It seems to be a 16-bit bus/32-bit bus thing, so that you can't put a 32-bit cardbus into a 16-bit PC. I gather the pinouts are different.
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Visser, Martin (Sydney) wrote: > No real experience apart from the fact that I have not had a problem with various >Compaq, 3Com, Xircom, or Kouwell cards in my Compaq Armada ;-) (They don't even >supply a rubber mallet with them) > > Funnily enough it also seems that http://www.pcmcia.org/pccard.htm doesn't have >enough detailed physical info, apart from broad outside dimensions, to compare where >the tolerances are. Maybe you need to be a "member" to get the details. > > Good luck, Martin. > > Martin Visser > Network Consultant - Global Services > COMPAQ, part of the new HP > > 3 Richardson Place > North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia > Phone *: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile *: +61-411-254-513 > Fax 7: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail * : martin.visserAThp.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Lowndes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2002 3:00 PM > To: Mail List - SLUG > Subject: [SLUG] [OT] PCMCIA card woes > > > Has anyone ever come across a problem where a PCMCIA type 2 card will not > seat down onto the connectors because of a problem with the different > heights of the side guidance slots. > > Basically my 3Com PCMCIA NIC has died (I suspect the dongle but it is not > replaceable), and the Surecom replacement won't go in. Looking at it > closely I see a physical difference in the side guides. The PC is a > geriatric Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDS > > Any pointers would be a help. > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave." - William Drummond, Scottish writer (1585-1649) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
