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MW-520 & USB??
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:57 pm
by kyote
I have a MW-520.. am trying to add a USB PCMCIA card.. has anyone had any luck adding a USB port to the 520?
When I try to install, Get a message saying to enable USB controller in BIOS.
Can't find it in the BIOS.
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 7:00 pm
by MyoungARC
I have somewhat of the same problem with my PCMCIA slots. I have a MW-520 (model: FLN 5203A) and I tried to install another Motorola product a PCMCIA Wifi card 802.11b, Model number go figure "MN-520", small world. I can't get it to power up, and recognize, glorious M and there cruel evil shenanigans.
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:36 pm
by jmr061
What F502X MW520 do you have that your trying to do the pcmcia USB. What is the bios version in it?
Jason
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:06 pm
by kyote
F5201B bios vers: NoteBios 4.0
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:52 pm
by jmr061
Hhhmmm, I have a bios (both color and mono) for the F5201C and it is version 5. something. Wonder if that would work or kill yours.
Jason
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:56 pm
by kyote
Mine is color & Touch.... I have a "few" extras to play with..
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:29 am
by HLA
it's definately a bios upgrade problem. go to motorola's website and see if they still offer support for that to flash the bios chip. and the reason the the 802.11 card don't work is probablly if you read the box and the system requirements, the processor isn't fast enuf for the card.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:08 am
by mr.syntrx
It's definitely not a matter of CPU speed. Wireless cards don't occupy much CPU time at all.
I'm not familiar with the MW-520, but I'll take a guess and say it has 16-bit, 5V only PCMCIA slots. Newer laptops use the 32-bit, 3.3V CardBus standard, but are also backwards compatible with 16-bit cards. Check the back of the wifi card to see what type it is.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:47 am
by kyote
MyoungARC wrote:I have somewhat of the same problem with my PCMCIA slots. I have a MW-520 (model: FLN 5203A) and I tried to install another Motorola product a PCMCIA Wifi card 802.11b, Model number go figure "MN-520", small world. I can't get it to power up, and recognize, glorious M and there cruel evil shenanigans.
I have no problem with mine..it sees the card..
Did you load the drivers first??
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:08 pm
by jmr061
Kyote did you try the bios update?
Jason
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:22 pm
by kyote
Having a problem getting the PCMCIA card to boot...
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:43 pm
by jmr061
There is a way to format it as bootable but I don't recall the details off hand.
Jason
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:16 pm
by MyoungARC
My problem is that I can't even get the card to power up, the power light never comes on. It works fine thou in my laptop. I found this problem, after I downloaded the drivers and it was ready for the card to be inserted, I put the card in and nothing, nothing happened. The computer says that both PCMCIA slots are working properly.