[mdlug] PCMCIA card stopped working

[Aaron Kulkis]

David Lee Lambert wrote:
> 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.
> 

I would just stick with the USB adapter.
1: You probably have more USB connectors than PCMCIA slots.

2: You can plug a USB hub into a USB connector, giving you
    even more USB connectors.

3: If one of your PCMCIA slots gets damaged, you're down
to only one.

So basically, use the PCMCIA slots ONLY when you have
a job that can't be solved with a USB device.