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Troubleshooting and Maintenance Troubleshooting Your Computer PC Card (PCMCIA) Problems If the notebook doesn't recognize a PC Card • Remove and reinsert the PC Card. • Press the blue sleep button to suspend the computer, then press it again to resume. • Restart the computer: click Start, Shut Down (or Turn Off Computer), Restart. • If the card requires an IRQ, make sure one is available. • Try the card in another computer to see whether the card functions properly. • Zoomed Video is not supported. • Certain Xircom CE2 (IIps) LAN cards conflict with the game port device in Windows 2000. Contact Xircom to see if your card is one of these. • When using a PC card in a docking system, insert or remove the card while the system is turned on. • Test the PC card with the e-Diagtools diagnostics. See "Testing the Hardware" on page 118. If an I/O card stops communicating properly • The card may have been reset if the computer suspended or turned off. Exit any applications, then remove and reinsert the card. If a PC card modem is not working • Disable the internal modem: 1. Open the hardware Device Manager: click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System (Windows 2000) or Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System (Windows XP). 2. Double-click Modem to list the current modem devices. 3. Double-click the internal modem, then select the option to disable the modem. If an I/O card stops communicating properly • Exit and restart the application. The card may have been reset if the computer suspended or turned off. • Check settings in Control Panel. Reference Guide 109

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Troubleshooting Your Computer
Reference Guide
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PC Card (PCMCIA) Problems
If the notebook doesn’t recognize a PC Card
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Remove and reinsert the PC Card.
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Press the blue sleep button to suspend the computer, then press it again to resume.
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Restart the computer: click Start, Shut Down (or Turn Off Computer), Restart.
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If the card requires an IRQ, make sure one is available.
•
Try the card in another computer to see whether the card functions properly.
•
Zoomed Video is not supported.
•
Certain Xircom CE2 (IIps) LAN cards conflict with the game port device in
Windows 2000. Contact Xircom to see if your card is one of these.
•
When using a PC card in a docking system, insert or remove the card while the
system is turned on.
•
Test the PC card with the e-Diagtools diagnostics. See “Testing the Hardware” on
page 118.
If an I/O card stops communicating properly
•
The card may have been reset if the computer suspended or turned off. Exit any
applications, then remove and reinsert the card.
If a PC card modem is not working
•
Disable the internal modem:
1.
Open the hardware Device Manager: click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System
(Windows 2000) or Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System
(Windows XP).
2.
Double-click Modem to list the current modem devices.
3.
Double-click the internal modem, then select the option to disable the modem.
If an I/O card stops communicating properly
•
Exit and restart the application. The card may have been reset if the computer
suspended or turned off.
•
Check settings in Control Panel.