Though you'll find some sellers claiming to have PCMCIA readers for these, the photos and system specs strongly suggest that what they're calling PCMCIA is in reality ExpressCard -- that succeeded PCMCIA technology.  

I believe you'll find the newest Dell notebooks with any PCMICA support are the D-series - the E-series had only ExpressCard -- and your Precision is based on an E-series.

So - it's either downgrade to an older system or upgrade to newer sound.

 

 

100% accuracy on that pcmcia point. I've learned the meaning of frustration (in a good way) researching this for the first time in a few years. Please correct me if I must be but, I'm not sure there is an upgrade: Dolby, DTS, 3D positional audio (games) hardware decoded in real time. As for Creative; I think that all started and ended in that one generation. Even their latest greatest is a very hyped and very expensive set of softs... Others that I'm still researching; trying to listen through the specs; Claro II, Azuntech would be "modern" how to get a Claro mobile is beyond me, I'm still researching.

Also; looking into D & E. The pin connector type and such. If I get any promising info I could buy and try at least.