Hawking Technology CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card Manuel D’Utilisation

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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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