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I'm ashamed to report that the whole thing was a false alarm.
The card was left sticking out by about an inch and I didn't think
that was good enough so I assumed it wouldn't go all the way home. The
supplier confirmed that it was all ok.
I think I managed to install the driver late last night and I shall
play with it later today.
I'm sorry to have bothered everybody.
Best wishes
Colin
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:12:49 GMT, "Christopher Muto"
<muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>the buttons as you refer to them are to eject the card once it is installed.
>there is a ejector button for each of the two slots. if your card is not
>fitting into one slot then try the other (assuming it is a type II card that
>only take up one slot, aka half the total height of the two slot opening).
>
>"Colin Bearfield" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:0vl0h1th4mff2884fc3krgqflh92fcb7dv@4ax.com...
>>I have found a mention on the packaging that it is type II. There was
>> only one blank, presumably my son had earlier removed one. I've had a
>> good squint down into the slot and there is no sign of bent pins.
>> There are two buttons that operate independently and look as though
>> they would eject a card from the slot.
>>
>> Everything looks normal.
>>
>> I daren't apply any more pressure.
>>
>> I shall have to drive over to the supplier.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 11:51:55 GMT, "Christopher Muto"
>> <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>sounds like it is a type III card, one that fills both slots but has a
>>>single connector. is it about 3/8" (11mm) thick. did you remove the
>>>blanks
>>>from both of the slots? are you putting it into the lower slot?
>>>
>>>"Colin Bearfield" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>news:0v60h1devjr6ighka552t35ncckae68va3@4ax.com...
>>>> It has an RJ45 cable socket on the outside edge and two leds on top of
>>>> the edge. It is 32 bit. There is no indication of type. It is just
>>>> called Card Bus PC Card on the top but underneath it says NET-LYNX
>>>> 428X 4B and that it complies with part 15 of the FCC rules.
>>>>
>>>> It looks like exactly what I expected, but it doesn't yield at all
>>>> when I try to press it home.
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:40:22 GMT, "Christopher Muto"
>>>> <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>you machine has two 'pc card' slots that are next to each other.
>>>>>originally
>>>>>they came from the dell with a blank card installed in each slot to keep
>>>>>the
>>>>>connector from getting dirty. after you remove the blanks you can
>>>>>install
>>>>>either 16 bit ot 32 bit type cards (essentially any card). you can
>>>>>install
>>>>>either two type I or type II cards or a single thicker type III card.
>>>>>depending on the type of nic you purchased it may well be the thick
>>>>>style
>>>>>type III card that would require you to have first removed both blanks
>>>>>to
>>>>>install it. what model nic do you have? does it have a socket for you
>>>>>to
>>>>>connect an rj45 cable connector, does it have a xjack that pops out of
>>>>>the
>>>>>edge to connect a cable, or does it have a short dongle cable that plugs
>>>>>into the edge of the card that then allows you to connect the network
>>>>>cable?
>>>>>it does need a little pressure to insert any pc card but not so much
>>>>>that
>>>>>you should feel that you might break something.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Colin Bearfield" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:ce2vg11fmc3jnaaaordvn4o2tbte8dguod@4ax.com...
>>>>>> Is there some sort of knack to inserting a new NIC into a DELL
>>>>>> Inspiron 8000. I've just tried inserting one now and it won't go all
>>>>>> the way home. I don't want to use brute force but it simply won't go
>>>>>> home.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've tried running the setup disk and, not surprisingly, it confirms
>>>>>> that there is no NIC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I came across a sort of black plastic blank during my efforts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Help, please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Colin
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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