Express cards

[elsajo]

Hi

I have a Toshiba Equium A200-1VO and the manual says it has an express card slot. I have bought an express card but this seems slimmer than the actual slot. Is this right?

Elsa

[rojash]

ExpressCard supports two form factors, ExpressCard/34 (34 mm wide) and ExpressCard/54 (54 mm wide, in an L-shape) � the connector is the same on both (width 34 mm).

The 34 mm form factor cards fit into both 34 mm and 54 mm card slots via a diagonal guide in the rear of the 54 mm slot that guides the card to the connector. The 54 mm card will fit in only a 54 mm slot.

[ChuckFickens]

two types of express card slot...
express card 54 and express card 34

Your laptop obviously has an express card 54 slot (the wider one) the card you have bought is express card 34 (narrower)

The good news is that express card 34 will fit and work in express card 54 slots just fine.

Have a look at this pic, the top two cards are express cards (ignore the bottom one) you should be able to see why and how a 34 card will work in a 54 slot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCCard-Expre ssCard_ZP.svg

[rojash]

eerrm, chuck, didn't I just say that?

[ChuckFickens]

LOL..... your answer wasn't there when I started (though I could have saved my self typing and just copied and pasted your answer if I'd known.... would just need to add a link to a crappy support site and all would be as normal ;))

[rojash]

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