Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:30:49 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Possible driver file conflicts w/combo modem on L70
>Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 05:17:40 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Possible driver file conflicts w/combo modem on L70 > >Hey Pres! Thanks for looking at this for me. > >>Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:40:20 -0500 >>From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > 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. > >Well... as the 70CT doesn't know from Cardbus (did it come along after >79CTs?), that problem in BIOS doesn't seem likely. I haven't looked yet, >but I doubt there's any mention of Cardbus in BIOS. > >The other thing is that the card works fine on the 50CT. Boots just fine >without shutting down mid-boot like the 70CT. I'm leaning wayto the >Intel/Xircom tech guy's guess that it's something in the way W98 is set up >on the 70CT, or some file it's loading that is conflicting. Maybe a >re-load >of W98 uis due. Have you tried this with the power management disabled? That's a major cause of conflicts with msgsvr32 and it will be called when trying to load/unload the card... Neil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
