Repairing or Upgrading PCMCIA/CardBus/CF Cards
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to repair or upgrade a PCMCIA/CardBus/CF Card?
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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![[archived link]](http://tuxmobil.org/pics/archived.png "archived link, opens in new window"){kind=small} | How to add an external antenna. |
| BuffaloTech AirStation 54Mbps Wireless CardBus card (WLI-CB-G54) | Pictures from the inside of the CardBus Card. |
| CNet CNWLC-811-3V Wireless PC-Card | External Antenna Mod. This piece of surgery reveals the concealed PCB pads for an external antenna jack. A coalition of the willing was formed to expose the secrets of this PC-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. |
| Pretec compactGPS CF-Card | How to modify the CompactFlash Card to work with a standard serial port. This modding will allow you to use the device using your PDA serial port, a PC serial port, and a PDA/GPS car kit. |
| SMC EZ Connect SMC2632W WLAN PC-Card | 802.11b Mods: Adding an external antenna to a PCMCIA WLAN Card. |
| SMC-2632 PC-Card | Transceiver modification to add an SMA connector for external antennas. This is an inexpensive (under $100 US Dollars) 802.11b wireless ethernet card. The thing that makes this card remarkable is the fact that the manufacturer left mounting holes in the PCB to accomodate a PCB mount SMA RF connector. With a little patience, soldering skills and crafty x-acto knife handiwork, you can modifiy your card to accomodate any antenna you deem necessary to close that RF link. The maximum output power of this card is 50mW. |
| 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. |
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