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(More customer reviews)I wanted to be able to use only one PCI express slot in my Windows 7 64 bit computer and gain a few more USB 2.0 slots plus some 1394b firewire ports. I chose this card because it would add both. I installed the card and Windows 7 immediately recognized the USB portion of the card. The 1394 firewire portion was an entirely different story. As the previous reviewer mentioned, Windows 7 did not recognize any drivers for this card. I also looked through the supplied disk to see if I could find the correct driver. I tried the closest one but it did not work. I e-mailed Syba tech support for help with the correct driver. They insisted that the card was plug and play and Windows should recognize it. He said that is why no CD is provided with the card. I pointed out to him that a CD was indeed supplied with the card and he backtracked and told me that the drivers on the CD were only for older versions of Windows. I tried going to the website listed in the skimpy and inadequate instruction book that came with the card but I could see no drivers on that website that looked right either. After much back and forth between Syba tech support and I he finally sent me to another website that was card specific for this card. I tried downloading the driver he told me about there but it failed as well. I did try installing legacy drivers as the previous reviewer suggested and it actually sort of worked. I did not want to have to use old drivers on my new machine for this card however and Syba support told me that the card was probably defective and I should return it. That is what I did.
I ordered a LaCie Firewire 800 PCI express card and a D-Link USB hub to do the job instead. I end up with an extra 1394B port and an additional USB 2.0 port in the process. It cost me an extra $15.00 for both of them over the cost of this Syba combo card but it was well worth it. Windows 7 recognized both of them without a hitch and I am up and running.
I would not recommend this card if you are running Windows 7. I assume it would be OK if you are still running Windows XP.
Amazon was great about accepting my return without any cost to me.
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