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| 370771 | 2005-07-09 12:10:00 | Hi . My old HP pavillion pc has begun making some rather alarming sounds, and as a working computer is very important to me at the moment I have borrowed a friends old Compaq Pressario 3200 series computer . It is faster, newer operating system, has more HD space and much quieter than my old computer . Unfortunately it is lacking a network card so I can not connect to the uni network . I would put in my spare ethernet card except that is does not fit as the width of the compaq pressario is about half the width of a normal PC . :groan: Can you buy these half sized pci components or are they only sold with small form factor PC's . I must admit I've never seen them, nor am I sure what one might call them . Any help would be appreciated . Cheers Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 370772 | 2005-07-09 12:16:00 | yes, half height cards are easly advailable. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 370773 | 2005-07-09 12:17:00 | Go down to dick smith & ask them. I know their cards will be small enough to fit, but I'm not sure if the brackets to secure them to the case need to be smaller than standard aswell. I believe the cards that fit in small form factor cases are called "low profile" |
Greven (91) | ||
| 370774 | 2005-07-09 12:59:00 | get the pci card, either unscrew the faceplwte or hacksaw to suit,insert. No good long term,but will get ya up and running |
Metla (12) | ||
| 370775 | 2005-07-09 13:28:00 | Cheers I'll check out Dick Smith then. Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 370776 | 2005-07-10 00:20:00 | get the pci card, either unscrew the faceplwte or hacksaw to suit,insert. No good long term,but will get ya up and running only works IF the actuall card part is half height/low profile. some of the early cards are to tall to fit even without the face plate. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 370777 | 2005-07-10 00:31:00 | I would be very surprised to find a full height network card being sold as new these days. | Greven (91) | ||
| 370778 | 2005-07-10 01:37:00 | Cheers I'll check out Dick Smith then. Ravage If that doesn't work, you can get the usb / ethernet device (assuming it has a usb port). :waughh: |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 370779 | 2005-07-10 03:09:00 | Dick Smith was no help Ethernet card looks small enough if I can find a new faceplate. Any other suggestions? Cheers Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 370780 | 2005-07-10 04:48:00 | How about usb/nic adapter Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz) or Low Profile NIC see its pic (www.ascent.co.nz) ? |
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