Can't Get PCMCIA 3com network card to work

Hi, I'm having similiar problems to other people who have posted here. Older
computer, reinstalled from factory recovery CD's, now network won't work.

I have a windows 98 SE laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300) with a 3COM
PCMCIA network card (3COM Megahertz 589E). The card and computer was working
fine, using my DSL connection until I decided to reinstall the entire system
to factory defaults with the original setup CD's that came with the laptop. I
no longer use this computer, so I wanted to "clean it up" so I could sell it.
Unfortuantly, now the network connection will not work.

I have downloaded and transferred the driver for the card, and the "PC Card
Properties" dialog recognizes the card as being in Socket 1. I've tried both
drivers that came in zipped package (Net589b.inf and Net589n5.inf) with no
success.

In Device Manager, under Network adapters, it appears as either "disabled"
or as having a problem. The message it gives when it says there is a problem
is "NDIS.VXD, NTKERN.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not load the
device driver (Code 2). To fix this, click Update Driver to update the device
driver."

I've done this (several times). No help.
I re-extracted these two VXD files from the CAB files. Ho help.
I've physically removed and re-connected the cable and PCMCIA card.
Restarted the system multiple times.
Have setup the TCP/IP settings and network adapter settings in "Network".

Any ideas of what I'm missing? Thanks!

If you clean installed then you will need to run through the update process
on v4.windowsupdate first.

Before that use device manager or uninstall to remove the problem
driver/device.

After, we can help sort out any problems. Sorry, I know you wanted a quick
fix, but the updates will make a difference.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel

Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
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"Shelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BDEB2BCC-F5FA-4C66-A7FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
| Hi, I'm having similiar problems to other people who have posted here.
Older
| computer, reinstalled from factory recovery CD's, now network won't work.
|
| I have a windows 98 SE laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300) with a 3COM
| PCMCIA network card (3COM Megahertz 589E). The card and computer was
working
| fine, using my DSL connection until I decided to reinstall the entire
system
| to factory defaults with the original setup CD's that came with the
laptop. I
| no longer use this computer, so I wanted to "clean it up" so I could sell
it.
| Unfortuantly, now the network connection will not work.
|
| I have downloaded and transferred the driver for the card, and the "PC
Card
| Properties" dialog recognizes the card as being in Socket 1. I've tried
both
| drivers that came in zipped package (Net589b.inf and Net589n5.inf) with no
| success.
|
| In Device Manager, under Network adapters, it appears as either "disabled"
| or as having a problem. The message it gives when it says there is a
problem
| is "NDIS.VXD, NTKERN.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not load
the
| device driver (Code 2). To fix this, click Update Driver to update the
device
| driver."
|
| I've done this (several times). No help.
| I re-extracted these two VXD files from the CAB files. Ho help.
| I've physically removed and re-connected the cable and PCMCIA card.
| Restarted the system multiple times.
| Have setup the TCP/IP settings and network adapter settings in "Network".
|
| Any ideas of what I'm missing? Thanks!
|

Thanks, MEB. After letting the system sit all night, I reinstalled the
factory default environment from the CD again. Followed some advice I'd
received last night about extracting NDIS.VXD and NTKERN.VXD from the CAB
files. Then went through the installation of the PCMICA driver, and Ta-Da!
It's working. Must have gone through too much trial-and-error last night and
messed everything up. I am now going to do all the updates from the MS site
for Win98 (those that are available) and I should be good to go.

Thanks!!

"MEB" wrote:

> If you clean installed then you will need to run through the update process
> on v4.windowsupdate first.
>
> Before that use device manager or uninstall to remove the problem
> driver/device.
>
> After, we can help sort out any problems. Sorry, I know you wanted a quick
> fix, but the updates will make a difference.
>
> --
> MEB
> http://peoplescounsel.org
> a Peoples' counsel
>
> Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
> http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
> _ _
> ~~
> "Shelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BDEB2BCC-F5FA-4C66-A7FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> | Hi, I'm having similiar problems to other people who have posted here.
> Older
> | computer, reinstalled from factory recovery CD's, now network won't work.
> |
> | I have a windows 98 SE laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300) with a 3COM
> | PCMCIA network card (3COM Megahertz 589E). The card and computer was
> working
> | fine, using my DSL connection until I decided to reinstall the entire
> system
> | to factory defaults with the original setup CD's that came with the
> laptop. I
> | no longer use this computer, so I wanted to "clean it up" so I could sell
> it.
> | Unfortuantly, now the network connection will not work.
> |
> | I have downloaded and transferred the driver for the card, and the "PC
> Card
> | Properties" dialog recognizes the card as being in Socket 1. I've tried
> both
> | drivers that came in zipped package (Net589b.inf and Net589n5.inf) with no
> | success.
> |
> | In Device Manager, under Network adapters, it appears as either "disabled"
> | or as having a problem. The message it gives when it says there is a
> problem
> | is "NDIS.VXD, NTKERN.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not load
> the
> | device driver (Code 2). To fix this, click Update Driver to update the
> device
> | driver."
> |
> | I've done this (several times). No help.
> | I re-extracted these two VXD files from the CAB files. Ho help.
> | I've physically removed and re-connected the cable and PCMCIA card.
> | Restarted the system multiple times.
> | Have setup the TCP/IP settings and network adapter settings in "Network".
> |
> | Any ideas of what I'm missing? Thanks!
> |
>
>
>

Glad to here it. Thanks for posting back with the resolution.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel

Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
_ _
~~
"Shelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4C2B8B28-7CF5-463F-982F-(E-Mail Removed)...
| Thanks, MEB. After letting the system sit all night, I reinstalled the
| factory default environment from the CD again. Followed some advice I'd
| received last night about extracting NDIS.VXD and NTKERN.VXD from the CAB
| files. Then went through the installation of the PCMICA driver, and
Ta-Da!
| It's working. Must have gone through too much trial-and-error last night
and
| messed everything up. I am now going to do all the updates from the MS
site
| for Win98 (those that are available) and I should be good to go.
|
| Thanks!!
|
| "MEB" wrote:
|
| > If you clean installed then you will need to run through the update
process
| > on v4.windowsupdate first.
| >
| > Before that use device manager or uninstall to remove the problem
| > driver/device.
| >
| > After, we can help sort out any problems. Sorry, I know you wanted a
quick
| > fix, but the updates will make a difference.
| >
| > --
| > MEB
| > http://peoplescounsel.org
| > a Peoples' counsel
| >
| > Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
| > http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
| > _ _
| > ~~
| > "Shelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| > news:BDEB2BCC-F5FA-4C66-A7FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
| > | Hi, I'm having similiar problems to other people who have posted here.
| > Older
| > | computer, reinstalled from factory recovery CD's, now network won't
work.
| > |
| > | I have a windows 98 SE laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300) with a 3COM
| > | PCMCIA network card (3COM Megahertz 589E). The card and computer was
| > working
| > | fine, using my DSL connection until I decided to reinstall the entire
| > system
| > | to factory defaults with the original setup CD's that came with the
| > laptop. I
| > | no longer use this computer, so I wanted to "clean it up" so I could
sell
| > it.
| > | Unfortuantly, now the network connection will not work.
| > |
| > | I have downloaded and transferred the driver for the card, and the "PC
| > Card
| > | Properties" dialog recognizes the card as being in Socket 1. I've
tried
| > both
| > | drivers that came in zipped package (Net589b.inf and Net589n5.inf)
with no
| > | success.
| > |
| > | In Device Manager, under Network adapters, it appears as either
"disabled"
| > | or as having a problem. The message it gives when it says there is a
| > problem
| > | is "NDIS.VXD, NTKERN.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not
load
| > the
| > | device driver (Code 2). To fix this, click Update Driver to update the
| > device
| > | driver."
| > |
| > | I've done this (several times). No help.
| > | I re-extracted these two VXD files from the CAB files. Ho help.
| > | I've physically removed and re-connected the cable and PCMCIA card.
| > | Restarted the system multiple times.
| > | Have setup the TCP/IP settings and network adapter settings in
"Network".
| > |
| > | Any ideas of what I'm missing? Thanks!
| > |
| >
| >
| >