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Pc Or Pcmcia Card, Difference Please?

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WheresTheCat

Discussion Starter · Sep 27, 2003

Hi, I'm shopping on-line for a v.92 modem for a notebook pc and am confused by the PC card or PCMCIA name on these products. What is the difference with these two kind? I know External modems can hook up to the serial port or usb port, but where do these Internal modems go?? I'd like to add the least cords possible, with my new modem so not to hinder the moveability of the laptop. Thanks for any help

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raybro

· #2 · Sep 27, 2003

I believe what you want for your internal moden is a PCI card.

Here is a link to info on PCMCIA.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PCMCIA.html

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Triple6

· #3 · Sep 27, 2003

"I'd like to add the least cords possible"

I know what you mean. Consider a modem with XJack - the jack pops out of the PCMCIA card, so its out of the way when you don't need it.

Here's a link to a modem with an Xjack connection: http://www.usr.com/products/laptop/laptop-product.asp?sku=USR3056

PC Card and PCMCIA are interchangeable terms.

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DaveBurnett

· #4 · Sep 28, 2003

"PC Card and PCMCIA are interchangeable terms"
Yes those two are, but Cardbus is better/faster/less resource hungry and more stable. If you can go for one of these.

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WheresTheCat

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 28, 2003

Originally posted by raybro:
I believe what you want for your internal moden is a PCI card.

The store said the "pci" is for Desktops only, laptops need pc cards- circuit city.. was he wrong? I will take a look at your link & also check out a Card-Bus, as suggested

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raybro

· #6 · Sep 28, 2003

Sorry... missed the fact you were talking about a laptop. My bad.

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DaveBurnett

· #7 · Sep 28, 2003

PCI is a bus architecture and can apply to any machine. However, having said that:
PCI expansion cards are desktop only(plus docking station).
PC/PCMCIA cards are 16bit and use the ISA Bus. CardBus is 32 bit and interfaces direcly with the 32 bit PCI bus.

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WheresTheCat

Discussion Starter · #8 · Sep 28, 2003

Cool site, very helpful! (above link). How do I check the pc card slot size, on my laptop? Thanks..

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DaveBurnett

· #9 · Sep 28, 2003

Look in the manual. or open the door/slot cover and look see how many slots there are. Most Laptops have two type2 slots.
More important is whether there is Cardbus support. Again most newer machines do support it. Yes you can use PC/PCMCIA in a cardbus slot.

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