Device Management

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If you have the correct drivers but your PC Card is still not available, your computer is probably using the wrong memory window for the device. Windows 2000 Professional selects a default set of commonly supported settings. Your socket might not support certain interrupt settings, so you might be able to get a PC Card socket to work by changing the IRQ. Similarly, your socket might not work on certain memory windows, and changing the memory window might solve your problem.

To change the memory window for a PC Card device

  1. In Device Manager, click the node for your PC Card socket, and then click Properties .

  2. In the PC Card controller properties, click the Global Settings tab.

  3. Make sure that the Automatic Selection check box is not checked.

  4. Change the Start address according to information from your hardware manual.
    Typically, selecting a Start value higher than 100,000 works.

  5. Restart Windows 2000 Professional.

To change the IRQ for a PC Card device

  1. In Device Manager, click the node for your PC Card socket, and then click Properties .

  2. Change the IRQ from its default to a value that does not conflict with other IRQ settings used on your computer.

  3. Restart Windows 2000 Professional.