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I bought a slimline DELL Inspiron 530S for a neighbour but forgot he needed a modem. I didn`t realise how the slimline versions were built and the modem out of his old PC won`t fit the new Inspiron - the card itself looks like it will fit but the fixing bar is too long (as wide as the PC!).

Could I just cut some of the fixing bar off so it will fit in his new PC or is it not as simple as this?

I can`t even find anywhere that sells modem cards that will fit... so the only other alternative seems to be an external modem - and they are not cheap*

Firstly assume you`re talking about a 56K modem rather than an ADSL one??

I don`t see any reason why cutting the metal `fixing bar` off will cause an issue.

Providing you`re not cutting the circuit board in any way then it won`t affect the working of it.
It may affect how stable the card physically is inside the machine. But I doubt it would be an issue if the phone cable isn`t pulled out/plugged in all the time or the machine moved that much.

Also, £9.50 for an external USB 56k modem:
cgi.ebay.co.uk/usb-56k-v-92-fax-modem_W0QQitemZ220178378378QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62025QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This item was edited on Tuesday, 4th December 2007, 16:42

Thanks for that MilesR. Yes - it is the 56K modem I want. I actually bid on the Ebay item you mentioned before I posted - but it went for over £14.

However, now I have found they are called `low profile` cards I found this on Ebay

cgi.ebay.co.uk/SMARTLINK-56K-V90-V92-LOW-PROFILE-PCI-MODEM-5618PSV-XP_W0QQitemZ280172808550QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3693QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

which looks like it will do the job fine - assuming Vista will run it!

This item was edited on Wednesday, 5th December 2007, 09:35

Definitely less hassle than cutting down the existing one! :D

I`m sure Vista will be fine. :/
(Better you than me! :D)