on that one – the HBU-300NC.
Click on Windows Driver to start the driver installation.
Click through the various steps to install the drivers – it doesn’t take very long at all.
And that’s it. Windows will now detect the card and enable it for use.
FINAL THOUGHTS
My thoughts on this card are pretty much the same as for the ExpressCard Adaptor. I said then:
As someone who uses external hard drives a lot, for me, the faster the better, and so if I want the fastest (USB) that I can get today I am going to need USB 3.0 but none of my hardware has USB 3.0 ports.
You need to ensure that you have a desktop computer with a spare PCI Express slot, other than that the card is simple to fit and install.
This is a must if you want to use USB 3.0 and don’t have built in ports.
Price wise again you are looking at around £30 online in the UK and around $40 in the US – certainly significantly cheaper than buying a new computer for the job.
More information can be found on the Iomega website, including information on their USB 3.0 drives which we shall be reviewing shortly.
Have you used USB 3.0 yet? What do you think of it?
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