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

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