PCI to PCMCIA reader problems

leapingfrog0

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Hi Guys,

I'm working on a friends computer. He has Windows ME on a Sony Vaio (Desktop) RX450. I bought a PCI to PCMCIA controller card from newegg - product link, and popped it in. Installation went smooth (Windows picked it up immediately and installed the drivers). My problem comes when I plug in a "SanDisk PCMCIA PC Card ATA." with various excel files on it (I haven't tested any other cards in the system since it's the only one he has).

Windows saw that I plugged a device in, and loaded the correct drivers. It came up as a "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller." Next, it asked me to reboot, so I did. After the reboot, in the device manager, the "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller" has a yellow exclamation mark next to it with a "Code 10" error:

This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed. (Code 10)

I checked the properties for the device, and it says it has no conflicts.

Any suggestions? I plugged the ATA card into my XP laptop and it worked fine.

Thanks,
Andrew