Dell Vostro 1520 Unable to Read Compact Flash Card with Adapter?

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I Purchased the Dell Vostro 1520 a few months ago and recently tried using a PCMCIA adapter for the Compact Flash card my camera uses. I can't get the laptop to find the card. Tried going online to see if a CF card should work, but have not found a clear or definate answer. I do not want to deal with Dell on the phone as even 800 #'s cost me more than it's worth to use.

Hoping someone can let me know if I'm wasting my time trying to get the laptop to read my CF card.

It's the only type card I have to try the input slot, so can't test to see if the input slot even works.

Thanks,

-- ‹(•¿•)› Jim

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