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January 5th, 2004 18:00
16 bit PC card and win XP
Hy,
I have an Inspiron 8200, WinXP (SP1), BIOS A10.
My PCMCIA slots work fine with cardbus PC Card.
I would use a 16 bit PC card (5 volt, the “old” type).
This appears impossible.
Following this forum, I understand that Win XP SP1 does not allow 16 bit Cards because it turns off PCI to ISA IRQ routing in the registry.
I “hacked” the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia\Parameters]
"SoundsEnabled"=dword:00000001
"IsaIrqRescanComplete"=dword:00000000
"DisableIsaToPciRouting"=dword:00000000
but, after a reboot or after than the XP installs PCMCIA cardbus controllers, the registry became:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia\Parameters]
"SoundsEnabled"=dword:00000001
"IsaIrqRescanComplete"=dword:00000001
"DisableIsaToPciRouting"=dword:00000000
and it is impossible to recognize my card.
I suspect that the 16 bit (PCIC) compatibility is lost when XP installs the cardbus drivers: but this is automatic: how I can disable plug & play? How I can avoid that XP automatically installs cardbus drivers?
Thanks for helps !
Augusto


Spawnie
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January 5th, 2004 19:00
i have the same problem on my insp 8200 , you can't pcic in the bios
maybe you can try this http://www.sat4all.com/ubbthreads/download.php?Number=483205
in this zip there is xp driver for your pcmcia interface
dicastel
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January 5th, 2004 20:00
Thanks for the reply.
I installed xp driver for my pcmcia, but my lappy does not recognises the CAM when inserted!
How did you resolve your problem (step by step...), if you did?
Thanks
speedstep
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January 12th, 2004 00:00