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PCMCIA Cards?
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goombawaho
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What do you mean by "read"??? Do you mean a flash memory drive (memory stick) or one of these.
If it's the latter type of card, you might have to install drivers to use it. Tell us the brand and model if printed on the device. You haven't given enough information to give a good answer.
If it's the latter type of card, you might have to install drivers to use it. Tell us the brand and model if printed on the device. You haven't given enough information to give a good answer.
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Um, if you don't know what it is, and it came with your laptop, then it's just a space holder. Mainly to keep the uniform look of the laptop, as well as keep dust out of the port, I suppose. I know a lot of Dells have those, and probably others - I forget.
Otherwise, you've got to have SOME kind of information of what it is. Otherwise, why do you have it? I mean, if you don't know what it does, then it's just useless.
Otherwise, you've got to have SOME kind of information of what it is. Otherwise, why do you have it? I mean, if you don't know what it does, then it's just useless.
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What operating system are you using, and when it's plugged in and the laptop is booted up, do you see any small l.e.d. light up on the PCMCIA card? Might not be immediately obvious.
Secondly, does this laptop have the relevant PCMCIA Cardbus drivers loaded?
Thirdly, what does Device Manager make of it? Look for items showing a yellow circle with an exclamation mark against them. That should give you some kind of clue as to what it is.
I have personally never used or come across a device of this type, but have you checked in Disk Management to see if it might need a drive letter to be allocated to it?
Just another thought... Amiga used to have PCMCIA RAM cards for their computers. Is this one of those by any chance?
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Secondly, does this laptop have the relevant PCMCIA Cardbus drivers loaded?
Thirdly, what does Device Manager make of it? Look for items showing a yellow circle with an exclamation mark against them. That should give you some kind of clue as to what it is.
I have personally never used or come across a device of this type, but have you checked in Disk Management to see if it might need a drive letter to be allocated to it?
Just another thought... Amiga used to have PCMCIA RAM cards for their computers. Is this one of those by any chance?
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Usually PCMCIA cards are devices like modems or networks cards that you plug into a laptop. The Laptop picks it up, and installs drivers so it can be used.
I've never heard of a mass storage device in a PCMCIA card.
I've heard of USB ports on PCMCIA cards to which you can attach a mass storage device.
Or PCMCIA Media card readers which usually have slots to insert the media cards which themselves are mass storage devices.
Does the card have any ports, slots, holes or plugs to it?
Are you sure its a PCMCIA card?
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I've never heard of a mass storage device in a PCMCIA card.
I've heard of USB ports on PCMCIA cards to which you can attach a mass storage device.
Or PCMCIA Media card readers which usually have slots to insert the media cards which themselves are mass storage devices.
Does the card have any ports, slots, holes or plugs to it?
Are you sure its a PCMCIA card?
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Just because it is a PCMCIA Memory card, doesn't mean it's meant for a PC.
My Alesis Synthesizer, for example, uses a PCMCIA memory card for storing programs, and can't be read on a PC (proprietary filesystem).
... in fact, if I *do* plug it into my PC, my PC wants to format it (which would wipe it out, and then I'd have to format it in the Alesis again).
Just my 2¢
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My Alesis Synthesizer, for example, uses a PCMCIA memory card for storing programs, and can't be read on a PC (proprietary filesystem).
... in fact, if I *do* plug it into my PC, my PC wants to format it (which would wipe it out, and then I'd have to format it in the Alesis again).
Just my 2¢
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goombawaho
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No, you can't read that card with the information you have given us about it. And, as said, it may not be readable at all - it could be a scsi controller adapter, it could be to plug in to a PLC unit - a ton of different things.
You would only be able to read it if it was something like this - a storage device:
Is there no FCC ID on the device?
You would only be able to read it if it was something like this - a storage device:
Is there no FCC ID on the device?
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Other devices >> PCMCIA MTD-0002
A quick Google show this up to cause a lot of problems with XP as a misread card.
What SP are you on?
If not SP3 this could be the issue.
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A quick Google show this up to cause a lot of problems with XP as a misread card.
What SP are you on?
If not SP3 this could be the issue.
Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
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Have you tried searching the web for a driver for PCMCIA MTD-0002?
When I searched, it looks like a lot of folks have had similar issues. Also, in one other forum thread, I found (link below), one person said they fixed it with some specific driver(s) which they linked to from their forum post - 2nd to last post in the thread:
The post was from 2008, so the links may or may not be any good.
When I searched, it looks like a lot of folks have had similar issues. Also, in one other forum thread, I found (link below), one person said they fixed it with some specific driver(s) which they linked to from their forum post - 2nd to last post in the thread:
The post was from 2008, so the links may or may not be any good.
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