I have bought this PCI card a week ago.
Reason: I have got a MSI K7T266Pro2 motherboard that only offer USB1.1 ports (1.5Mbytes/s maximum transfer rate).
Since I have got devices that uses USB2.0 and without breaking my piggy bank to upgrade my computer, the most economical way is to install ... Read review
The ARCHOS TV+ hard drive stores your films, images and music in its 80 GB memory. ... more
Compatible with a range of audio and video file formats, the ARCHOS TV+ makes it easy to record your favourite programmes, thanks to its various video connections, including one HDMi output. The ARCHOS TV+ is also equipped with Ethernet and WiFi connections, so you can stream and watch videos from your PC or from websites such as YouTube directly on your television screen.With its many functions and features, the ARCHOS TV+ is the ideal complement to your ARCHOS multimedia player.
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The ARCHOS TV+ hard drive stores your films, images and music in its 80 GB memory. ... more
Compatible with a range of audio and video file formats, the ARCHOS TV+ makes it easy to record your favourite programmes, thanks to its various video connections, including one HDMi output. The ARCHOS TV+ is also equipped with Ethernet and WiFi connections, so you can stream and watch videos from your PC or from websites such as YouTube directly on your television screen.With its many functions and features, the ARCHOS TV+ is the ideal complement to your ARCHOS multimedia player.
Postage & Packaging:refer to website Availability:available
Reason: I have got a MSI K7T266Pro2 motherboard that only offer USB1.1 ports (1.5Mbytes/s maximum transfer rate).
Since I have got devices that uses USB2.0 and without breaking my piggy bank to upgrade my computer, the most economical way is to install a PCI card that offers USB2.0 connections (up to 480Mbits/s or 60Mbytes/s, 40X faster than USB1.1) for 1 internal port and 4 external ports. ...make sure that your motherboard got version 2.2 PCI slots which are USB2.0 compatible.
If your motherboard hasn't got version 2.2 PCI slots or higher, don't bother. You need a motherboard upgrade.
Also, your operating system needs to be windows 2000 service pack 4 or windows XP which provides appropriate drivers to support USB2.0. For the other operation systems such as windows 98 or ME, you will need to contact your motherboard ... more
I have bought this PCI card a week ago.
Reason: I have got a MSI K7T266Pro2 motherboard that only offer USB1.1 ports (1.5Mbytes/s maximum transfer rate). Since I have got devices that uses USB2.0 and without breaking my piggy bank to upgrade my computer, the most economical way is to install a PCI card that offers USB2.0 connections (up to 480Mbits/s or 60Mbytes/s, 40X faster than USB1.1) for 1 internal port and 4 external ports.
Before you buy a USB2.0 PCI card, make sure that your motherboard got version 2.2 PCI slots which are USB2.0 compatible. If your motherboard hasn't got version 2.2 PCI slots or higher, don't bother. You need a motherboard upgrade.
Also, your operating system needs to be windows 2000 service pack 4 or windows XP which provides appropriate drivers to support USB2.0. For the other operation systems such as windows 98 or ME, you will need to contact your motherboard or PCI/PC card manufacturer for firmware upgrade or driver software support. For linux systems, please visit http://www.linux-usb.org for the driver.
This card comes with a mini-CD containing the appropriate driver and a brief installation manual. If you want more information about the card and its driver for various operating systems, you can check the latest update at www.archos.com and also download an electronic manual for easy keeping.
As a bonus, this card is driven by an NEC chip which mean the main component (at least) is manufactured by a well-known company = reliability. Just browse www.nec.com for more info of your chip.
Overall, this card is easy to install. Just open up the computer, put the card into a spare PCI slot and then install the driver.
