Compaq Armada E500 Series Maintenance And Service Manual page 68

Table 2-16
Problem
Network PC Card
does not work
(continued).
Storage PC Card
does not work.
2-34 Troubleshooting
continued
Possible Cause
Network PC Card or
driver is not PCMCIA
compliant.
SRAM and flash
memory PC Cards
require the memory
card driver to be
loaded.
You are trying to
access the storage
PC Card using the
wrong drive letter.
The PC Card is not
formatted.
The card is not
supported.
Storage cards, such
as SRAM, do not
work in the
expansion base.
Solution
Check the list of PC
Cards tested successfully
in Compaq PC Card
platforms.
Memory cards can only
be accessed using DOS
real mode drivers.
If you are running
Windows 95, change the
drive letter assignment in
Device Manager
If you are running
Windows NT 4.0, change
the drive letter
assignment through the
Control Panel.
For memory cards, run
MCFORMAT in MS-DOS
Mode to format the PC
Card. For ATA cards, run
ATAINIT, then run
MCFORMAT in MS-DOS
Mode to format the PC
Card.
Check the list of PC
Cards tested successfully
in Compaq PC Card
platforms.
Use the storage card in
the computer.