USB destroyed!!!

[sabooya]

My USB port on my REALLY OLD laptop was my main method of connecting to the internet. It has basically fallen apart. I need an alternate way of getting the internet. for some reason the lan port doesn't respond at all either.(why im using USB)

Is there a device I could use instead that is not USB or lan?

Is this an express slot??

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3691/1001zg0.jpg

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5637/1002mp6.jpg

 

[RebateMonger]

Those are PCMCIA slots, nowadays known as a "PCCard". There are both USB and Ethernet cards available for these slots at reasonable prices.

Meanwhile, are you sure that you have drivers loaded for your built-in Ethernet port?

 

[corkyg]

Your ethernet port is a "fat" T-connector - a bit wider than the modem port. As RebateMonger says, the pictures you show are PCMCIA/PC Card (Cardbus). PC Express 34 or 54 are narrower. You laptop manual should specifcally identify those ports. If you are running XP or Vista, you should not need to oad any additional drivers for those ports. They are PnP.

BTW - ID your old laptop.