Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 21:00:33 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Possible driver file conflicts w/combo modem on L70
>Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:30:49 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>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 Not yet. Can't seem to find where to disable it in it's own settings. And I see nothing pertaining to power in BIOS. Know offhand where to look? Thanks Neil. Matt _________________________________________________________________ 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 **************************************************************
