Re: [Thinkpad] TP 760e + win2k + Cardbus Problem

Assuming that the 760 used the same PCMCIA chipset as the 765, this has
recently been discussed here. This is actually not a firmware problem,
but a driver problem: No Win2000 CardBus drivers were ever made for this
chipset and you are thus limited to 16 bit cards. Drivers do exist for
Win95/98. I agree that the machine runs quite nicely under Win2000, much
better than under Win98, so you should see if you can live without
CardBus cards. Alternatively, you might look for a point enabler driver
for the card you want to use. I used one successfully at one point with
an Adaptec AHA-1480 CardBus card under Win2000.

Greetings, Alban

thinkpad-request@stderr.org wrote:
> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:34:44 +0100
> From: "Burnstreet" <burnstreet@gmx.de>
> Subject: [Thinkpad] TP 760e + win2k + Cardbus Problem
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Message-ID: <200310291314.h9TDEAN8026846@illuminati.stderr.org>
>
> Hi
>
> I have a TP 760e and just installed Windows 2000 on it, it runs faster than I
> expected it to.
> But I have a big problem. When I insert my Cardbus PCMCIA Cards (a 3Com Mhz
> 10/100 NIC and a Digitus Realtek 8180 Wireless NIC) Windows always sais that it
> detected a Cardbus Card but the firmware only allows 16-bit cards.
> I already tried updating the BIOS to the last version (which should bring
> Win2K-compatibility) and playing around with the Thinkpad Utility Settings but
> nothing helped.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any ideas or help.
>
> Btw. Does IBM stil support these machines with more than drivers and manuals?
> Last week I wrote a message via the support form but until now I got no
> answer...
>
> Andreas Tschritter

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Received on Wed Oct 29 12:08:58 2003