G-MP03CR-AU

Bought this to replace yet another ROC internal card reader/ USB3 device that had failed, having seen it was allegedly made in Germany I took the plunge, at the moment I’m glad I did, it’s fast with both USB types and reads cards much quicker than my old reader even when it was new - check before you buy one you have the required connections on your motherboard- see specs. It will still work if you have Gen 1 connectivity as it is backward compatible (the unit is Gen2) be aware that the unit may default you sound to the headphone, this means no sound for any affixed speakers you’ll have to disable the headphones and make your speakers , default again. Looks and built quality seem good only time will tell if the unit is better made than an ROC or Japanese equivalents. After reading a “vine” review I’ve come back to update my review, a vine review says the card reader only accepts UHS1 SD cards WRONG I use high end professional camcorders that require UHSII cards and they are read with no problem at all, whether the unit has been updated since the vine review I’ll leave it there.

This replaced an older similar unit but which only went up to USB 3.0. After installing a new motherboard bundle which had a USB 3.2 Gen 2 type-E header, I thought I would treat myself to this new unit. It works very well - now. Initially it was preventing my new PC from remaining in sleep mode. The PC would go to sleep and then immedaitely wake up again. Unplugging the type-E header from the motherboard cured that problem, but disabled all the USB ports, so not really a remedy. An email to Graugear in Germany elicited no repsonse.Eventually cured the issue by simply plugging my Logitech wireless keyboard into a USB hub rather than directly into a back panel USB port via an extension lead. No idea why that helped - probably some conflict with the new motherboard.As with a previous review, check your Windows sound settings, as this unit does seem to make headphones the default.