Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:40:20 -0500 From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Possible driver file conflicts w/combo modem on L70
> > First problem: The system shuts down during boot if the card is in the > system. I can insert it after boot, and the system will see it and let me > use it to make a dial-up connection successfully. This concerns me. There are only 2 instances I have seen a PCMCIA card crap out a computer. One, a Compaq Aero would shut off as if the ( wireless LAN ) card was shorted. Two, if the PCMCIA socket on a L100 was set in BIOS to CardBus/16bit and the card was NOT CardBus, so the need is to set the socket to PCIC/Compatible. Thanks to Toshiba for putting in PCIC Compatibility even though CardBus is all the rage. The CardBus is NOT, NOT, NOT backwards compatible. > > Second problem: After I insert the card, it conflicts with the system for a > while. The mouse won't work until I 'end task' on msgsrv32, or until the > system does that on its own. But I can't put in or remove any other PC > Cards while the Xircom modem is in. This problem goes away when I disable > (disable in this profile) the driver for the network adapter for it in > Device Manager. Which leads me to guess at the following. > Oh, I hate ol' msgsrv32 > I'm wondering if there might be a confict with an entry in the 'Network > Adapters' section 'Device Manager' that I can't delete. I can only see the > entry in 'Safe Mode'. It's an entry for a Megahertz combo that I couldn't > get going either. It can't be deleted. I get a message saying that it must > be removed with the 'parent device'. But that entry in 'Multi-function > devices' is gone, no doubt when I deleted the drivers for that Megahertz > modem. I don't have the modem or drivers anymore. I wonder if there is any > software that can clean up this entry. > Ewwwwwww. This is where I would have gone. > I tried disabling that Megahertz driver in 'Safe Mode'. But the problem > persisted. I'm not sure if you can set the 'disable in this profile' option > in from Safe Mode, or if you have to boot into a profile first. Problem is, > without the original card inserted, you won't see the driver in a full boot > into Windows. None of my PC Card drivers appear there after a full boot to > W98 until I actually insert the card. That said, I only HAVE one profile. > > But it's only a guess that this old Megahertz driver is the source of the > problem. It sure seems like it if disabling it make problem #2 above go > away. I suppose he problem could be with these files, or some files > relating to it that the L70 has and the L50 doesn't. BTW: The L70 has same > installation of W98 as the L50. > > Another thing I thought odd was that Windows wants to set up the Xircom on > Com 5 on the L70 where the 2 other modems I've had got set up on Com 3. And > for some reason, Windows set up ALL of the modems successfully om Com 2, > albeit at differ times. They haven't been set up at the same time. I did > remove all the drivers for old modems on the L70 to try to get the Xircom > working... all but this Megahertz entry in 'Network adapters'. > > Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated! > Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww. You see NOTHING in Multifunction, and you see a ghost of a modem child you can't get rid of? How about a network adapter child? Did you go into control panel...modems and delete the modem from there? How about device mangler? Pres Waterman, W2PW c/o Patchogue 112 Ford//Kia 112 Long Island Ford and Kia Dealer GO BILLS! ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
