Upgrade of Dell Latitude USB port
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
Received Dell Latitude C400 without wireless capability. Tried usb 2.0 adapter to access wifi but got "need hi-speed USB controller to use 2.0 USB adapter". Do I need software or hardware to resolve this? Clueless in MD?
wireless-networking usb upgrade port
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
Received Dell Latitude C400 without wireless capability. Tried usb 2.0 adapter to access wifi but got "need hi-speed USB controller to use 2.0 USB adapter". Do I need software or hardware to resolve this? Clueless in MD?
wireless-networking usb upgrade port
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
Received Dell Latitude C400 without wireless capability. Tried usb 2.0 adapter to access wifi but got "need hi-speed USB controller to use 2.0 USB adapter". Do I need software or hardware to resolve this? Clueless in MD?
wireless-networking usb upgrade port
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
Received Dell Latitude C400 without wireless capability. Tried usb 2.0 adapter to access wifi but got "need hi-speed USB controller to use 2.0 USB adapter". Do I need software or hardware to resolve this? Clueless in MD?
wireless-networking usb upgrade port
wireless-networking usb upgrade port
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
asked Nov 28 at 21:12
user968093
6
6
add a comment |
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
You might be able to purchase the internal WiFi card from Dell. It is called the Dell True Mobile 1150 Series Mini-PCI Card. That is a really old laptop and they might not carry parts for it anymore.
If they dont have it, you might be able to find one elsewhere.
Even if you do find one and install it, it will not be as fast as modern wireless devices, as it used an older standard.
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Your laptop only has USB 1.1 ports; this is a hardware limitation and the built-in ports are not upgradeable (just like you can't convert a USB2 port into a USB3 port on any other PC).
Instead, laptops of this era usually have a CardBus/PC-Card slot for inserting various expansion cards. CardBus is PCI and offers decent performance (easily up to 100 Mbps) and you can still find Wi-Fi 802.11n CardBus adapters on eBay. There also are cards providing USB 2.0 ports.
(Note: These products are often mislabeled as "PCMCIA" cards, so you'll need to search for both "cardbus 802.11" and "pcmcia 802.11" to find all results. If the connector has a gold-coloured shield with dimples, it's the newer CardBus. If it's plain gray, it's the old and slow PCMCIA/PC-Card.)
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
1
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "3"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f1379217%2fupgrade-of-dell-latitude-usb-port%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
You might be able to purchase the internal WiFi card from Dell. It is called the Dell True Mobile 1150 Series Mini-PCI Card. That is a really old laptop and they might not carry parts for it anymore.
If they dont have it, you might be able to find one elsewhere.
Even if you do find one and install it, it will not be as fast as modern wireless devices, as it used an older standard.
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
You might be able to purchase the internal WiFi card from Dell. It is called the Dell True Mobile 1150 Series Mini-PCI Card. That is a really old laptop and they might not carry parts for it anymore.
If they dont have it, you might be able to find one elsewhere.
Even if you do find one and install it, it will not be as fast as modern wireless devices, as it used an older standard.
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
You might be able to purchase the internal WiFi card from Dell. It is called the Dell True Mobile 1150 Series Mini-PCI Card. That is a really old laptop and they might not carry parts for it anymore.
If they dont have it, you might be able to find one elsewhere.
Even if you do find one and install it, it will not be as fast as modern wireless devices, as it used an older standard.
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
You might be able to purchase the internal WiFi card from Dell. It is called the Dell True Mobile 1150 Series Mini-PCI Card. That is a really old laptop and they might not carry parts for it anymore.
If they dont have it, you might be able to find one elsewhere.
Even if you do find one and install it, it will not be as fast as modern wireless devices, as it used an older standard.
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
answered Nov 28 at 21:41
Keltari
50.2k18115168
50.2k18115168
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
add a comment |
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
Can you install a third-party Mini-PCI card instead, or is Dell one of those companies which refuse to allow that?
– grawity
Nov 28 at 22:47
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
@grawity I honestly dont know. I would assume Dell just rebranded an Intel or Broadcom card, so one of those might work.
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 22:50
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Your laptop only has USB 1.1 ports; this is a hardware limitation and the built-in ports are not upgradeable (just like you can't convert a USB2 port into a USB3 port on any other PC).
Instead, laptops of this era usually have a CardBus/PC-Card slot for inserting various expansion cards. CardBus is PCI and offers decent performance (easily up to 100 Mbps) and you can still find Wi-Fi 802.11n CardBus adapters on eBay. There also are cards providing USB 2.0 ports.
(Note: These products are often mislabeled as "PCMCIA" cards, so you'll need to search for both "cardbus 802.11" and "pcmcia 802.11" to find all results. If the connector has a gold-coloured shield with dimples, it's the newer CardBus. If it's plain gray, it's the old and slow PCMCIA/PC-Card.)
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
1
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Your laptop only has USB 1.1 ports; this is a hardware limitation and the built-in ports are not upgradeable (just like you can't convert a USB2 port into a USB3 port on any other PC).
Instead, laptops of this era usually have a CardBus/PC-Card slot for inserting various expansion cards. CardBus is PCI and offers decent performance (easily up to 100 Mbps) and you can still find Wi-Fi 802.11n CardBus adapters on eBay. There also are cards providing USB 2.0 ports.
(Note: These products are often mislabeled as "PCMCIA" cards, so you'll need to search for both "cardbus 802.11" and "pcmcia 802.11" to find all results. If the connector has a gold-coloured shield with dimples, it's the newer CardBus. If it's plain gray, it's the old and slow PCMCIA/PC-Card.)
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
1
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Your laptop only has USB 1.1 ports; this is a hardware limitation and the built-in ports are not upgradeable (just like you can't convert a USB2 port into a USB3 port on any other PC).
Instead, laptops of this era usually have a CardBus/PC-Card slot for inserting various expansion cards. CardBus is PCI and offers decent performance (easily up to 100 Mbps) and you can still find Wi-Fi 802.11n CardBus adapters on eBay. There also are cards providing USB 2.0 ports.
(Note: These products are often mislabeled as "PCMCIA" cards, so you'll need to search for both "cardbus 802.11" and "pcmcia 802.11" to find all results. If the connector has a gold-coloured shield with dimples, it's the newer CardBus. If it's plain gray, it's the old and slow PCMCIA/PC-Card.)
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
Your laptop only has USB 1.1 ports; this is a hardware limitation and the built-in ports are not upgradeable (just like you can't convert a USB2 port into a USB3 port on any other PC).
Instead, laptops of this era usually have a CardBus/PC-Card slot for inserting various expansion cards. CardBus is PCI and offers decent performance (easily up to 100 Mbps) and you can still find Wi-Fi 802.11n CardBus adapters on eBay. There also are cards providing USB 2.0 ports.
(Note: These products are often mislabeled as "PCMCIA" cards, so you'll need to search for both "cardbus 802.11" and "pcmcia 802.11" to find all results. If the connector has a gold-coloured shield with dimples, it's the newer CardBus. If it's plain gray, it's the old and slow PCMCIA/PC-Card.)
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
edited Nov 28 at 22:49
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
answered Nov 28 at 21:29
grawity
231k35486544
231k35486544
1
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
add a comment |
1
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
1
1
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
the C400 did use CardBus
– Keltari
Nov 28 at 21:43
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Super User!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f1379217%2fupgrade-of-dell-latitude-usb-port%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
