Express34 slot down with snow leopard update...

[C.H.Haskell]

Not sure if this is isolated with myself or already been brought to everyones attention but I am seeing reports that the express slot on a MB pro does not work after the Snow Leopard update. My 15inch MB pro express slot stopped working the moment I installed, I am running a griffen tech express sata card.

Thought I would warn.

Best

Clay

 

[Alex Carr]

The Sil3132 Drivers are not ready for Snow Leopard. Other Express cards probably work. Just not Sata Silicon Image 3132 Cards.

 

[Manuel Wenger]

My Slot is working fine with CF Card, SD Card and eSata Adapter.

 

[C.H.Haskell]

Interesting. I have tried two different kinds of sata cards with no luck. I will keep playing with it but I suspect a firmware update is coming soon.

 

[Daniel García]

Most esata cards have the same 3112 SI chip. There seems to be a JMicron alternative which works natively, but I don't know about its performance/compatibility. Does it support port multipliers?

Also, it seems I'm not alone at getting consistent Kernel Panics when trying to upgrade to 4Gb RAM in Leopard. Other users of the current driver have also experienced the same.

So let's hope Silicon Image and maybe Apple collaborate to help us poor MBP expresscard users, whom everyone seems to want to forget about.

 

[Frank Martin]

anyone try a Sonnot TEMPO expresscard/34 from RoHS Compliant.? Did it work?
Thanks. Now I'm worried about installing snow leopard. Always something!

 

[Simon Blackledge]

On our non uni bodies the Si3132 driver is pushed out during SL install.

re-installed and it works fine so far.

As for the uni-bodies it doesn't work currently.

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[Brent J. Craig]

On our non uni bodies the Si3132 driver is pushed out during SL install.

re-installed and it works fine so far.

Where did you find 3132 drivers newer than 2007?

 

[Brent J. Craig]

anyone try a Sonnot TEMPO expresscard/34 from RoHS Compliant...

RoHS Compliant isn't a company, it's a certification that says the product was manufactured in such a way as to Reduce the use of Harmful Substances.

 

[Simon Blackledge]

Where did you find 3132 drivers newer than 2007?

Dunno if it's newer.. I just use Sonnets download.

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[Irri]

anyone try a Sonnot TEMPO expresscard/34 from RoHS Compliant.? Did it work?
Thanks. Now I'm worried about installing snow leopard. Always something!

Worked for me.

 

[Brent J. Craig]

It's been mentioned elsewhere, but be warned that Snow Leopard does not work with the AJA IO-HD.

 

[Loren White]

Creativecow had a thread on this,

Many people are reporting that this driver fixed it.. I will find out tomorrow.

http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-687-7-dynex-2-port-esata-ii-expresscard-adapter.aspx

good luck

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Griffin ExpressCard/34 on 17" MBP running Snow Leopard that has eSata connected to Lacie XL 1TB Rugged drive works perfect.

 

[Laco Zamba]

I'm waiting for Lacie driver.

 

[Daniel García]

On our non uni bodies the Si3132 driver is pushed out during SL install.

re-installed and it works fine so far.

As for the uni-bodies it doesn't work currently.

s

How much RAM do the non uni bodies have?

 

[C.H.Haskell]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I just downloaded the sonnet drivers and it activated the slot again. Cheers.