PCMCIA Device Could Not Start... weird bug

[beasleyd]

I've loaded an incredibly old laptop up with WinXP and everything seems to run great... except for the PCMCIA cardbus. On Windows bootup, my wireless utility and network connection do not show up in the system tray. I go to the Device Manager and see that the PCMCIA cardbus controller could not be started (Error code 10). If I disable, then enable the device, the computer suddenly recognizes my wireless card, and everything runs at 100%. The computer can go into hibernate and come back up, and everything works fine. However, after a shutdown or reboot, I must repeat the process.

Microsoft says to update the controller drivers, but I can't find them anywhere. Is it the driver? Or something else?

Sony VAIO PCG-FX215
800mhz Duron
256mb PC100 RAM
Texas Instruments 1420 Cardbus Controller.

 

[bcastner]

Try using the Generic Microsoft Cardbus controller drivers rather than the TI specific ones.
You can make this change in Device Manager by using the Have Disk option.
Several wireless adapter manufacturers also offer TI chipset specific driver sets for the OCMCIA adapter itself.