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    ExpressCard, G53SW?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by TomOlsson, Dec 24, 2012.

  1. TomOlsson

    TomOlsson Newbie

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    Hello everyone!

    I've got a G53SW laptop from summer of 2011. In the manual available online from ASUS, it claims to have a 26-pin ExpressCard reader. The downloaded manual seems to refer to the G53JW, but since the image matches I'm assuming they are roughly the same.

    However, after buying a 34-pin ExpressCard with 2 FireWire and 1 USB 2.0 port, and attempting to insert it, I realized that the 34-pin expresscard in fact does not fit, and the port referred to in the manual is in fact a "normal" card-reader and is therefore too small to hold the expresscard. The card looks like this:
    31LNr5bzM5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

    Any ideas? Do I need som form of adapter to make the card fit? Is the manual in fact incorrect? Is there any other way to add a firewire port to the computer? I need it for my digital mixer/soundcard.

    Thankful for help,
    Tom
     
    TomOlsson, Dec 24, 2012
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    How does the card not fit? Too wide? Too tall? Does it not fully insert?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 25, 2012
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  3. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    afaik, the G53 doesn't have an expresscard slot, period. The leads may be there on the motherboard, but I haven't seen a G53 with the actual expresscard connector on it.
     
    tijo, Dec 25, 2012
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  4. TomOlsson

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    Too wide. There is no chance that I'm able to insert the card at all. The overhang (or sidehang, as it may be) is a bit less than half a cm.

    @Second reply: I'm coming to the same conclusion, but the manual clearly refers to the slot as an expresscard slot; and the image on the page is identical to what my computer actually looks alike. Obviously, incorrect manuals do exist, but I was hoping that I'd just be brainfarting and missing something obvious (an adapter, or similar).
     
    TomOlsson, Dec 26, 2012
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    ALLurGroceries, Dec 26, 2012
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    It may be the multi card reader connected via PCI-E rather than USB to give higher speeds...
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 27, 2012
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