My experience with this is that on my HP laptop, it reqires a reboot to
recognise the card is inserted.
BIlll Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Sepke" <daniel.sepke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Image Storage on the Road
>A couple of things to note regarding express card adapters. Before buying
> either check the netbook you are looking at to see if it has the express
> card 34 or 54 size slots. If like my Lenovo S10 you find the slot is a 34
> you will need this style:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ExpressCard-34-54-Adapter-for-CF-CompactFlash-Type-I-II_
> W0QQitemZ400051201778
>
> Also I am not sure if these cards access the PCIe or the USB 2 interface
> of
> the express card slot. I would suspect that they may be USB based but
> couldn't find a definitive answer on a quick Google search.
>
> Dan S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt
> Subject: Re: [OM] Image Storage on the Road
>
> My Dell Vostro 1500 (bought refurb'd only about 1-1/2 years ago)
> supports those small cards but also does not have a CF slot... a point
> that was not mentioned in the specs when I bought it. However, it's
> just as well. Those built-in slots are likely only connected to a USB
> port. For very little money you can buy a CF to Expresscard adapter
> (like this one) that will run faster than USB 2.0.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Compact-Flash-CF-to-ExpressCard-54-Card-Reader-Adapter_W
> 0QQitemZ220430389660QQihZ012QQcategoryZ41993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVie
> wItem
> I have one of these. Not precision made but it works fine. Maybe the
> Delkin name brand one would be better built
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/Delkin-Devices-DDEXP54-CF-2-ExpressCard-54-CompactFlash
> _W0QQitemZ150349785465QQihZ005QQcategoryZ101265QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ
> ViewItem>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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