Wireless PCMCIA card won't be detected.

MoNk · #1 (**permalink**) 03-24-2004, 11:43 PM

Hi.

I got a new laptop yesterday. It is the Toshiba Portege 3440CT.
I've installed Windows XP PRO on it, after using Win98 for a half day (came with it).

My Lucent (orinoco / agere) WaveLAN Silver is not being detected by XP. In Win98 it was detected and placed as a yellow "?" in device properties, but I couldn't find any drivers that would install it - and I was pretty sure I had the right drivers. However WinXP doesn't even get that far. I have updated pretty much every toshiba notebook driver and bios to the latest versions. I have tried PCIC? PCMCIA mode from bios, and 16bit cardbus modes. I have used the ToPIC95 and 100 cardbus drivers. If I ''add new hardware'' and click ''have disk'' and use the drivers I downloaded, it gives me a blank selection as if the drivers are empty.

Nothing works.

I understand these cards are somewhat popular, has anybody ever experienced this problem before?

scarfies · #2 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 12:51 AM

dont suppose there's an 'unknown hardware' or 'unknown device' in device manager which has appeared? I had a simliar problem and although poxy XP didn't detect the card as a wifi card, when I forced the drivers upon this 'unknown device' magicly it all worked

MoNk · #3 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 01:01 AM

No there's nothing like that

There was in Win98 when I had that installed, but not in XP. With Win98 I can't be sure if it was actually the PCMCIA card or something else.

scarfies · #4 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 01:04 AM

what about if you plug something else into the PCMCIA slots? does it come up?

MoNk · #5 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 02:06 AM

I havn't been able to try yet. I will give it a go this weekend. I will also try the wireless card in another laptop.

This guy has exactly the same problem as me: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Q...Q_20871155.html

I have tried all the solutions recommended there. He has also found that there seems to be no issues with the pcmcia slot.

scarfies · #6 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 02:09 AM

what XP service pack are you using I believe there is a new one

WirelessWarLord · #7 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 09:45 AM

Have you installed the Setup file for the Utility and Driver for the PCMCIA card and may have to reboot after install?

Matt

MoNk · #8 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 01:59 PM

Yup I tried that. Rebooted, setup the Utility, rebooted. Inserted card. Undetected.

thabass · #9 (**permalink**) 03-25-2004, 10:19 PM

try the card in another laptop or pcmcia cradle in pc.

You may have some bent pins.

MoNk · #10 (**permalink**) 03-26-2004, 03:09 AM

Nah no bent pins thankfully. I've sold the card on trademe, and before I send it to the guy i'm putting it in another laptop tonight. I'm pretty sure its just incompatible. I've got a PCMCIA nic I can try in this laptop aswell.
bbl

Thanks for the help everyone.

MoNk · #11 (**permalink**) 03-26-2004, 06:49 AM

I tested the card today in another laptop and it works fine. My slots must either be broken or I have a driver issue on the laptop.

If anybody happens to see some PCMCIA drivers for a Toshiba Portege 3440CT then I would really like to know

All the ones I've tried don't help.

Do you think if I went into DSE to 'buy' a replacement wireless pcmcia card they would let me test it first?