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MSAC-EX1 Device Driver for Windows/Macintosh

Article ID:213405(modified 21 Oct 2009)

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Device Driver for Windows/Macintosh Operating System is now available for customers of MSAC-EX1.

This Memory Stick Duo Express Card™ Adaptor realizes high-speed data transfer by adopting the ExpressCard interface*.
*ExpressCard interface is the next generation interface developed by PCMCIA, PC card developing association.

1. Realizes 30MB/s (reading / writing)* data transfer speed when used with Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo.
   *Data transfer realized under normal test conditions using full-formatted Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ media (MS-EX4G) and Sony VAIO PC (VGN-AR92US) and transferring video file about 922MB.
2. For ExpressCard slot
3. For Memory Stick Duo size
   - Memory Stick standard-size is not supported.
4. Supporting “MagicGate” (copyright protection technology)
   By using “SonicStage CP”, ATRAC format music data with copyright protection can be transferred to Memory Stick media. SonicStage CP can be downloaded for free.
   Serial number indicated at the reverse of this unit is needed to download.

Specification
Interface: ExpressCard/ 34
Transfer speed:

• Write speed; Approx.30MB/s(240Mbps)[Using with Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo (MS-EX4G)]
• Read speed; Approx.30MB/s(240Mbps)[Using with Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo (MS-EX4G)]

Dimensions (WxHxD): Approx.34mm x 5mm x 75mm 
Weight: Approx.22g (Not include Memory Stick)
Supported Memory Stick:

• Memory Stick Duo (Without MagicGate)
• Memory Stick Duo (With MagicGate)
• MagicGate Memory Stick Duo
• Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo
• Memory Stick Micro(M2) Using with M2 adaptor, MSAC-MMD

Supplied Accessories: CD-ROM, Setup guide (Paper)
Software -Memory Stick Formatter Ver.2.5(for Windows)
               -MSAC-EX1 Device Driver
               -Operating instructions (PDF)

System Requirement 

Supported Operating System:

• Windows® XP (Service Pack 3 or later)
• Windows® Vista (Service Pack 1 or later)
• Windows® 7
• Macintosh Operating System X v.10.4 (10.4.9 or later)

Other devices:
ExpressCard slot (standard installation), CD-ROM drive

Speed Test Condition 

Data transfer speed realized under normal test conditions using “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo” (MS-EX4G) after fully formatted. (Transfer speed is measured by transferring approx. 922MB video file with VAIO VGN-AR92US)
Actual data transfer speed may vary depending upon the file size, kind of Memory Stick, Operating System, processor and other conditions.

Test environment
VAIO: VGN-AR92US
CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7600 2.33GHz
Chipset: Intel 945PM Express chipset
Main memory: 2GB
HDD: 80GB x 2 (RAID 0)
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate

Computational method
File size / transfer time

Available Files

MSAC-EX1 Device Driver for Windows
File Name: MSAC_EX1_Driver_Installer_101.exe
Download size: 4,611,208 KB

MSAC-EX1 Device Driver for Macintosh
File Name: MSAC-EX1_Device_Driver_v1045050.dmg
Download size: 989 KB

Updated on: 20 October 2009