Expresscard slot on R61?

[charlienyc]

hi. i'm considering purchasing a PCIe expansion system that utilizes an Expresscard (54 i think... might be a 34 though). where is the slot on my R61 8932-CTO? there is a SD/MS/etc card reader on the front bezel. there is a PCMCIA cardbus slot on the left side with a loose piece of plastic just under where the PCMCIA card fits. i tried to get an Expresscard to fit where the PCMCIA card fits but it didn't seat. so where is the Expresscard slot
cheers,
-charlie

[basketb]

If your machine has an Expresscard slot, then it will be right above the slot for the PCMCIA card. However, it may be that you don't have one, but have a smartcard slot instead (that would be under the PCMCIA card slot then). You can tell the difference by how many eject buttons you have where the PCMICA card slot is: do you have two small ones (then you have an Expresscard slot), or do you have one rather large eject button (then you don't have one).

[RealBlackStuff]

And if you have two PCMCIA slots, with one of them being an eXpress slott, it will have an X on the blue push-bar.

[charlienyc]

the eject button has only a triangle, and the PCMCIA slot is on top. i suppose the bottom slot is a smart card slot. what on earth would i use that for??

anyway, here are links to two pics if you're curious:
http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/ ... 001_sm.jpg
http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/ ... 002_sm.jpg

thanks for the info thus far, even though it's not the news i wanted to hear...
cheers,
-charlie

[GomJabbar]

The options for the R61 seem to range from the top list to the bottom list. Since you have a CTO model, I don't think the options can be determined from the model number alone. You might try Parts lookup.

AFAIK, the Smart card is used for security - similar to a fingerprint reader.
OmniPass Smart Card Middleware for Client Security Solution

PC Card Std slot: One Type I or Type II slot, CardBus 32-bit
ExpressCard slot: Some: [/54] One ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54, PCI Express x1 or USB 2.0
Smart Card Read: Some: Smart Card Reader
Multicard Reader: Some: 4-in-1 reader (MultiMediaCard, Mem Stick® PRO, Sec Digital, xD-Picture Card™)

PC Card Std slot: One Type I or Type II slot, CardBus 32-bit
ExpressCard slot: None
Smart Card Read: None
Multicard Reader: None

EDIT: More info. I am not sure if the OmniPass Smart Card Middleware will work on an R61 or not.
Using smart cards with Client Security Solution 8.0
Client Security Solution 8.2 Deployment Guide