Well not all is right as rain, my old Rosewill RC-605 uses Silicon Image drivers and won’t run on Snow Leopard, so I got a $20 OWC ExpressCard eSATA and it sort of works, but the driver crashes and the drive disappears on the latest Snow Leopard. How sad.

Note that it saysDoes eSATAII Rosewill RC-605 ExpressCard not work with 10.6? (external HDD question) – Mac Forums

Sonnet’s version of the Sil3132 driver works with the Rosewill RC-605 card in 10.6.1.

Does eSATAII Rosewill RC-605 ExpressCard not work with 10.6? (external HDD question) – Mac Forums

Try this: install the driver, repair permissions, shut down (completely — don’t restart), then plug in the card and reboot. After you log in, turn on your connected drives, they should mount. If not, restart again with the drives turned on. YMMV, but that’s how I got it to work. It’s fully operable, plug-and-play now.

2 responses to “OWC Expresscard driver crash”

  1. OWCJoe Avatar
    OWCJoe

    Hi Rich,

    Just saw this issue with your express card. Would it be possible to make contact somehow? Perhaps you could call in to our tech support dept? Always willing to lend a helping hand.

    Joe

    1. rich Avatar

      @OWCJoe: Sure Joe, would love to. What is best way to contact the tech support department. Would love to get the OWC working! Thanks for the post. Should I emil you?

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