Re: pc-card slot very hot on 770

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From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_victor.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Mon Aug 02 1999 - 02:21:02 EDT

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Bill Morrow wrote:

Bill...

> > I think the Xircom's are good.... 3Com is only good for the
> > modems..
>
> i try only for the top brand names.. less trouble that way..

        That's tre... USR makes the best modems I think and 3Com bought
them out. I guess I always end up getting combo NIC/Modem cards.

> > > the #$%^&*&^%$ing 760ED can't find itself, ever, well, almost never,
> > > on the LAN, but it can find the other machines.. (its using a 3-com
> > > card, but i think thats not its problem, i think win95B is the problem
> > > on that machine..)
> >
> > Hmmm, that's strange... Is it a CardBus card? Microsoft has a
> > patch for Win95 that gives it support for CardBus on 3Com's site.
>
> i don't think this is a NIC issue..its got to be win9x.. machine sees
> the other machines on the LAN but not itself, and the others don't see
> it..!

        Hmmm, maybe you should call 3Com at 1-800-638-3266.

> once it DID see itself, but that lasted only for a few hours, then it
> changed, literally right in front of me.. it was no longer there..!!
> nothing seems to get it back to seeing itself..

        This is interesting... Try going to the following link anyways:

http://dcms.3com.com/softwarelibrary/dosearch.wbs?hdnCategory=Notebook+PC+Cards&CATEGORY=Notebook+PC+Cards&FAMILY=Notebook+LAN+Only+PC+Cards&btnSearch=Continue&Keywords=

> win9x must store the names of the various machines that are on the
> net, because some are listed, even though they are not running..

        Yeah, Win9x has a DNS cache and even when the DNS is updated, it
still uses the old info for two days..

> all very annoying.. i'll try reloading to win98Se and see if that
> helps.. more wasted time! ohhhh, for a good OS that would just stay
> the way you leave it and not change itself ona capricious whim..!
> :-)

        Yep, let everyone know how Win98SE is.. hehe.

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