The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    USB to mini-PCI type3 converter

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by miniPCIType3, Nov 10, 2010.

  1. miniPCIType3

    miniPCIType3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi,
    I have a mini-PCI type IIIA wireless card (*not* mini-PCI express). Is there anyway I can connect it to my laptop without opening my laptop? Any adaptor/cable to connect this card to a USB slot or a PCMCIA slot?

    Thanks for your help.
    Thanks,
     
    miniPCIType3, Nov 10, 2010
    #1
  2. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

    Reputations:
    1,748
    Messages:
    4,094
    Likes Received:
    28
    Trophy Points:
    116
    maybe pcmcia.

    if you actually have a mini PCI slot and your asking this question because you dont want to open up your notebook, then id rather not have replied.

    building the type of adapter you are talking about is literally 100 times more complicated than installing a wifi card. there is probably one door, one screw on the bottom of your notebook for your mini-pci slot.
     
    niffcreature, Nov 10, 2010
    #2
  3. miniPCIType3

    miniPCIType3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks niffcreature. This is for a project where we don't want customers to open up their notebooks but we have done considerable work for a prototype soldering, tapping and wiring a mini-PCI card.

    I was hoping for something like this
    MP1
    but with a mini-PCI typeIIIA interface instead of the mini-PCI express.
     
    miniPCIType3, Nov 10, 2010
    #3
  4. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

    Reputations:
    6,156
    Messages:
    11,214
    Likes Received:
    68
    Trophy Points:
    466
    I havent seen any MiniPCI to USB adapters around.

    I think you are better off buying a USB wifi adapter.
     
    flipfire, Nov 11, 2010
    #4