HP pavilion xh500 Manuale Di Servizio

 

Solving Problems with Your Computer 

 Troubleshooting 

Techniques 

  

Reference 

Guide 

103 

PC card (PCMCIA) problems 

If the notebook doesn’t recognize a PC card 

•  Remove and reinsert the PC card. 
•  Restart the computer: click Start, Turn Off Computer, Restart. 
•  If the card requires an IRQ, make sure one is available: look in Control Panel, 

Performance and Maintenance, System, Hardware, Device Manager, View, 
Resources by Type. 

•  Check the HP Customer Care web site (www.hp.com/go/support) for information 

about installing certain PC Cards. 

•  Make sure your computer supports the problem PC Card: check the HP Notebook 

web site (www.hp.com/notebooks) for a list of approved and tested PC Cards. 

•  Try the card in another computer. 
•  Certain Xircom CE2 (IIps) LAN cards may conflict with the game port device. 

Contact Xircom to see if your card is one of these. 

If an I/O card stops communicating properly 

•  The card may have been reset if the computer in on standby or turned off. Exit any 

applications, then remove and reinsert the card. 

If a PC card modem is not working 

•  Disable the internal modem: 

1.  Open the hardware Device Manager: click Start, Control Panel, Performance and 

Maintenance, System. 

2.  Double-click Modem to list the current modem devices. 

3.  Double-click the internal modem, then select the option to disable the modem. 

You may also want to test the PC card with diagnostics. See “Testing Hardware 
Operation” on page 111.