Someting on this Laptop is blocking power to the PCMCIA slot, HELP!
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From: Kelvin on 28 Apr 2010 12:54 I have three laptops what have about the same issue. We use Verizon Air Cards that use the PCMCIA slot. Verizon card model number PC770 if it matters. I had a Dell laptop that was doing this and Dell ended up replacing the mother board as it seemed it was a hardware issue. With the new mother board in there was still no power (no lights on on the card) to the card. Ended up deleting the partition and reinstalling XP. The card now works. Did the same to a Dell PC Monday. Reinstalled XP from scratch, cards works. I have a Panasonic Toughbook I'm having the same issue with. I really don't want to have to reinstall the OS as it's has a number of specialty apps our mechanics use, and I have to send it off to be reimages as a result. I don't have access to the apps... Anyone run across this issue and found a solution? Anyone have any idea how to get this resolved? I can take a known good card and put it in my laptop and it works, put it in the laptop in questions, doesn't work. Take the card that the user had been using and put it in my laptop and it works. Very frustrating. Any help would be much appreciated! Kelvin
From: David H. Lipman on 28 Apr 2010 14:25 From: "Kelvin" <me(a)mydomain.com> | I have three laptops what have about the same issue. | We use Verizon Air Cards that use the PCMCIA slot. Verizon card model number | PC770 if it matters. | I had a Dell laptop that was doing this and Dell ended up replacing the | mother board as it seemed it was a hardware issue. | With the new mother board in there was still no power (no lights on on the | card) to the card. | Ended up deleting the partition and reinstalling XP. | The card now works. | Did the same to a Dell PC Monday. Reinstalled XP from scratch, cards works. | I have a Panasonic Toughbook I'm having the same issue with. | I really don't want to have to reinstall the OS as it's has a number of | specialty apps our mechanics use, and I have to send it off to be reimages | as a result. I don't have access to the apps... | Anyone run across this issue and found a solution? | Anyone have any idea how to get this resolved? | I can take a known good card and put it in my laptop and it works, put it in | the laptop in questions, doesn't work. | Take the card that the user had been using and put it in my laptop and it | works. | Very frustrating. | Any help would be much appreciated! | Kelvin What model laptop is this happening in presently and in the past ? -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: John Wunderlich on 28 Apr 2010 15:41 "Kelvin" <me(a)mydomain.com> wrote in news:#fDb5Nv5KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > > I have three laptops what have about the same issue. > We use Verizon Air Cards that use the PCMCIA slot. Verizon card > model number PC770 if it matters. > > I had a Dell laptop that was doing this and Dell ended up > replacing the mother board as it seemed it was a hardware issue. > With the new mother board in there was still no power (no lights > on on the card) to the card. > Ended up deleting the partition and reinstalling XP. > The card now works. > Did the same to a Dell PC Monday. Reinstalled XP from scratch, > cards works. > > I have a Panasonic Toughbook I'm having the same issue with. > I really don't want to have to reinstall the OS as it's has a > number of specialty apps our mechanics use, and I have to send it > off to be reimages as a result. I don't have access to the apps... > > Anyone run across this issue and found a solution? > Anyone have any idea how to get this resolved? > > I can take a known good card and put it in my laptop and it works, > put it in the laptop in questions, doesn't work. > Take the card that the user had been using and put it in my laptop > and it works. > > Very frustrating. > > Any help would be much appreciated! > > Kelvin It could be a driver issue. Start up Device Manager: Start->Run->"devmgmt.msc" Look for your device and make sure there is no errors or warnings on the device. Record the driver version and date. Then go to the manufacturer's website and see if there is a newer driver. HTH, John
From: Kelvin on 28 Apr 2010 16:32 A Dell Latitude D630, a Dell Latitude E6500 and the Panasonic Toughbook CF-52. All have been running fine for months. "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:%23exJ6Aw5KHA.1924(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > From: "Kelvin" <me(a)mydomain.com> > > | I have three laptops what have about the same issue. > | We use Verizon Air Cards that use the PCMCIA slot. Verizon card model > number > | PC770 if it matters. > > | I had a Dell laptop that was doing this and Dell ended up replacing the > | mother board as it seemed it was a hardware issue. > | With the new mother board in there was still no power (no lights on on > the > | card) to the card. > | Ended up deleting the partition and reinstalling XP. > | The card now works. > | Did the same to a Dell PC Monday. Reinstalled XP from scratch, cards > works. > > | I have a Panasonic Toughbook I'm having the same issue with. > | I really don't want to have to reinstall the OS as it's has a number of > | specialty apps our mechanics use, and I have to send it off to be > reimages > | as a result. I don't have access to the apps... > > | Anyone run across this issue and found a solution? > | Anyone have any idea how to get this resolved? > > | I can take a known good card and put it in my laptop and it works, put > it in > | the laptop in questions, doesn't work. > | Take the card that the user had been using and put it in my laptop and > it > | works. > > | Very frustrating. > > | Any help would be much appreciated! > > | Kelvin > > > What model laptop is this happening in presently and in the past ? > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > >
From: David H. Lipman on 28 Apr 2010 17:12
From: "Kelvin" <me(a)mydomain.com> | A Dell Latitude D630, a Dell Latitude E6500 and the Panasonic Toughbook | CF-52. | All have been running fine for months. I knew it ! I too have had several Latitude D630 notebooks loose the ability to communicate with PCMCIA cards including a Verizon AirCard. I wouldn't categorize it as a power issue. I categorized it as a failure of any PCMCIA card from performing a Plug 'n Play operation when inserted within the notebook. In one case it happened twice to one of my users using his D630 and a Verizon AirCard. It turned out to be an engineering problem with the PCMCIA cage that situates the PCMCIA interface to the NB's motherboard. There is too much of a gap and will disconnect from the motherboard. The engineering fix is a rubber pad that goes between the cage and the chassis to fill the gap void and prevent the disconnection. There is an aftermarket engineering fix for this for the Dell Latitude D630. I don't know about the problem with CF-52 ToughBook. We use them too but for different reasons. Personally, I like the US made Dell ruggetized notebooks. BTW: There is also a well known, and documented, defect with the NVidia video chipset on the D630. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |