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Expresscards are small cards for laptops. They are the successor of PCMCIA and PCcard.

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RJ45 not working on my Toshiba Qosmio X500 Notebook

When I plug the RJ45 cable into the machine, running Windows 10, I get the message Unidentified network - No internet I do have a Wi-Fi connection to the router, so I am on the internet, but the ...
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Will an express card|34 to PCIe x16 work?

My laptop has an ExpressCard|54 (it will fit ExpressCard|34 as well) and I want to add a discrete GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB. Will the ExpressCard|34 to PCIe x16 adaptor work?
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Can I use a ExpressCard slot as image input?

I have an old laptop which I would like to use as a secondary monitor for another laptop. While this is typically not possible, I just realized that my old laptop has a ExpressCard slot. It is a ...
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Supplying Power to an ExpressCard USB 3.0 Adapter

I have a ExpressCard USB 3 adapter for my MacBook Pro 17. It is working fine, but it does not seem to be able to properly power my external HDD. The card has a power barrel connection on it, but I ...
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Should i connect HDD enclosure to eSATAp or to ExpressCard USB3? [closed]

I have this SATA-to-USB3 external 2.5" HDD enclosure, connected to a USB2 port, because my laptop doesn't have any USB3 ports. But it has: a free eSATAp port (power over sata on an eSata+usb2 combo ...
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e-SATA formatted external HDD not recognized by USB

So I have an external HDD, I believe it's a Hitachi, 2tb, working fine EXCEPT: when I formatted this, it was via e-SATA, thru an Expresscard slot in my Mac Book Pro A1151, 2 partition, NTFS/Fat32. The ...
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Can you put a mSATA SSD card into a ExpressCard Slot?

Obviously some sort of adapter would be required, but is it possible to fit a mSATA card into an ExpressCard slot? Or equivalently does there exist an ExpressCard mSATA caddy or similar?
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How to get Grub 2.0 to see usb device on (USB 3) expresscard

Im runing ubuntu off of a usb flash drive. My laptop does not support booting from my expresscard (nor has any usb3 ports other than what i have added via my expresscard). I'm using Grub 2.0x that ...
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External GPU through expresscard slot - Power up PSU

I got one of these: http://www.banggood.com/EXP-GDC-Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card-p-934367.html It's an external gpu dock through expresscard slot (exp to pcie). I hooked it up to my PSU as ...
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Practical uses for ExpressCard? [closed]

My laptop has a 34mm ExpressCard slot. I always viewed it as an appendix, similar to the PCMCIA card slots of old, but as it turns out, people do make accessories for it. The most common I've seen is ...
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How to get ExpressCard 34 USB3 working on Apple Mac OS X 10.10 / 10.11 + (via 1 or more of: kexts,signing or choosing compatible models/chipsets)?

Note that I want to try this manual approach first before using MultiBeast. Failed to do the driver install—failure message on screen—when I last tried last week or any other automated tool. I want ...
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Mini PCI Express <-> ExpressCard compatibility

Is it possible to plug a mini pci-e card such as the BCM970015 into an ExpressCard connector? Basically I am asking if I could put a mini pci-e card inside am empty ExpressCard card without any ...
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ExpressCard SSD Boot on Laptop

Is it possible to boot from an ExpressCard SSD? If so, what are the constraints? I am interested in trying to set up my computer like I do for my servers which is install base OS is on a small read-...
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How to work around laptop graphics card failure?

I've got an old IBM R52 laptop who's graphics card just completely failed. Is there any way to get a graphics card that plugs into the Expresscard slot? I'm not talking about the ViDock, but a ...
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How can I connect a PC Card (PCMCIA) to a newer laptop? [closed]

I have a National Instruments card which is an older interface - PCMCIA Type II PC Card. Naturally, my laptop I would like to use this with does not have a PC Card slot (only USB and Express Card 54)....
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