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    is there a way to change the pcI, II card slot to

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jerry66, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. jerry66

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    an expresscard 54 slot on an 8510p ? i bought an avermedia tv card and it don't work . stupid me did not realize the difference , i figured it would fir the slot .
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    You can get an adapter to change your Expresscard slot to a PCMCIA slot but not the other way around since Expresscards have higher bandwidth than PCMCIA.
     
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    is there any other way i can use this card ? usb adapter maybe ?
     
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    thanks , that should work , a few hd tv tuners are usb 2 , how much more bandwidth will this expresscard need ?
     
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