PCI card slot driver for 95 OSR2

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Tim Brown - 09 Jan 2004 14:22 GMT

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4270 laptop and I want to install a 3com NIC
PCMCIA card but in device manager the PCI card driver is not loaded
therefore the NIC cannot function. I have tried installing the PCI card
driver from c:\windows\options\cabs but it is not available. Toshiba tech
support cannot help either. Has anyone got this particular driver or knows
where I can get it?

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glee - 10 Jan 2004 02:19 GMT

What do you mean the driver is not loaded?
What is shown in Device Manager?
Is the PCMCIA entry showing a red X or an exclamation mark on it?

If you are seeing on the Driver tab in Device Manager that "No driver files are required or have been loaded for this device", that is the "normal" message in OSR2.x, due to a bug in the System control panel file for that version of the operating system.

What exactly is the problem you are having with the NIC?

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> I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4270 laptop and I want to install a 3com NIC
> PCMCIA card but in device manager the PCI card driver is not loaded
> therefore the NIC cannot function. I have tried installing the PCI card
> driver from c:\windows\options\cabs but it is not available. Toshiba tech
> support cannot help either. Has anyone got this particular driver or knows
> where I can get it?

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Tim Brown - 12 Jan 2004 09:36 GMT

The driver for the PCI slot is not installed and when Windows starts it
detects the PCI device and asks for the driver. The PCI device in Device
Manager is shown as a exclamation mark. When I insert the PCMCIA card it is
not detected by the O/S and therefore does not load the driver for it. The
PCI driver for the PC slot needs to be loaded so the PC NIC card can be
detected.

What do you mean the driver is not loaded?
What is shown in Device Manager?
Is the PCMCIA entry showing a red X or an exclamation mark on it?

If you are seeing on the Driver tab in Device Manager that "No driver files
are required or have been loaded for this device", that is the "normal"
message in OSR2.x, due to a bug in the System control panel file for that
version of the operating system.

What exactly is the problem you are having with the NIC?

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Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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glee - 12 Jan 2004 16:06 GMT

Click Start Menu> Help> Index tab:
type:
PC card, enabling support for
and run the wizard.

If that does not help: PC card, troubleshooting

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> The driver for the PCI slot is not installed and when Windows starts it
> detects the PCI device and asks for the driver. The PCI device in Device
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> knows
> > where I can get it?

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