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TheBurningCrown
11th of November 2008 (Tue), 23:31
Does anyone know of (or use) a fast, well-made 5.25" or 3.5" drive bay compact flash reader?

ben_r_
12th of November 2008 (Wed), 00:01
I have owned several 3.5" ones but I always end up having the same problem with them. They sometimes get disconnected and the card is no longer accessible and you have to either restart or get in there and unplug and re-plug the reader in again.

Skids
12th of November 2008 (Wed), 08:57
I have had one in my PC for ages and it is fine, it was only about £5 and reads most cards (sd, cf etc) and also has two usb ports.

As well as that, press a little button on the side and you can eject the reader part and use it as a portable one.

Unfortunately I don't remember what make it is.

Edit: Just did a search and this is the one but it was cheaper than on this link http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=278444&CatId=939

Eagle
12th of November 2008 (Wed), 20:04
Try HERE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000069%201319721986&Description=card%20reader&bop=And&Pagesize=100)

HuskyKMA
13th of November 2008 (Thu), 14:33
I have an 3.5" 8-in-1 USB card that I got off Newegg. Works great. I don't really remember what brand it is, I painted it and it doesn't say anymore. I might have been Rosewill...

MSIGuy
13th of November 2008 (Thu), 18:04
I've used a few, and the problem with them is speed. I'd much rather use my $20 Sandisc Extreem CF Reader than some 2MB/s drive bay reader.