CardBus cards not detected, PCMCIA cards are

[Jonathan Jara-Almonte]

On Monday 12 June 2006 12:28, you wrote:
> Jonathan Jara-Almonte wrote:
> > Actually I have BIOS revision KE.M1.72 which came with the laptop, I
> > looked for a newer BIOS and the only newer one is KE.M1.73 which is
> > listed under Windows XP/2000 only (although I don't see how BIOS can be
> > OS-specific) see:
> > http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&produc
> >t=375243&dest_page=product&os=228. The only problem is that they only
> > provide it for WinFlash or ROMPaq both of which are windows executable
> > files, also I can't make a floppy to use as my laptop has no floppy
> > drive.
> >
> > I don't know that much about BIOS so any help in this area would be
> > appreciated.
>
> The newer BIOS only fixes a battery charging issue, so it shouldn't matter.
> I'm not sure what further help I can be. As you noted, this doesn't seem to
> be a general issue, so there may be something wrong with your PCMCIA
> system.
>
> Does this laptop come with USB2.0? Perhaps you can get a wireless dongle
> that will work.
>
> Larry

Only USB 1.1 on it, however I did have a USB wireless adaptor working, however 
the positioning of the adaptor and AC plug-in created a large strain on it 
and it broke fairly rapidly (~2-3 months after 1st use). Thanks anyways.