PCMCIA card - Blue Screen

[frink3]

I have a HP Compaq 8220 laptop. I have installed windows Vista ultimate ver 6.00 (Build 6000)

The current driver is a Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Cardbus Controller - Microsoft driver Version 6.0.6000.16386

I have a number of PCMCIA cards, all of which work fine in the laptop when running on XP.

However, now I have Vista installed, 2 of them have issues.
When I put them in the PCMCIA slot, Vista starts to install the drivers, but then goes to a blue screen with no writing on it, and then reboots.

I have put the XP drive back in the laptop to make sure everything still work on that.

I have been through support with HP. They have confiemed the laptop is Vista compliant, and I have downloaded and installed all the relevant Vista service pack from the HP website Their support team have basically said just use the PCMCIA card with XP until a BIOS upgrade gets released.

Does anyone have any better ideas?

Thanks,

 

[linney]

Have you set your machine to just stop at the BSOD and not to automatically restart?

Have you checked the manufacturer's web sites for Vista drivers?

 

[frink3]

Linney - I haven't set the the machien to stop at the BSOD, can you tell me how to do that?

I have checked the manufacturers website and have downloaded all the lastest drivers they have posted for Vista

 

[linney]

That option should be selectable via the Safe Mode Boot Options screen.

You can permanently set it via the System Properties/ Startup and Recovery options.

 

[frink3]

Thanks, I have done that. It wasnt much help though, as the screen was blue, with no text on it at all

 

[linney]

Will it boot to Safe Mode, if so maybe you could have a look at what is reported in the Event Viewer? You know the problem is almost certainly a hardware/driver Vista compatibility problem and until that is solved it will be difficult to move on.

 

[sjandy]

frink3,

Did you ever get this to work correctly? I am having the same issues with a Dell D810 and Vista Ultimate. The blue screen does not come back with any error just a plane blue screen.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[linney]

Blank Blue Screen

http://www.google.com/search?tab=gw&hl=en&q=" blank blue screen" vista+problem

 

[frink3]

Hi sjandy,

The problem has been identified as an issue with the Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Cardbus Controller. There are currently no drivers for this that work with windows Vista.

I have tried a number of things including installing the XP drivers, and so far I have not got it working.

I am currently mid discussion with Microsoft tech support about this, and if a solution is found I will post it here.

Frink.

 

[linney]

Appreciate the feedback, even if it is negative. Thanks.

 

[sjandy]

Frink,

Thanks for the information... MS was my next call if I did not get anything off of a couple of discussion posts. I called Dell last on Monday and got a response back from them that there must of been something bad with my Vista install because they have certified all of the drivers for Vista for my model. I did not think that the OS install had anything to do with the issue.

Thanks, sjandy

 

[woodstae]

I had this exact same problem, and it caused me much grief. I have a Dell D810 laptop. I recently upgraded to Vista. After upgrading, inserting any card into my PCMCIA slot resulted in a blank Blue Screen of Death. I have FIXED this problem by simply disabling the Texas Instruments PCI GemCore based SmartCard controller. To do this: right click on My Computer > Manage > Smart card readers > Right click the target driver > Disable.

My PCMCIA slot works beautifully again. I hope you all have the same luck.