it's possible that the connector has worn or become dirty. i haven't played with pcmcia cards, but if you can get to the contacts you might try the pencil eraser trick, i.e. gently polish them with a clean pencil eraser and then blow the crumbs off or wipe with alcohol and let dry to remove the crumbs. of course it's also possible that the card itself is dying, but the speaker responding sounds to me like one of the power connections on the card may be flaking, but i could easily be wrong. it's worth a shot, at worse you'll ruin a card that's already broken. of course there's always a chance that the connector on the mac or it's connections to the logic board are the problem, but hopefully not.
josh hough wrote: > > Hi, in my PowerBook 5300 I have a 10baseT PCMCIA Ethernet adapter that I > suspect to be wearing down. It is a Dayna CommuniCard Plus that has been in > continuous use for about nine hours a day for more than five years. It has > always worked flawlessly until a few days ago. Now, my network connection > will disappear at random several times a day. --------------- -- Philip Stortz, mad scientist at large. -- "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
