I'm all wired at home but bought a Belkin Pre-N pcmcia card for my Toshiba laptop to use when I'm traveling (hotels, airports, etc). When the laptop is packed in its case, I plan to stuff the card in a side pocket. Will the card's connector be ok rattling around in there? It didn't come with any sort of plastic protector to prevent damage. Does such a cover exist in the marketplace? What does everybody else do about packing their pcmcia cards?
Tia, Rick
I carry mine in a hard plastic eyeglasses case and stuff the case in the side pocket of my Targus backpack. There's also room in the case for a D-Link DBT-120 Bluetooth USB adapter for use with my Sony Ericsson T610 and GPRS when travelling.
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:26:27 -0600, snipped-for-privacy@nospam.invalid wrote in :
Yep. Just don't stuff it in any dirt. :)
I just toss mine in the computer bag. Been doing that without incident for years. But if you must:
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I just shove my collection into an old cellphone belt bag. No damage yet. The big danger is in leaving the card in the laptop and then tossing the laptop in the bag. The projecting antenna section will bend, break, or become mangled. I know because I've done it.
Me too.
Yeah, the part of my adapter that sticks out of the slot is sorta fat.
aha... I think I see a cover that slides over just the "slot" part of the card. That's exactly what I had in mind.
Thanks, Rick
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