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    Dell Inspiron 8000 - CardBus/PCMCIA Problems!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sschrapel, Aug 12, 2007.

  1. sschrapel

    sschrapel Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys

    got myself an inspiron 8000 to play with

    however as it was a budget laptop back in the day it does not have a network miniPCI (just modem) so i would really like to get PCMCIA working so i can use wireless network and wired network with the two PCMCIA cards ive got here.

    the problem is, whenever i insert a card into the PCMCIA port, the entire computer freezes up, but it returns to normal (can move the mouse etc) the second i pull the card out. the lights dont light up on the PCMCIA card when i put it in.

    if the card is in there when i boot up, it freezes on bootup on the win XP splash screen.

    the cardbus controller is a TI PCI-4410 and im using a fresh install of windows. can anyone help me? :(
     
    sschrapel, Aug 12, 2007
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