From: shamanjp (shamanjp_at_prodigy.net)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 23:36:08 EST
Bruce would that make it lock up on boot up? Or when it didn't lock up (win
2000) it just was not there, it didn't seem to detect the card at all. There
was no re-install or is that where the conflict/lockup came from?
Jerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Markowitz [mailto:scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:58 PM
> To: shamanjp; thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: T23 PC card slots\both cardbus?
>
>
> I think they are both CardBus, but understand that CardBus slots work
> independently of each other - that is, I can install a CardBus Ethernet
> adaptor in the top slot, but if I accidently put it into the
> bottom slot by
> mistake, it will re-install itself into that slot!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shamanjp" <shamanjp_at_prodigy.net>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:31 PM
> Subject: T23 PC card slots\both cardbus?
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I have an external cardbus cdrw drive it's a 24/10/40 Addonics. It will
> > only work in the top PC card slot of my ThinkPad T23. If I put it in the
> > bottom slot the drive is not recognized or worse yet the
> computer hangs up
> > booting the Os (ME)it didn't work in windows 2000 either. I also have an
> > external scsi zip drive which works fine in either slot but it uses a
> pcmcia
> > to scsi adapter card. So the slot does work but it seems to not
> be cardbus
> > capable. IBM wouldn't do that would they?
> > Is only the top slot cardbus compatible? Or do I need to enable it
> somehow?
> > This never happened in my old laptop (Toshiba).
> > Any insights?
> > Thanks,
> > Jerry
> >
>
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