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    PCMCIA CF adapter

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dok_indo, Sep 30, 2007.

  1. dok_indo

    dok_indo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I plugged in a generic PCMCIA CF adapter into my R61 running XP, and windows sees the device, but then goes to the new hardware wizard. The wizard can't find a driver and I never got a driver when I bought this $10 adapter. I seem to recall the windows automatically recognized it on my old computer.

    I checked the device mgr and there is a PCMCIA driver installed from Ricoh. The lenovo site seems to be down now so I can't check to see if there is a newer driver. any tips?
     
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    The issue is not with the PCMCIA slot drivers but with finding the specific drivers for you device. Go to www.driverguide.com. You should be able to find the drivers for your hardware device there. Also if it is available go to the website of the company that made the device. Good Luck.
     
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    Usually these CF pccards don't need a special driver.

    What i did notice is that T61 won't work with my PCCARD->CF when i use a 2GB card. weird....


    Now i use a expresscard adapter... much much faster.



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    Thanks - I don't see anything on Driverguide.com that is for the PCMCIA-CF adapter.

    I'm only using a 512MB card but even that is not recognized.

    The Lenovo site is back online but I don't see any PCMCIA drivers. I guess the Ricoh one dated 2001 is the right one.

    My friend had a Delkin Cardbus 32bit PCMCIA -- CF adapter and we tried that with the included XP driver, but that causes a BSOD during installation.

    I gotta figure some way to read CF cards??
     
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    Thanks but I don't have an ExpressCard slot. I only have a PCMCIA slot.
     
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    Ah ... well the sandisk brand should work , which ones did you try ?



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    I've tried Ridata and the Delkin
     
    dok_indo, Oct 1, 2007
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