Mediator PCI USB card

[Zac67]

There is nothing like a 'normal PCI USB card' - there are different chip sets around and they do need separate drivers. If your card has a chip set that's not supported, you're outa luck. Maybe someone can tell you what chip set the Spider uses to get a similar card.
Just because Windoze has lots of different drivers already built in, doesn't mean that all USB cards have to work on any system.

[Zac67]

Cool to hear - now I know what I'm not gonna buy if hell hasn't frozen over yet... :-o
In Germany this (destroying data or access to it) is absolutely illegal and would make them liable to a nice compensation

[Zac67]

This is just disgusting - I'm pretty sure I won't buy anything from Elbox ever - and I was very seriously thinking about a Mediator, or a Dragon if it actually happens to surface. :madashell:

[Zac67]

Don't get me wrong - I have no problem with them modifying the vendor ID to make sure you buy custom hardware from them. They want to make money, and if what they offer is worth it, I buy it. If I don't like it I don't have to buy it. I have only a very small problem with them fortifying their driver to withstand simple patching.

But I have a really huge problem with them delivering a time bomb that triggers when I play around with my system drivers or when some RAM chip accidentally breaks or when it just feels like it. This disqualfies them for me for all times.
Sure, restoring the RDB is not that big a problem, but WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY F**KING WITH MY HDD??

Anyone got a Prometheus card for sale?