Is it possible to put a PCMCIA card in a PCI slot with an adaptor?

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Hey, I have a wireless card I thought I was gonna use for my laptop but now I want to use it for my PC. Are there any adaptors out therethat fit PCMCIA cards into PCI cards? If they cost over 10 dollars I am not interested and would rather buy a PCI wireless card. Thanks

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Almost guaranteed you'll be over $10, and your reception probably won't be all that great. Throw in another hardware layer to worry about drivers with, and it's too much trouble.

Sell the PCMCIA card and buy a PCI.

- M4H

 

[n0cmonkey]

I haven't seen any in a while... Search for "pci to cardbus" on newegg...

$25.50

 

[Insidious]

You can get PCMCIA card readers that plug into a PCI slot, but they cost $100 or so.

Better off just to buy a new wireless card for PCI (get one with an antenna on a cable... not hardmounted, so you can adjust for better reception if necessary

-Sid

 

[Texun]

How about one for $25.00???

 

[ribbon13]

laptop + pc
better than a pcmcia wifi card in an adapter

 

[ohnnyj]

I got one of those Belkin Pre-N card for my computer and it came as a PCMCIA ("People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms"?)adapter + notebook card so I can use it for either and it has been working fine.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, I've been seeing adaptors that mount in a 3 1/2 floppy slot at computer shows. They are accessible from the front. Should be the same reliability as when the card is used in a Laptop. You should find them by searching the web. Jim

 

[Mingon]

I have one in my main machine upstairs and have excellent reception, but, its hit and miss if a card will work. I have 2 adaptors and 2 wifi cards they each only work in 1 of the adaptors

 

[Zepper]

You also occasionally find them at compgeeks.com and other grab-bag outlets...

.bh.

 

[Twsmit]

Im not too sure about the cost of an adapter, but I will say any internal equipment sucks for desktops IMO. Poor signal quality and its easy to snap off an external antena (in the case of PCI linksys equipment) etc....

IMo the best shot for desktops would be an external USB reciever or a Ethernet bridge (which is a great investment because it will work with anything, Xbox, PS2, PC, Mac and you can add a hub and add multiple devices to a wireless network with basic ethernet)

Anyways, i would steer clear of the adapter or internal cards unless you arnt going to have them at long range, or only if you have some sort of flexible antena that wont break off.

 

[sniperruff]

so get rid of the pcmia and get a USB adapter.

 

[corkyg]

There is such a thing . . . ???

PCMCIA