Re: Compaq laptop problem Presario 1220

Are any of these PCMCIA cards detected by Windows when inserted? If so, this is
probably a software driver issue. If not, the PCMCIA slot may well be dead.

.... Ben Myers

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:32:04 -0500, Impmon <impmon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>For some reason I can't get the PC card slot to work at all. I just
>got the laptop used and it's in great shape with 144MB RAM and Cyrix
>CPU but anything I put in the card slot is not detected at all. I've
>tried an USB card, a wireless 802.11b card, and a 10base network card.
>The only thing I could think of is that the laptop has regular Win 98,
>not se so maybe that's the problem?
>
>The PCMCIA does show up in System hardware profile and there's an
>option in Control Panel, it's simply not detecting the card at all.
>
>If the PCMCIA slot is dead, is there a way to network the laptop?
>It'll be mostly used as a "side" computer to my desktop for checking
>web sites while playing online game. Not likely to get used much off
>the desk at all.
>
>Also how do I enter the BIOS?
>
>TIA
>--
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>too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX
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