Re: Bad card or PCMCIA slot(s)?

Can you borrow someone's card to test out your PCMCIA slot? Phasr
"The Other Mike" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Have a Compaq Evo N610C using a Netgear WG511T wireless card. For the
> past 2 weeks I've been having freezing problems and wireless
> connection drops on the laptop. I thought it might be software
> related so I formatted and completely reloaded XP Professional, Office
> and the wireless software (that's all). I'm still having issues where
> the whole laptop will freeze and I have to power cycle down. Also
> having the disconnect issue....the wireless will be connected for a
> little while...then every 1/2 second or so, disconnect, then connect,
> then disconnect...etc. Tried moving the wg511t to another PCMCIA
> slot...same problem. So does this sound like a bad wireless card?
> Or can 2 PCMCIA slots go bad at the same time (do they share chips or
> something similar?)? Don't have another laptop to test the card
> with.


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