Hi, the card is an IBM 1gb Microdrive which fits into a PCMCIA card adaptor and goes into the right hand side slot. I've tried all the remedies suggested on this list to no avail. I get the message "card not recognized". I've also tried using it without the adaptor in the slot at the back, it does fit, but again the message "card not recognized" is displaned. I've tried inserting the card both with and without the machine switched on. I'm on benefits and it's been hard to save up for the Mpower. Although Humanware is supporting the other older machinery at present, it can only be a matter of time before these come redundant (please don't take this the wrong way, just my thoughts), so I try to upgrade when I can.
as I'm sure I'm not the only person with this problem, hopefully Humanware will produce a software upgrade so that I can use 5 volts rather than 3.3 because otherwise I'm going to have a redundant disk that I can't afford to replace and theI look forward to any more suggestions but, I think Dean is correct, the switch from 5 to 3.3 volts is the problem with my card and I only wish a software upgrade could remedy that problem and I could have 5 velts again but in the Mpower rather than the 3.3 which clearly doesn't work, otherwise I have a redundant disk I can't afford so replace and don't have the equipment to do anything about the 77 folders and over 2000 files I have on the disk I can't do anything about. Cheers, Steve > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kylee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 06:44:06 +1300 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] can annone help >That's funny, as I have a PCMCIA card which I bought not long after I got >my BN in 2002, and it works fine in my mPower. >Cheers >Kylee >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:36 AM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] can annone help >> Hello Stephen, >> The information given you below is correct. While many of the older >PCMCIA >> cards require 5 volts, the BrailleNote mPower's PCMCIA slot will only >> deliver 3.3 volts, which is what most cards on the market today require. >> Therefore, if you have a compactflash card in that adapter of yours, I >would >> suggest taking it out of the adapter and using the card in the >compactflash >> slot. >> If you are entitled to KeySoft 7.0, you should be able to download it, >along >> with all relevant instructions from >> www.humanware.com/7_0 >> making sure that you download the KeySoft image for the BrailleNote mPower >> and not for the Classic or PK platforms. >> Regards, >> Dean Jackson >> Humanware >> Christchurch >> New Zealand. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Blake Sinnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: <[email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:38 AM >> Subject: RE: [Braillenote] can annone help >> I believe Dean or someone said that the voltage has changed in the PCMCIA >> slot. Could that be it? >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is a NetIBA certified email address. >Certificate >> #1070793E. Please visit NetIBA at http://www.netiba.com/?22912 >> From: stephen thacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Reply-To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >> To: Braillenote Egroup <[email protected] >> Subject: [Braillenote] can annone help >> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:56:20 +0000 >> Hi folks >> Can amnone help me. I have a PCMCIA storage card which fits into an >adaptor >> and then goes into the right hand side slot on my machine. It worked ok on >> both the old and the new classic models, but I've just received my Mpower >> But and when I insert the card in its card reader, I get a message saying >> "card not recognized". Although I have a card reader om my pc, this will >> only read the compact flash cards that fit into the slot on the back of my >> Mpower. This type of card seems to work with no problems. Also, my Ambicom >> wireless card which needs an adaptor and goes into the right hand slot, >> works fine. >> Any solutions anyone? >> Secondly, I was told by uhumanware I would get a free copy of KS.7.0. My >> machine came last Monday and only has KS.6.21 on it. Can I download 7.0 on >> to a CF card and then reclaim my SMA count? Jhat do you folks suggest? >> I'm in the UK and deaf as well as blind. I've tried emailing >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], which seems to be only Uuk but don't seem to be >> getting any replies. I'm very frustrated >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/251 - Release Date: 2/4/2006 >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/253 - Release Date: 7/02/2006 >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
