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Express Card
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:33 pm
by mainer
I have an x61 tablet that I picked up last fall. I bought an HP TV tuner for my express card slot and I cant get the card to work. The light on the card doesn't come on. But the card gets hot so i know something is happening. If I put it in my roommates computer It works fine. Do I have to turn my card slot on or something? Or is my card slot broken?
Cooper
Re: Express Card
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:49 pm
by Harryc
"Card slots: The PC card slot accommodates either one Type-I or one Type-II card. The Secure Digital card slot enables flexible communications and storage expansion. "
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bi ... anguage=en
No Mention of Express cards. Type-1 and Type-II are PCMCIA specs,
Re: Express Card
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:22 am
by dstrauss
It is only a PC Card (originally called PCMCIA) and not Express Card slot. I'm surprised it did anything more than fry the Express Card (I didn't even realize they were plug compatible).
Re: Express Card
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:40 pm
by dr_st
They are not. The card probably just got warm because it was close to other components.