Laptop PCMCIA question.

[MrSelfDestruct]

Ok, I got my hands on an old IBM 760EL laptop. It's a bit aged, but after some hassle I managed to get Windows 2000 installed, and it runs just fine. It doesn't have an ethernet port built in, so I bought a 32-bit PCMCIA 10/100 card for it. Here's the problem, when I put it in this comes up:

"The device 'Texas Instruments PCI-1130 CardBus Controller' has detected a CardBus card in its slot, but the firmware of this system is not configured to allow the CardBus controller to be run in CardBus mode. The operating system will currently accept only 16-bit (R2) pc-cards on this controller."

Does this mean I'm going to have to buy a 16-bit card for it? Or is there some way around this? Thanks very much for any help. :)

[Xaotic]

Check the BIOS level, by hitting F1 during the splash screen portion of POST. the BIOS should be either HZET73WW or HYET80WW. If the BIOS is downlevel, you'll need to update it using the files here:

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=GCOR-38ABVB

I can't tell for sure that it'll support the 32bit bus, but one of the earlier fixes in BIOS was for PCMCIA compatibility issues, so there's a good shot.

There's also a driver for the PCMCIA here:

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/DSHY-3SBNHE.html?qse.760

[MrSelfDestruct]

Well I would try that BIOS update, if I could. For some reason they require the battery to have full charge on it before it updates, and my battery no longer holds a charge. And I'm not about to buy a new battery for $50. That's more than the laptop's probably worth. Grrr.....

[Overload]

I am having the same problem on a UMAX laptop. only it PCI-1220. Can anyone offer any advice in my case. thanks

[eab]

The card has Card bus techonlgey and right now your computer does not supprot cardbus cards. So you most lilkely will have to get a diffrernt card or enable it in the bios.

[don256us]

I had a similar issue with an older Gateway Solo. I had to trade two brand new 32-bit cards for one used 16-bit card to get wireless networking under *.11b.