OK, let's back up for a second.
First of all, are you saying that you have a firewire PCMCIA card (IEEE 1394)? When you said "bad board", that threw me off a bit. It's not part of your motherboard, since the technology wasn't around at the time PII's were being sold. You must have meant "card".
Anyway, it is possible that you are using the wrong driver. And as you have already said, it is also possible that you have a bad card. Try it in another laptop if possible. Also, take the card out to see the make/model. Go to their site to look for the drivers.
~cdogg
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