RE: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad 380ED and Linksys Instant Wireless Card WPC11Troubles

 Online specs for the 380ED are here:

  http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=RJJR-3RVK73

  The Linksys card fits a second generation PCMCIA type called 'cardbus'.
The 380D appears to use the older type of PCMCIA. The Linksys card should
not fit the slot in your notebook. That is why you are having a hard time
inserting it. I hope you have not damaged the slot.

  jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org
> [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Domingue
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:29 PM
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad 380ED and Linksys Instant
> Wireless Card WPC11Troubles
>
> Hey, I seem to be having a bit of a problem that I can't find
> a solution to. I have a 380ED and a Linksys Instant Wireless
> Card WPC11 version 4 that I cannot seem to get working. I
> plug the card in after the laptop is all booted up but I get
> nothing, not even the little POWER LED lights up. I
> reinstalled the software, reinstalled the drivers, but
> nothing. I read that it might have been conflicting IRQs but
> my PCMCIA ethernet card works fine, also from Linksys. So,
> using some old DOS program I got from the IBM site, I tried
> changing the IRQs of the PCMCIA cards, but to no avail. I've
> installed the Thinkpad Configuration Utility, but, again, no
> help there. Can anyone give me any sort of help, I'm at my
> wit's end here. This is for my sister's laptop, I desperately
> need to get this working so I can get my chair back (the
> router is right above my computer so she takes my chair
> because I have a wireless keyboard and mouse and can work on
> the floor). Any help would be greatly appreciated. As a
> sidenote, the card is not defective, I tried it in another
> computer and it worked. Also, it was a tight fit to get into
> the card slot, ie, it seemed the holes for the pins on the
> card were a bit small. I had to use some "persuasion", read,
> rubber mallet, to get it in. I also checked that the slot was
> okay by using the ethernet in the slot. Please help me. Also
> note, please, no general instructions, I only work in Linux
> so I've forgotten all I know about Windows.
> --
> Duncan "Bojangles" Domingue
>
> -I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniute
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