Hawking Technology CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card - Manual (Page 5)

INTRODUCTION TO CARDBUS
Cardbus is the next generation 32-bit version
issued by PCMCIA PC Card standard. In addition
to support a wider bus (32 bits instead of 16 bits),
CardBus also supports bus mastering and
operation speeds up to 33 MHz. The 132M Bytes
bus transfer rate (compares with legacy 16-bit I/0
PC Card, 20MByte) provides the mobile user to
enjoy the high-bandwidth network connection.
A Mobil computer, which equipped with CardBus
and properly configured, is the fundamental
requirement to use the CardBus 10/100M PC Card.
To make sure about this point, please follow the
guideline listed below:
Cardbus is designed to support both 16-bit
and Cardbus Card. But the legacy 16-bit PC
Card slot couldn't accept the CardBus PC
Card. In order to prevent the wrong operation,
CardBus is thus developed with particular
mechanical consideration to prevent it fit into
the legacy 16-bit PC Card Slot. If you can't
insert the CardBus 10/100 PC Card into the
slot firmly reaching the bottom, your
notebook probably hasn’t the capability to
support CardBus technology. Please check
your notebook manual for detail information.
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