"breakout box" for PCI-cards?

jucifer · 27th December 2005

I have a HP laptop and I'd like to be able to use the M-Audio 1010 LT sound cards I have.
The obvious problem is that they're PCI cards and they don't really fit in a laptop, so I'm looking for some kind of "breakout box". I don't know if it exists, I haven't seen one anyways.
I'm looking for something that I can put the PCI cards into and hock it up to the laptop via USB 2.0 or FireWire.
I don't even know if it's possible but if anyone has heard of anything like it, please let me know!

xaos · 27th December 2005

I don't think this works via usb or firewire but it connects to the cardbus. http://www.mobl.com/expansion/produc...ion/index.html

nathanvacha · 27th December 2005

Actually i've wondered the same thing. No one ever seems to have a clue what i'm getting at...

jucifer · 29th December 2005

This is what I've learned so far:

There are options but they're not cheap. The ProTools HD interface is just that, more or less and there are other systems that work alike. To get a clean "PCI Breakout box" you have to start looking at stuff like the Magma (linked above).

I was looking for a cheap solution for my laptop in a small project studio but thats obviusly out of the question. There is no cheap solution to this problem.

27th December 2005	#1
jucifer Gear interested Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 16 Thread Starter	"breakout box" for PCI-cards? I have a HP laptop and I'd like to be able to use the M-Audio 1010 LT sound cards I have. The obvious problem is that they're PCI cards and they don't really fit in a laptop, so I'm looking for some kind of "breakout box". I don't know if it exists, I haven't seen one anyways. I'm looking for something that I can put the PCI cards into and hock it up to the laptop via USB 2.0 or FireWire. I don't even know if it's possible but if anyone has heard of anything like it, please let me know! __________________ ..::Alright, this might be the time to go transatlantic::..

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27th December 2005	#2
xaos Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 292	I don't think this works via usb or firewire but it connects to the cardbus. http://www.mobl.com/expansion/produc...ion/index.html

27th December 2005	#3
nathanvacha Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,231	Actually i've wondered the same thing. No one ever seems to have a clue what i'm getting at...

29th December 2005	#4
jucifer Gear interested Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 16 Thread Starter	This is what I've learned so far: There are options but they're not cheap. The ProTools HD interface is just that, more or less and there are other systems that work alike. To get a clean "PCI Breakout box" you have to start looking at stuff like the Magma (linked above). I was looking for a cheap solution for my laptop in a small project studio but thats obviusly out of the question. There is no cheap solution to this problem.