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PCMCIA Problems?

post #1 of 11
6/27/05 at 4:44pm
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I just bought the creative audigy zs card for my notebook an hour ago, and I have yet to get my xps2 to detect it. This is my first time to use this port, and I have had the laptop for about 2 months now. Do you guys think it is a problem with the soundcard I just bought, or maybe with the actual port?

I was so excited to plug in my speakers
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post #2 of 11
6/28/05 at 6:39am
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hmm, well I think the problem is that I have no PCMCIA Controller Installed! Can anyone tell me the driver that they are using for their XPS2? I cannot find the driver from the dell support site.
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post #3 of 11
6/28/05 at 10:51am
Mine is detected as a Ricoh R/RL/5C476(II) or Compatible CardBus Controller. The driver being used is pcmcia.sys in the system32\drivers directory. (or "folder" for you young'uns) The driver details are 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158).

-Doc
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post #4 of 11
6/28/05 at 2:27pm
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hmm, I have the same drivers, however, no controller in my system is found.
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post #5 of 11
6/28/05 at 10:00pm
If you reformatted you computer did you install the Chipset drivers?
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post #6 of 11
6/29/05 at 1:19am
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Yep, and I just reinstalled all my drivers. Still no cardbus controller. It's like my computer doesent even realize it has a pcmcia slot.
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post #7 of 11
6/29/05 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by Trevek
Yep, and I just reinstalled all my drivers. Still no cardbus controller. It's like my computer doesent even realize it has a pcmcia slot.
Probably don't want to hear this, but you might have to bite the bullet & try another reinstall of the OS.....
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post #8 of 11
6/29/05 at 1:25am
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I dont want to hear it!!!!!!!!
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post #9 of 11
7/3/05 at 11:30pm
Is it possible that it was disabled in the BIOS?
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post #10 of 11
7/25/05 at 9:25pm
Trevek, did you ever get this working? It could be a hardware problem with the PCMCIA slot, or a loose wire.

-Doc
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post #11 of 11
7/26/05 at 1:45am
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Yea, they had to send a tech to my house to replace the motherboard. Put the new motherboard in and it worked fine.
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