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Last update: 7th February, 1996
Last update: 7th February, 1996


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== Symptoms ==  
The PCMCIA drivers supplied with OS/2 Warp fail to configure PCMCIA cards correctly on a Dell Latitude LX4100D; A cold boot results in the socket services driver (PCMCIA.SYS) showing a
== Symptoms ==
Trap 000e, a warm boot will allow the drivers to load correctly, but the auto-configurator will incorrectly identify any cards that are present. (e.g. a modem will appear to be a memory card.)
The PCMCIA drivers supplied with OS/2 Warp fail to configure
PCMCIA cards correctly on a Dell Latitude LX4100D; A cold boot
results in the socket services driver (PCMCIA.SYS) showing a
Trap 000e, a warm boot will allow the drivers to load correctly,
but the auto-configurator will incorrectly indentify any cards
that are present. (e.g. a modem will appear to be a memory card.)
 


== Hardware ==
== Hardware ==
The problem occurs with Dell Latitude LX4100D and LX475D Laptops with a flash BIOS revision earlier than A02
The problem occurs with Dell Latitude LX4100D and LX475D Laptops
with a flash BIOS revision earlier than A02
 


== Problem ==
== Problem ==
The flash BIOS in less recent LX's does not support plug and play PCMCIA.
The flash BIOS in less recent LX's does not support plug and play
PCMCIA.
 


== Procedure ==
== Procedure ==
Upgrading the flash BIOS to level A02 will cure all; The BIOS upgrade can be obtained from Dell via their WWW and FTP sites; The file LATLXA02.EXE is a self-extracting archive that contains the BIOS upgrade program and instructions on how to use it.
Upgrading the flash BIOS to level A02 will cure all; The BIOS
upgrade can be obtained from Dell via their WWW and FTP sites;
The file LATLXA02.EXE is a self-extracting archive that contains
the BIOS upgrade program and instructions on how to use it.
 


URL's for the file are (note case!):
URL's for the file are (note case!):


[http://www.us.dell.com/filelib/224a/LATLXA02.EXE]
[http://www.us.dell.com/filelib/224a/LATLXA02.EXE]


[ftp://ftp.dell.com/dellbbs/bios/latlxa02.exe]
[ftp://ftp.dell.com/dellbbs/bios/latlxa02.exe]


 
== Notes ==  
== Notes ==
None.
None.


 
''By  D A J Ripley''
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By  [[D A J Ripley]]
 


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Last update: 7th February, 1996

Symptoms

The PCMCIA drivers supplied with OS/2 Warp fail to configure PCMCIA cards correctly on a Dell Latitude LX4100D; A cold boot results in the socket services driver (PCMCIA.SYS) showing a Trap 000e, a warm boot will allow the drivers to load correctly, but the auto-configurator will incorrectly identify any cards that are present. (e.g. a modem will appear to be a memory card.)

Hardware

The problem occurs with Dell Latitude LX4100D and LX475D Laptops with a flash BIOS revision earlier than A02

Problem

The flash BIOS in less recent LX's does not support plug and play PCMCIA.

Procedure

Upgrading the flash BIOS to level A02 will cure all; The BIOS upgrade can be obtained from Dell via their WWW and FTP sites; The file LATLXA02.EXE is a self-extracting archive that contains the BIOS upgrade program and instructions on how to use it.

URL's for the file are (note case!):

[1]

[2]

Notes

None.

By D A J Ripley

Return to The Warp Pharmacy:Hardware