I have an SMC8041TX EZ Card 10/100 ethernet card. In one of my PB2400s the card works beautifully. In the other the card will cause a hang during file transfer operations and sometimes even internet operations.
The specs for both machines:
PB2400/180/112/1.3
Yellow wires clipped to enable cardbus.
OS 7.6.1, 8.1, 8.6, 9.2.2
Orinoco Gold WiFi Card - works in both machines
256MB Compact Flash Card - works in both machines
SMC8041TX EZ Card 10/100 ethernet card - works in one machine but not the other
The hangs happen randomly, regardless of OS. I wiped the drive and reinstalled the various OS's from the working machine. This also resulted in hangs. The hangs happen regardless of the slot used. 2 other cards work normally. I'm guessing the problem is maybe power related (draw on the card?).
I personally cracked both books to install the 96MB memory chip and remove the yellow trace wires to enable cardbus (I don't have any cards - the books were open so I clipped the wires). I have no problem cracking the machine again but I'd like some ideas as far as what to look for or maybe some alternate troubleshooting ideas. For instance, is it possible that clipping the trace wires screwed with the power management of the ethernet card.
Thanks, Hugh
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