Interesting Mike, thanks for the follow-up on the KB articles. Nice to know
as to what they actually referred g My impression (although I was rushing
this morning and never had time to pursue) was that they may have been
related to the Cardbus drivers rather than the adapters themselves. I do
recall a USB aspect when I was playing about with my WiFi stick a while
back, but abandoned things once I got it running on the USB 1.x port. I
might re-visit sometime, if I can get hold of a copy of the 4.90.3001
version of Configmg.vxd.
So, back to JJ's problems - well he certainly appears to have the correct
drivers for his Planet WL-3552 Wireless PCMCIA Card (and, according to the
Manual, it is WinMe compatible)
BUT - why similar problems with other Cardbus (PCMCIA) devices? Especially
with same error report??
Sony/Ricoch RL/RB5C478 CardBus Controller drivers perhaps?
http://www.driverfiles.net/Notebooks...6,173,19,.html
Or maybe something corrupted/damaged in WinMe? - Hate to have to suggest it
but when faced with time consuming cul-de-sacs, perhaps a clean install of
WinMe may be the lesser of the two evils. (Not forgetting to backup the hard
disk of course!)
Don't know what else to recommend.
Mart
"Mike M" wrote in message
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Mart,
I'm not sure as to its relevance given the different error and that JJ is
trying to install a single function PCMCIA adapter but if you were
referring to the now withdrawn KB article 268452 it read as follows:
KB 268452 Multiple-Function CardBus Adapters Are Assigned Overlapped
Resources
Article Last Modified on 9/28/2004
SYMPTOMS
CardBus adapters with multiple functions (such as Ethernet and modem, or
USB and 1394) may not work correctly, or the computer may hang during the
installation. This problem can also occur with PCI add-in adapters that
use CardBus-type PCI bridges.
-or-
Input/Output range overlap:
OsiTech CardBus Ethernet 10/100 + 56K DPI Modem (Jack of Spades)
IBM Microdrive with PC Card Adapter (or CompactFlash Adapter)
CAUSE
Configuration Manager (Configmg.vxd) can erroneously assign overlapping
resources to devices with similar requirements.
RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended
to correct the problem that is described in this article.
[This hotfix is NOT available from Microsoft, support for Win Me having
ended some years ago.]
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes
or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
08/30/2000 05:17p 4.90.3001 120,845 Configmg.vxd
snip
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Mike Maltby
Mart wrote:
Hi JJ, briefly ('cause I've got to dash out - I'll try to follow-up
later) amongst other things, I Googled for RL/RB5C478 and found the
following :-
http://help.lockergnome.com/windows2...ict373359.html
The response (from a previous, well known MVP to the WinMe Groups)
suggested a couple of MS KB articles, which sadly seem to be no
longer available.
Anyway, I'd previously had issues on a Sony laptop which wouldn't
recognise a USB WiFi stick connected thru' a PCMCIA USB 2.0 card **
(although it would - eventually - recognise the stick thru' the
native USB 1.1 socket on the laptop) and I'd seen reference to these
KB articles at that time (and they were not available then either!).
Ended up just having to live with it.
** a set-up which worked perfectly well on a Toshiba laptop.
That doesn't resolve your dilemma but in *might* be an indicator to
the direction we may be heading - the cardbus driver.
I'll try to respond further if I can find anything more.