You have recently upgraded your laptop to a newer model, but now you find that your CardBus adapters no longer fit into your laptop expansion slot. What is the most likely cause of this issue?
A) The CardBus cards are physically associated with the old laptop and will not work with any other computer
B) The new laptop’s BIOS needs to be updated
C) The newer laptop provides ExpressCard slots
D) Newer laptops require CardBus adapters to be flipped upside-down to install properly
E) You aren’t pushing hard enough. Get a hammer. A big one.
The answer: C) The newer laptop provides ExpressCard slots
The newer ExpressCard format includes many new capabilities, but it is not backwards compatible with the older CardBus adapters. The cards have been keyed to prevent other cards from fitting into the ExpressCard slot.
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