SOTL wrote:
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>>>Yes, and if you fix it how long until you are back to connecting by smoke
>>>signals?
>>
>>Hi SOTL!
>>
>>PCMCIA Wifi still works fine. I have a PCMCIA Net Card which also works
>>so I have a reprieve for now. I have to get Simply MEPIS to
>>differentiate between the two cards, however, and *that* may take some
>>doing.
> After your smoke tests i suggest an IBM Thinkpad as an appropriate
> replacement.
Hi SOTL!
Well, I hung out with my guru guy yesterday. We trial and error got into
the bios and shut the onboard nic off. After that the pcmcia nic worked
fine.
When something else smokes I will revisit the issue.
Regards,
Pete
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