Problem with laptop recognizing PCMCIA network adapter.

[ddeder]

The network adapter is a Type II CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet card. This card works fine in my 1 year old Dell laptop. When I plug it into a Toshiba Tecra laptop running Windows 98 SE (about 5 years old), the computer does not recognize the card at all. I know that the slot is okay because I have an older 3COM network card that is recognized immediately and drivers installed when I plug that card into the Tecra. Problem is, either the dongle cable or the card itself has a problem and will not work. I gues my question is, will some newer Type II network cards not work in older laptops due to some change in standards?

 

[trak0rr0kart]

IT should be fine.. type II is type II. I had kinda the same problem with my dad's laptop.. and finally figured it out.. it was that the one card was using a pin or two that the 3com we had wasn't... and it was another 'same type generic' card that caused the problem in the first place by blowing out the two or three pins.. so the new generic card we were trying to get to work, wouldn't.

So we figured it was the mobo that had the pcmcia slot that was fried, so we had it replaced under warranty. It is a dell 8200 series dimension or something like that.

 

[corkyg]

Your 5 year old Tecra may not have Cardbus PCMCIA slots (32-bit.) It may use Cardsoft (16-bit) slots. In which case, a carddbus device will not be "seen."

 

[trak0rr0kart]

I guess if it is that old.. lol I was thinking it was 32 bit