pcmcia slot does ot find cards

[Guest]

I've noticed since upgrading to windows xp pro my 2 slots will not read any
cards. I never used the cards slots before, but something new is showing in
device manager. I have 4 yellow exclamations under pcmcia adapters 3 are
listeed as generic cardbus controller and one is listed as ricoh
R/RL/5C476(II) or compatible cardbus controller(they all state this device
cannot find enough free resources that is can use.

 

[R. McCarty]

Remove (Uninstall) each and then reboot the system. PNP will
re-enumerate the correct controller. However, if your system is
not setup correctly you may still experience resource conflicts
with addressing or IRQ mapping.

 

[Guest]

I've unistalled the 4 problem items and pnp finds them and installs them in
the same fashion "with not enough free resources", I just now finished a
fresh install of xp and the same thing happens

 

[R. McCarty]

Free resources usually means an IRQ (Interrupt Request Line) cannot
be assigned to the device or there is an address conflict. It would help
to know the Vendor and Model ID of your notebook.
You should check that the notebook Computer driver is "Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface" PC (HAL). Newer notebooks will
employ an APIC controller to extend the IRQ mapping beyond 15 up
to 23.
Sometimes a notebook will require a BIOS Flash to correct of update
the ACPI compliancy.
It's a somewhat complicated topic, but XP at install time interrogates
the BIOS to determine if the PC is ACPI capable. If not it will install
itself using the "Standard PC" HAL or Hardware Abstraction Layer.
Without additional information, it's hard to speculate on what is keeping
the Cardbus controllers from being able to obtain resources.

 

[Guest]

The laptop is a Sony pcgfx150. I believe that there is a bios flash available
at thier site. I was a little gunshy after reading all the disclaimers about
bios upgrade. I don't know how to check if the laptop has Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface

 

[R. McCarty]

Control Panel, System applet, Hardware (Tab), Device Manager.
Click text option View, Check "Show Hidden Devices". Expand
the Computer category by clicking the +, HAL or computer driver
will be shown in the expanded view.
Depending on what you find, the BIOS flash may be in order.
You should also configure BIOS settings to disable any on-board
peripherals you do not use (Serial Ports, Parallel) as this would
lessen the resource requirements for XP.

 

[Guest]

D have to thank you for your quick response. Device manager does show ACPI.
Can I disable the serial and parallel ports from device manager? Thanks
again, and have a shot of eggnog on me.