Table 2-16 continued

Problem

Possible Cause

Solution

Network PC Card

Network PC Card or

does not work

driver is not PCMCIA

(continued).

compliant.

Check the list of PC Cards tested successfully in Compaq PC Card platforms.

Storage PC Card

SRAM and flash

Memory cards can only

does not work.

memory PC Cards

be accessed using DOS

 

require the memory

real mode drivers. Ensure

 

card driver to be

that the correct drivers

 

loaded.

are loaded.

 

 

 

 

You are trying to

If you are running

 

access the storage

Windows 95, change the

 

PC Card using the

drive letter assignment in

 

wrong drive letter.

Device Manager

 

 

If you are running

 

 

Windows NT 4.0, change

 

 

the drive letter

 

 

assignment through the

 

 

Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

The PC Card is not

For memory cards, run

 

formatted.

MCFORMAT in MS-DOS

 

 

Mode to format the PC

 

 

Card. For ATA cards, run

 

 

ATAINIT, then run

 

 

MCFORMAT in MS-DOS

 

 

Mode to format the PC

 

 

Card.

 

 

 

 

The card is not

Check the list of PC

 

supported.

Cards tested successfully

 

 

in Compaq PC Card

 

 

platforms.

 

 

 

Storage cards, such as SRAM, do not work in the expansion base.

Use the storage card in the computer.

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