PCMCIA type II?

N

Norm

My wireless card says it requires PCMCIA type II. It fits in the slot I
have.
How do I determine what type PCMCIA slot I have?
 
G

Gerard Bok

My wireless card says it requires PCMCIA type II. It fits in the slot I
have.
How do I determine what type PCMCIA slot I have?

By it's thickness.

3.3 mm is type I (mainly: memory cards)
5.0 mm is type II
10.5 mm is type III (Harddisks, netcards) and
16 mm is type IV (Harddisks)

But there's something odd: Wireless sounds like 'recent' while
the name PCMCIA has long been replaced by 'PC Card'.

One other thing you should keep in mind:
There is also Cardbus. Which has the same size as PCMCIA.
(Most wireless cards require Cardbus and you can recognize them
by a copper strip near the contacts).
If your card is Cardbus while your PC only supports PCMCIA, you
cannot use the card in your PC.
 
N

Norm

Gerard Bok said:
By it's thickness.

3.3 mm is type I (mainly: memory cards)
5.0 mm is type II
10.5 mm is type III (Harddisks, netcards) and
16 mm is type IV (Harddisks)

But there's something odd: Wireless sounds like 'recent' while
the name PCMCIA has long been replaced by 'PC Card'.

One other thing you should keep in mind:
There is also Cardbus. Which has the same size as PCMCIA.
(Most wireless cards require Cardbus and you can recognize them
by a copper strip near the contacts).
If your card is Cardbus while your PC only supports PCMCIA, you
cannot use the card in your PC.

Hmmm. Could be just me using the incorrect term, but,.
Device manager identifies it first as a PCMCIA controller, then when I
expand it shows 2 Texas Instrument PCI-1450 CARDBUS Controller, claims they
are both working and using IRQ9. The card fits in the slot just fine without
a lot of extra room, so if the difference is primarily size, it seems to be
correct. Wireless card has a copper strip. I also have a smart card reader
which was delivered with the notebook. I never tried it because I got the
machine with W98, and upgraded it to W2K right away, and had no interest in
the card reader, so I can't say for sure if it ever worked. The card reader
does not have a copper strip but does say "Cardbus".

I also have under other devices a PCI Simple Comms controller which it says
is not working because I have no drivers loaded. I assume if this was
affecting the Cardbus, the cardbus would not be seen?

I am trying to install a SMC wireless G card into my notebook. Thinkpad T-20
PIII - 650mhz 128 MB Ram W2K. Drivers and Boingo installed first as per SMC
recomendation. If the card is in the top slot, It gets ignored, boingo says
"no card". If the card is in the lower slot it will boot and detect, but
within a minute or so the PC will lock up, no mouse movement, can't
ALT-CTRL-DEL. Shut down, remove the card, reboot, everything works fine.
Shut down, replace the card, locks up again. Have uninstalled and
reinstalled several times.
 
K

kony

My wireless card says it requires PCMCIA type II. It fits in the slot I
have.
How do I determine what type PCMCIA slot I have?

You have type II because the card fits, type 1 is thinner.
Cardbus is normally backwards compatible, a cardbus slot
being newer but also able to use a PCMCIA-only card.
 
K

kony

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