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PCMCIA cards are small extension cards for laptops. They were used around 1990.

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Internal network adapters only function when PCMCIA card is inserted otherwise they throw error codes

I have a laptop, Toshiba Satellite A135-S4427 (Windows 10), that has an internal WiFi adapter and onboard NIC that both stop functioning (Error Codes 10 and 35 appear in Device Manager). If I insert a ...
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PCMCIA card under linux

Is it possible to use STLAB 10/100 PCMCIA LAN card under linux? From linux live CD?
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Can you connect a PCMCIA card to an IDE slot?

I have just discovered that a PC card (of the PCMCIA variety) uses the same electrical interface as CompactFlash. CompactFlash uses the ATA interface, and you can get cheap adapters to plug a CF card ...
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How can I connect a PC Card (PCMCIA) to a newer laptop? [closed]

I have a National Instruments card which is an older interface - PCMCIA Type II PC Card. Naturally, my laptop I would like to use this with does not have a PC Card slot (only USB and Express Card 54)....
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How to connect a PCMCIA card to a laptop with only USB ports?

I have several older PCMCIA cards I use on my desktop for data acquisition (Vector Informatik, in the automotive industry). For some tests in a climate chamber we normally use laptops, but the more ...
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When disabling the firewire-driver in Windows will this too disable firewire connected through a PCMCIA device?

The broader overarching question (not seeking an answer to this, but wanted to provide context) is how do I ensure that laptops running Microsoft Windows 7 and exposing DMA-ports (eg. firewire) are ...
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Reading P2 card with standard PC Card (PCMCIA) reader

I have a Panasonic professional video camera which uses P2 cards. Looking for a way to connect them to the computer without using the camera, I found that the only P2 reader in the market is the one ...
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USB Wireless Network Card, PCMCIA Or Internal For Long Term Usage? [closed]

I want to do some testing on my existing internal NIC to see if it is the source of these problems and for this i need another wireless NIC and of at least mediocre quality because i would need that ...
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How to get a triple monitor setup for my Vaio? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: External video card for notebook? I'm trying to get a triple monitor setup for my Windows 7 Vaio PCG-3112L, so I think I need a PCMCIA video card. I'm having a bit of trouble ...
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PCMCIA card is not detecting external drive, but mouse works

I'm using a Lenovo 3000 Y500 laptop. All four ports are not working. I bought a PCMCIA card for USB. Through an USB charger I supplied power to the PCMCIA card. Now it is detecting the mouse and pen ...
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Enabling support for pcmcia card after I install Gentoo Linux?

I installed gentoo on an old laptop and everything seemed fine on first boot apart from my ethernet adapter which is a pcmcia card. It's a fairly generic adapter (PC line) and what I was wondering was ...
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Which ethernet expansion card is compatible with an Apple PowerBook 5300c?

I'll try to get to the point. For fun, I'm trying to use an Apple PowerBook 5300c (Mac OS 7.5.2) to do some programming, but struggling to get some files on to it. It sounds like CD-ROM isn't an ...
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Adaptor that allows me to use a PCI card via a USB connection [closed]

Of course, I have a cool card from a desktop I'm retiring, that I'd like to be able to use from the laptop I've replaced it with. Laptop has no docking station. Best I can replace the card for is a ...
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USB to PCMCIA adapter?

I have PCMCIA CAN card I need to use with a laptop that does not have a PCMCIA slot. Is there a USB solution for this? Most things on Google reveal PCMCIA to USB (a PC card with USB ports). I did see ...
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graphic cards for PCMCIA slots

I have a "lenovo 3000 c200" notebook. I want to use a graphic card accelerator. I wonder if exists a PC Card (PCMCIA) graphic accelerator like NVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon. Thanks
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PCMCIA Does Not Work on Dell Latitude under Windows XP

PCMCIA cards do not work on Dell Latitude e5510 under Windows XP. Works fine on Windows 7. Cards are recognized by Device Manager but do not work correctly. For example, CF adapter does not ...
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How to setup PCMCIA card/socket services in DOS

I have an old DOS based PLC program that I need to run with a PCMCIA card for communication. I can't find instructions for how to do that anywhere. Laptop: Dell Latitude C800 Card: PCMK1794 (Allen-...
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How do I get an external hard drive working with a PCMCIA USB card?

How do I get an external 2.5" IDE hard drive in an external case (with USB cable) working when plugged into a PCMCIA USB card? My hard drive doesn't work when plugged into my HT-Link Cardbus/PCMCIA ...
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I need a driver for my Cardbus USB 2.0 card

The picture and details of the card are here: http://www.ht-link.com/en/ProductView.asp?ID=106 The Windows drivers for this don't work right. I tried them on my previous laptop, and then installed ...
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External video card for notebook?

I'd like to hook an external monitor to my notebook as I need a higher resolution (1680x1050). My notebook supports that resolution (via analog vga out) but the quality is pretty awful - there are ...
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PCMCIA preventing laptop from booting up

My friend has brought his dead laptop over. It is a Sony Vaio with Windows Vista. When booting up, it blue screens and reboots. I have tried to boot up with Knoppix and this will freeze when ...
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'Safely remove hardware' causes laptop to go into standby

I have a WinXPSP3 laptop, and it has a wifi PCMCIA card (the internal original died.) When I go to safely remove hardware, and choose it, the laptop goes into standby mode, every time. We have ...
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Can't transfer images from a camera connected to a USB 2 port on a PCMCIA adapter

I have an old laptop (HP OmniBook vt6200, Windows XP professional, SP2) that only has USB 1 ports. Transferring pictures from a digital camera is too slow, so I thought of trying one of ...
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Wireless via USB or PCMCIA

The wireless card in a friend's laptop has a weak signal while other laptops in the same location get Good to Excellent. I am thinking that his wireless card is of a poor quality and that purchasing a ...
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PCMCIA and ExpressCard 54 - Are they interchangeable? (Adding firewire to laptop)

I'm trying to add firewire capabilities to my laptop. I have an ExpressCard 54 slot, but I am having trouble finding a Firewire card for that. I have found several PCMCIA cards, though. They look ...
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How set up ReadyBoost (equivilent) on Xubuntu laptop?

I'm setting up an old Thinkpad 600e laptop using Xubuntu. The machine has only 160MB of memory (all I could find - 32MB onboard, + 2 x 64MB expansions), so it's paging like mad during normal use. I'm ...
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Wifi pcmcia cards not working anymore on Ubuntu

I used to be able to access the net, via wifi, on my ubuntu laptop. But now, the system doesn't see any wifi networks, and dmesg shows me weird messages. I have two different cards, and none of them ...
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