Inspiron 2650 stopped recognizing PCMCIA Card NO POWER TO IT

Question

I lost power to my linksys card and have been trying to find out why it's not working. I have tried my other card and I have tried both cards in my other laptop and the cards work fine. I checked in device manager and it does not show that it is recognizing the card. I just got back from a business trip and I had that laptop with me. I think the card may have gotten hit while in the case, but would that cause damage the the slot and leave the card working fine? Help!

volcano11 · Answer

It is unclear from your message whether or not other cards work in the suspect slot.  Please clarify. Steve

rfishy · Answer

no my other linksys card does not work on this laptop. Both cards do work on my Inspiron 1100.

rfishy · Answer

So what do I do? I read that I can reseat the MCMCIA???

volcano11 · Answer

That seems to offer pretty conclusive proof that there is a problem with the PCMCIA slot on the 2650. Steve

volcano11 · Answer

You can reseat the card in the slot, but I know nothing about reseating the slot. Where did you read this? I suggest that since this is no longer a networking problem, that you post a message in teh Inspiron - General Hardware fourm.

Steve

WaywardStarfish · Answer

I also have an Inspiron 2650 and have just purchased a Netgear WG511T wireless PC card. The card is not getting any power and I have been looking at several web sites & forums. The general view is that there is a fault in the power contoller. Mine is an O2Micro OZ6912. There is an updated driver on the dell downloads page which I have installed but the cardbus controller is still using PCMIA.SYS even though there is another driver called OZCRD2K.SYS which I think is the updated driver. I have logged a call with Dell but had no reply yet. If you do a search on Google for OZ6912, you should find lots of people with the same problem (but no solution as yet).

WaywardStarfish · Answer

I also have an Inspiron 2650 and have just purchased a Netgear WG511T wireless PC card. The card is not getting any power and I have been looking at several web sites & forums. The general view is that there is a fault in the power contoller. Mine is an O2Micro OZ6912. There is an updated driver on the dell downloads page which I have installed but the cardbus controller is still using PCMIA.SYS even though there is another driver called OZCRD2K.SYS which I think is the updated driver. I have logged a call with Dell but had no reply yet. If you do a search on Google for OZ6912, you should find lots of people with the same problem (but no solution as yet).

killakeef · Answer

i own a 2650 and my dell wireless 1350 wireless card is not being recognized either i tried redownloading the drivers and its saying that my sytem is not compatible.....since when!!!....it was working fine and then one day it just stopped and no one can figure it out ive tried technichian after another there seems to be no solution.....i shouldnt be stuck with this problem!!

WaywardStarfish · Answer

The problem with my Inspiron 2650 was finally fixed by a Dell engineer calling to replace the motherboard. I don't think re-seating the PCMIA slot will make any difference as I'm convinced it's the cardbus controller that causes the problem. I was sent a diagnostic utility by the manufacturer of the cardbus and it showed errors. Steve

flora001 · Answer

I have an rj11 jack on the back of my inspiron 2650, but no modem shows up on the phone and modems option section of the control panel. Is there a modem, and I just need software? Where do I get the software?

What's the best solution?

flora001

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

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