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On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 22:01:44 -0500 (EST), Tim Tyhurst wrote: >> >I am very happy with my Panasonic Portable PCMCIA 4x drive, but read the >> >documentation carefully!! It turns out that the drive will not work if >> >you put the PCMCIA card in the top slot instead of the bottom. >> > [ ... ] > >> I've experienced the same thing with network cards on a 760E and a 770. >> Works completely in 1 slot and partially in the other... >> >> One of those things that make you go mmmmmmmm.... > >Indeed. I had the same trouble with an Adaptec 1460A (OEM version shipped >with the Sony 4X CD Discman) and a 760C. At the time, I attributed it >to a connector clearance problem -- the external dongle fit slightly >better with the card in the lower slot. In my case, it worked reliably >in the lower slot, but only rarely in the upper one. > Well, to make this more interesting. my uncle got a Sony CD-ROM from my grandmother for Christmas, (and boy was he happy), but he can never use it, because it always crashed his Toshiba notebook. So there must be a problem with the Panasonic and Sony OEM cards then. Paul