Repairing or Upgrading PCMCIA/CardBus/CF Cards

Do you want to repair or upgrade a PCMCIA/CardBus/CF Card? Here are links to free do-it-yourself instructions. If you have written a repair guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

3Com 3CRSHPW796	Disassembly pictures.
3Com 3CCFE574BT PCMCIA Card	Pin out schematics of the 10/100BaseT network card RJ45 dongle (in Czech).
Billionton BlueTooth Class 1 PCMCIA	How to add an external antenna.
BuffaloTech AirStation 54Mbps Wireless CardBus card (WLI-CB-G54)	Pictures from the inside of the CardBus Card.
D-Link DWL-650 Air (aka Compaq HNW-100, Dr. Neuhaus FuryLAN	The PC-Card does not have any means of connecting to an external antenna, but can be easily modified to do so.
D-Link DWL-650	How to pry apart instructions to add a MMCX connector for an external antenna.
D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus Xtreme Wireless G Card	Disassembly to add an external antenna.
D-Link DWL-650+ AirPlus WLAN CardBus	Attaching an external antenna to the wireless card.
D-Link DWL-650+ AirPlus WLAN CardBus (aka Pheenet WL-0022, USR 2210 etc)	How to take apart and to 'pigtail' the card.
D-Link DWL-650+ AirPlus WLAN CardBus (aka TEW-301PC)	Detailed explanation and pictures about pigtailing an external antenna (in Croatian).
IBM 14,4K modem PCMCIA card	DIY PCMCIA RS232 card.
LinkSys WPC11 PC-Card	How to add an external antenna.
NetGear MA401 PC-Card	An illustrated guide about adding an external antenna connector.
SMC EZ Connect SMC2632W WLAN PC-Card	802.11b Mods: Adding an external antenna to a PCMCIA WLAN Card.
SMC-2632 802.11 PC-Card	Transceiver modification to add a SMA connector for external antennas.
Sony Ericsson GC83 Wireless Network Card	Make a new antenna to replace the one broken off inside the PCMCIA card.
56K PCMCIA Modem	Dismantelling instructions and pictures.
Apple iBook Dual-USB	How to refit an iBook without AirPort card, with a Senao 200mW wireless PCMCIA card. With some dremel work on the antenna connector, the card just fits.
Apple iBook G3 Clamshell (Indigo)	PCMCIA mod: how to use a cheap Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card (or any other card with Lucent chip) instead of an AirPort card. An illustrated explanation.

Repairing, Modding or Adding PCMCIA Slots

Everex gBook	Add a versatile compact flash boot drive to an inexpensive laptop. Now you can easily swap large CF cards for multiple OS booting and quasi-SSD storage.
Fujitsu Stylistic LT P-600 (aka PenNote T1)	A proposal for adding an additional CardBus slot and some take apart photos.
IBM ThinkPad X20	How to fix a broken PCMCIA slot cover, an illustrated guide (in Korean).
External WiFi Antenna in PCMCIA Slot	Add range to your laptop's WiFi card by installing a removable antenna which is connected to the internal wireless card via the PCMCIA card slot. You need: an antenna, a short pigtail connector, a pigtail to RP-TNC connector and a "blank" PCMCIA card.