PCI card not fitting

[tvagts]

Hi

I have an acer aspire X1200-U1520A and I am trying to get wireless on it. I recently bought a Linksys Wireless PCI Adapter to add wireless to my computer, but it won't fit into the PCI slot near the PCI express slot. Do I have to use the USB wireless connection or is there another slot or another way to get it to fit?

[Rob Pomeroy]

There are a few different flavours of PCI now.  When you say "it doesn't fit" - do the card indents not line up with the slot on the board?  Is the card longer or shorter than the slots?  If there's a difference, you can't make it fit.  But some PCI slots are fairly stiff to start with and it can take a bit of effort to get a card to fit into a slot even though it was designed to fit.

USB wireless dongles can also do the job for you.  Your best bet is to get one made by the manufacturer of your wireless router; this ensures maximum compatibility.