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arcothunder
04-21-2003, 06:28 AM
I have an ipaq 3835 with ROM 1.15 and all my CF cards have been working fine the last few months until tonight. (socket cf wireless lan, cf memory, whatever. all worked, using my krussell-whitney cf expansion case.).

Tonight, removed my wlan card, and put in a memory card and got the "Unrecognized Card" dialog box which states "Enter the name of the device driver for this card. For information, see the card manufacturer's documentation."

Then tried putting back the wlan card, and got the
same message. Now, none of the CF cards I have seem to work. Remind you, these have all been working for a few months. I was surfing the web yesterday on my ipaq.

I've tried everything I know from soft reset, to reloading wlan drivers (even though memory cf cards don't work either), and just tried downloading the following fix from the HP ipaq support site which also did not work:

"iPAQ H3800 Series Fix for Unrecognized Network Cards version 1.00
(19 Aug 02)"

I also sent HP an email, which they replied to and that didn't work. So, I called them and they opened a ticket for me. They recommended I hard reset the device, then install the above patch, then install my wlan drivers, etc. After getting everything reconfigured, it still gives me the "Unrecognized Card" mumbo jumbo.

HP still has the help ticket open, and I'll try calling them tomorrow. But heck, figured you folks probably were a bit further down the learning curve then the folks at the HP help desk...

Any ideas? Thanks.
:(

Janak Parekh
04-21-2003, 01:33 PM
If you have a flashlight, shine it into the CF slot and make sure none of the pins are bent. Memory cards should never need a driver in the first place, so I'm suspicious your sleeve has issues. :(

--janak

ipaq38vette
04-21-2003, 05:08 PM
I get the unrecognized card error all the time with my WCF12 Wifi card. I got a new sleeve and the problem was still there.

arcothunder
04-22-2003, 04:22 PM
After a few more hours on the phone with HP, they had no idea. So the heck with it, I capitulated. Just went back to the store and exchanged the 3835 for a 3955. Let them figure it out.

We're back in biz, baby.

Thanks for the replies. My eyesight isn't keen enough to peek in the CF slot with a flashlight! LOL