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Wireless card help?

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sleepymy
sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
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Hello, the actiontec wifi card has got broken on my Dell laptop so I need to replace it. I've been asked if I need a 16 or a 32 bit card but I can't find anything on the card or computer to say. Does anyone know of any way I can find out which I need?

Thanks :o
The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. - Katharine Hepburn

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  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Are you talking about a built-in wireless card, or usb, or pcmcia?

    which laptop model?

    What is broken?
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • sleepymy
    sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    Ummmm it's the card which you stick into the card slot on the side of the laptop.

    It's a Dell Inspiron 5160.
    The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. - Katharine Hepburn
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Like this?

    54mbps_pcmcia%20%20white%20300%20dpi.jpg

    Does it def not have a wireless card built-in?
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • sleepymy
    sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    It looks exactly like that... it defiantly doesn't have it built in, Dell were looking silly money for built in at the time, it's a few years old.
    The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. - Katharine Hepburn
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Any of these should do if it is a std pcmcia slot.

    Is the one you have physically damaged?

    http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/cat/Wireless/subcat/PCMCIA--Cards
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • sleepymy
    sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    Thanks for that albertross :D it's definitely broke, himself fell on it when he had a broken leg last November... I wrapped brown tape round it which worked for a while but it's knackered now.

    He brought a Belkin one from Curry's earlier but I think we'll take it back as they couldn't tell if it was compatible or not.
    The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. - Katharine Hepburn
  • Toxteth_OGrady
    Toxteth_OGrady Posts: 3,958 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    sleepymy wrote: »
    he had a broken leg last November... I wrapped brown tape round it which worked for a while but it's knackered now.

    Walks with a permanent limp I guess?

    :rotfl: :rotfl:

    :cool:

    TOG
    604!
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    If it is pcmcia (same connector as your existing one), it should work
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • sleepymy
    sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »
    Walks with a permanent limp I guess?

    :rotfl: :rotfl:

    :cool:

    TOG

    :rotfl: well caught :T
    The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. - Katharine Hepburn
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