[mdlug] PCMCIA card stopped working

[David Lee Lambert]

On Friday 01 February 2008 09:33, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> > From: David Lee Lambert
> >
> > I'm trying to decide what's broken;  if I'm sure that the
> > PCMCIA slot is still OK, then I can get another card of the
> > same model and hope the dongle works,  or get a wireless
> > PCMCIA card and wireless router.  If the slot itself is
> > burned out or something,  I could get a USB adapter.  Any advice?
>
>  It sounds very like the dongle has a problem. I had a PCMCIA ethernet card
> with similar issues, though the dongle would generally work if it were held
> in a particular position.

My wife looked carefully at the dongle's plug (the one that plugs into the 
card) and noticed that the plastic had cracked on one side.  The place where 
I originally bought the card is still selling them for $9.99 each, so I 
ordered a replacement.  I'm using a USB Ethernet adapter until that arrives. 

Thanks to all for the advice.

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