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" <alphaone@optonline.net> 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"
<dont.spam@me.here> wrote:

>
>"Alpha One" <alphaone@optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:ZvdTi.3105$iX2.1545@newsfe12.lga...
>>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"
<alphaone@optonline.net> 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" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:15:24 GMT, "Noozer"
> <dont.spam@me.here> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Alpha One" <alphaone@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>news:ZvdTi.3105$iX2.1545@newsfe12.lga...
>>>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"
<dont.spam@me.here> wrote:

>
>"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
>news:n8arh3p6va9ec09ajeoiod5rdgqm4uvras@4ax.com.. .
>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:15:24 GMT, "Noozer"
>> <dont.spam@me.here> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Alpha One" <alphaone@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>news:ZvdTi.3105$iX2.1545@newsfe12.lga...
>>>>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.