Laptop Lan card too big???

capitalal2003 · 02-04-2006, 02:48 AM

Hello I recently bought a 3Com Megahertz Lan card. It's 10/100 lan card bus with XJACK(c) connector.

It doesnt seem to be fitting in my thinkpad 380D. It is identically simmilar to my megahertz dialup card but doesnt go in all the way.

Anyone with the same problem???
-capital

ckfordy · 02-06-2006, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capitalal2003

Hello I recently bought a 3Com Megahertz Lan card. It's 10/100 lan card bus with XJACK(c) connector.

It doesnt seem to be fitting in my thinkpad 380D. It is identically simmilar to my megahertz dialup card but doesnt go in all the way.

Anyone with the same problem???
-capital

it should go in all the way. try pushing harder and it should go in it may be sticking a little bit. but all cards should be comaptible in PCMIA slots.

**The_Other_One** · 02-06-2006, 01:08 AM

Agreed... It should work without a problem. Some cards can be a bit hard to get into my avertec sometimes, even this dummy card I keep in there to keep dust out!

Not all cards are 100% identical, so some might be larger/smaller in certain areas. I guess you could always grind part of the card down

capitalal2003 · 02-09-2006, 03:32 AM

Okay I just noticed that his xjack lan card has these little bumps near the end. Is this different than the regular old ones that are just flat.

this is a picture (not mine) that shows the little circles/bumps on the gold. I think this might be causing the problem

The laptop is a IBM thinkpad 380D w. Windows 98 and I'm lookign for a lan card for it. It can either be a xjack or a dongle one, but i want both a dongle and card. Please help??

ckfordy · 02-09-2006, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capitalal2003

Okay I just noticed that his xjack lan card has these little bumps near the end. Is this different than the regular old ones that are just flat.

this is a picture (not mine) that shows the little circles/bumps on the gold. I think this might be causing the problem

The laptop is a IBM thinkpad 380D w. Windows 98 and I'm lookign for a lan card for it. It can either be a xjack or a dongle one, but i want both a dongle and card. Please help??

i dont see a picture?

[-0MEGA-] · 02-09-2006, 03:55 AM

It could be the wrong socket, since there are two main types of PCMCIA cards, CardBus I and CardBus II.

capitalal2003 · 02-09-2006, 03:03 PM

Here is a pic (the pic isnt an acual but the the circle shows the bumps i was talking about)

http://www.broadbandnational.com/sto...DFE-690TXD.jpg

are there any laptop lan cards that dont have those bumps. Or does anyone know of one that will fit the IBM thinkpad 380D.

Thanks
capitalal2003

LaptopExtreme · 02-10-2006, 05:28 PM

I think they all have that hump. It's to let people know which way it goes in (which way is up). As for your system, it should be able to take it. The specs on your systems says that it'll take Type I, II, & III cards.

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capitalal2003 New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5	Laptop Lan card too big??? Hello I recently bought a 3Com Megahertz Lan card. It's 10/100 lan card bus with XJACK(c) connector. It doesnt seem to be fitting in my thinkpad 380D. It is identically simmilar to my megahertz dialup card but doesnt go in all the way. Anyone with the same problem??? -capital

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capitalal2003 New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5	laptop lan card problem with size Okay I just noticed that his xjack lan card has these little bumps near the end. Is this different than the regular old ones that are just flat. this is a picture (not mine) that shows the little circles/bumps on the gold. I think this might be causing the problem The laptop is a IBM thinkpad 380D w. Windows 98 and I'm lookign for a lan card for it. It can either be a xjack or a dongle one, but i want both a dongle and card. Please help??

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capitalal2003 New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5	Laptop lan card to big!! Here is a pic (the pic isnt an acual but the the circle shows the bumps i was talking about) http://www.broadbandnational.com/sto...DFE-690TXD.jpg are there any laptop lan cards that dont have those bumps. Or does anyone know of one that will fit the IBM thinkpad 380D. Thanks capitalal2003 Attached Images

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02-06-2006, 01:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,388	Agreed... It should work without a problem. Some cards can be a bit hard to get into my avertec sometimes, even this dummy card I keep in there to keep dust out! Not all cards are 100% identical, so some might be larger/smaller in certain areas. I guess you could always grind part of the card down

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LaptopExtreme VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 880	I think they all have that hump. It's to let people know which way it goes in (which way is up). As for your system, it should be able to take it. The specs on your systems says that it'll take Type I, II, & III cards.