Problem with TI1250 rev 02 on Thinkpad 560Z

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Russell King wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 01:18:11PM +0100, Duncan John Fyfe wrote:
> > First a correction to my previous post:
> > Only socket 1 (the one that takes the xircom card) gives a status of
> > 0x30000084 if a card is present on boot.  Socket 0 always gives
> > 0x30000006 (card present or not).
>
> If you're seeing those same numbers no matter whether there is a card in
> the socket or not, then your PCMCIA hardware is broken, and no amount of
> fiddling in software will fix it.
>

bummer.

> bits 1 and 2 of that register indicate the status of two signals per
> socket which indicate whether a card is present.  '1' means card not
> present, '0' means card present.  For a card to be detected, both
> need to be zero.

> Has the laptop been dropped?  Has any PCMCIA card been forced into
> the sockets?  Any spillage of any liquid into the laptop?  Any other
> mistreatment?
>

No deliberate mistreatment but the pcmcia socket is lacking a cover
so could have suffered in transit.


Thanks for your time and effort.

Have fun,
Duncan

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