PC Card size/lenght

I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with two
USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are thicker at
the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

Thank you

"Alpha One" wrote in message
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I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with
two USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are
thicker at the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

I had no luck locating any, so I finally picked up a real cheap 4 port USB
card and cracked it open... I now have four nice shiny USB ports hanging of
an ugly card with dangly cables.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:15:24 GMT, "Noozer"
wrote:


"Alpha One" wrote in message
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I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with
two USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are
thicker at the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

I had no luck locating any, so I finally picked up a real cheap 4 port USB
card and cracked it open... I now have four nice shiny USB ports hanging of
an ugly card with dangly cables.


.... or just get a USB wifi card to replace the PC card.

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:03:33 -0400, "Alpha One"
wrote:

I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with two
USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are thicker at
the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

No.
Your laptop likely accomodates either 2 type I cards or 1 type II
or type III.
Both a network card and a USB card require type II at least.
(That's by design, you hardly get more functionality than just
plain memory in a type I card.)

Maybe Dell (or someone else) can supply you with an internal wifi
retrofit ?

--
Kind regards,
Gerard Bok

"kony" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:15:24 GMT, "Noozer"
wrote:


"Alpha One" wrote in message
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I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with
two USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are
thicker at the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

I had no luck locating any, so I finally picked up a real cheap 4 port USB
card and cracked it open... I now have four nice shiny USB ports hanging
of
an ugly card with dangly cables.


... or just get a USB wifi card to replace the PC card.

Kinda hard to find a gigabit wifi card! : )

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:09:10 GMT, "Noozer"
wrote:


"kony" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:15:24 GMT, "Noozer"
wrote:


"Alpha One" wrote in message
...
I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with
two USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are
thicker at the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

I had no luck locating any, so I finally picked up a real cheap 4 port USB
card and cracked it open... I now have four nice shiny USB ports hanging
of
an ugly card with dangly cables.


... or just get a USB wifi card to replace the PC card.

Kinda hard to find a gigabit wifi card! : )



Yep, but you can have USB-Gigabit-ethernet... though not
"really" gigabit since that's impossible over USB2, but I'd
suspect it's still a bit faster that USB-100Mb.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=281799

I probably wouldn't bother though, to me 802.11g is the
sweet spot for a notebook, as even if you go with 11n you
can't expect any place outside your own lan to support more
than 11g.