Toshiba Portege 3110CT PCMCIA problems

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I've been using a Netgear WG511 wireless adapter in my laptop for about 6
months now with no problems.

All of a sudden, the adapters's LED's do not light and I have no wireless
functionality. I tried a replacement adapter and that one still doesn't
work.

Is this definitely a hardware problem w/ my slot, or could it be a
bios/driver/software issue? I don't recall installing any new software in a
while.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

PC: Toshiba Portege 3110ct
OS: Windows 98
Adapter: Netgear WG511 wireless card.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

In the BIOS you can switch the PC Card slot between Cardbus, PCIC and
Autoselect. I'm not sure what the implications are, although in
general, I think you need PCIC for the CD adapter, and Cardbus for a
PCMCIA Card. Autoselect may work with some OS, but I have had problems
with it with Win2000.

HTH

Vaughan


"Danno" <djdlashnospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I've been using a Netgear WG511 wireless adapter in my laptop for
about 6
> months now with no problems.
>
> All of a sudden, the adapters's LED's do not light and I have no
wireless
> functionality. I tried a replacement adapter and that one still
doesn't
> work.
>
> Is this definitely a hardware problem w/ my slot, or could it be a
> bios/driver/software issue? I don't recall installing any new
software in a
> while.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> PC: Toshiba Portege 3110ct
> OS: Windows 98
> Adapter: Netgear WG511 wireless card.
>
>
>