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From: Charles Packer on 22 Jun 2008 09:11
I bought online a Linksys wifi card for a Dell Inspiron 1300
and it turned out to be the wrong card style. I don't
remember where I got the cross-reference information
originally. Anyway, the Linksys WPC54G card that I bought
is recangular with pins all the way across the end. The
card slot for the Inspiron 1300 is shorter, and the pins
are half way across, in the form of a protrusion from the
rectangular body of the card. If the information I need
is at the Dell Web site anywhere, it's too thoroughly
buried for me to find it. Any assistance will be
appreciated.

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From: Charles Packer on 22 Jun 2008 09:28
On Jun 22, 9:11 am, Charles Packer <mail...(a)cpacker.org> wrote:
> I bought online a Linksys wifi card for a Dell Inspiron 1300
> and it turned out to be the wrong card style. I don't

Disregard! I just learned that the Inspiron has an internal
wireless device. I'll leave it up to the computer's owner (my
stepdaughter) to figure out how to get it to work.

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Charles Packer
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From: Barry Watzman on 22 Jun 2008 13:10
From your description, you bought a "PC Card" (often, but wrongly,
called a "PCMCIA card") and you need and "Express Card"

Dell transitioned WAY too soon, about 2-3 years ago. In my view, NEW
laptops should STILL have a PC Card slot (but few do). The best
configuration was some Toshiba models that had one slot of each type.



Charles Packer wrote:
> I bought online a Linksys wifi card for a Dell Inspiron 1300
> and it turned out to be the wrong card style. I don't
> remember where I got the cross-reference information
> originally. Anyway, the Linksys WPC54G card that I bought
> is recangular with pins all the way across the end. The
> card slot for the Inspiron 1300 is shorter, and the pins
> are half way across, in the form of a protrusion from the
> rectangular body of the card. If the information I need
> is at the Dell Web site anywhere, it's too thoroughly
> buried for me to find it. Any assistance will be
> appreciated.
>
> --
> Charles Packer
> http://cpacker.org/whatnews
> mailboxATcpacker.org
From: Barry Watzman on 22 Jun 2008 13:12
Generally an internal card is a OPTION which any given unit may or may
not have.

However, if it doesn't have the actual card, it may be "WiFi ready",
e.g. have a SLOT for an INTERNAL card as well as a pre-installed
antenna. In that case, the slot is "mini-PCI" in almost all cases, and
the best card to get is usually an Intel 2200 card (you can get these
for less than $10 on E-Bay).


Charles Packer wrote:
> On Jun 22, 9:11 am, Charles Packer <mail...(a)cpacker.org> wrote:
>> I bought online a Linksys wifi card for a Dell Inspiron 1300
>> and it turned out to be the wrong card style. I don't
>
> Disregard! I just learned that the Inspiron has an internal
> wireless device. I'll leave it up to the computer's owner (my
> stepdaughter) to figure out how to get it to work.
>
> --
> Charles Packer
> http://cpacker.org/whatnews
> mailboxATcpacker.org
From: M.I.5� on 24 Jun 2008 08:03

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:485e8785$0$7077$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com...
> From your description, you bought a "PC Card" (often, but wrongly, called
> a "PCMCIA card") and you need and "Express Card"
>
> Dell transitioned WAY too soon, about 2-3 years ago. In my view, NEW
> laptops should STILL have a PC Card slot (but few do).

Why? Virtually everything available in PCMCIA card format is available in
Express Card format.


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