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    Express Card usages

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tyeh26, Aug 10, 2007.

  1. tyeh26

    tyeh26 Notebook Geek

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    Hey I have a computer, and the expresscard slot seems so lonely. so what are the actual uses of the PCMCIA and expresscard slots? Here are some that i know of:

    SSD slot
    Card Reader
    Sound Cards
    USB slots?

    what's something useful that these slots can be put to work with?
     
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  2. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    I think SATAII or something.
     
    allan_huang, Aug 10, 2007
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    There's a mouse that fits in the expresscard too. eSata adapters are getting popular these days as well.
    tv adapter too.
     
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  4. tyeh26

    tyeh26 Notebook Geek

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    eSATA? enlighten me. is it like an external HDD that connects through the express card slot that has a faster transfer rate than USB?
     
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    It can connect through any eSata port. Some newer laptops have them built-in. I guess you can think of it as an external SATA that's contains all the advantages of an internal HDD. It's theoretically faster than most mainstream nonbusiness methods of connecting an external to your machine, under the assumption that the bottleneck for your external HDDs is in the bridge (and not simply its own speed). It also allows the full capabilities of the HDD to be used - i.e. SMART.
     
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    B4TCH Notebook Consultant

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    - 1394/FireWire (iLINK)
    - Docking Stations
    - Instrumentation
    - Memory
    - Memory Card Adapters (CF, MS, SD, xD, etc.)
    - Mouse
    - Networking
    - PCI Expansion
    - PCI Express Expansion
    - Remote Controls
    - SSD
    - Soundcard
    - SATA
    - Serial Port
    - SmartCard Adapters
    - TV Tuners
    - USB
    - Wireless LAN (WiFi)
    - Wireless WAN/Wireless Broadband Internet (3G, CDMA, EVDO, GRPS, UMTS, etc.)
     
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    don't forget cooling pads, unless you're including those under docking stations :D
     
    taelrak, Aug 10, 2007
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