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No info in config.sys
Name: Taint Date: June 13, 2004 at 18:10:24 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 597/192
Comment:
I am trying to install a PCMCIA 32-bit CardBus fast ethernet card onto my older laptop, I have been looking around to find a solution and I have a general idea of what "might" be wrong but after trying to edit my config.sys I find out there is nothing there, not one thing...I just installed windows Xp on it, and I have reinstalled the card a bunch of times but information won't go from the card to the computer. The lights are on and blinking and the activity light is blinking...but can't get online...If I can get any help with any of the problmes would be great, I did find that 32 bit cards won't work with older systems but I am not sure if mine is that old or not, Dell INSPIRON 5000.
Because there is no dos in xp it doesn't use the autoexec.bat, the config.sys or the win.ini files.
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Response Number 2
Name: Taint Date: June 13, 2004 at 18:25:05 Pacific
Reply:
AHA! Great thanks!
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: June 13, 2004 at 19:01:25 Pacific
Reply:
PCMCIA 32-bit CardBus fast ethernet card may not be compatible with your laptop.
The correct card to be used with Dell Inspiration 500 is Dell 10/100 LAN Fast Ethernet PC Card (go here http://r2electronics.com/productdetail.aspx?prodid=168&catid=0)
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