If a portable computer is ejected from and inserted into its docking
station in either a "warm-docking" or "hot-docking" operation, 16-bit
PC Card devices in the docking station may not be enumerated correctly.
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This problem has been reported to occur with the following portable
computers and docking stations:
| • | Hewlett-Packard OmniBook 7100 and OmniBook Full Docking Station |
| • | IBM ThinkPad 560D and ThinkPad Port Replicator w/Advanced EtherJet
feature |
| • | IBM ThinkPad 380Z and ThinkPad Port Replicator w/Advanced EtherJet
feature
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The docking stations with which this problem occurs share the
characteristic of having a separate internal PCI bus that is connected
to the laptop computer's internal PCI bus through a PCI-to-PCI bridge.
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It is possible to work around this problem by ejecting and reinserting
the PC Card after docking the computer, following these steps:
| 1. | Double-click the PC Card (PCMCIA) Status icon on the taskbar to
display the PC Card (PCMCIA) properties.
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| 2. | In the list of sockets, locate the socket that is neither labeled as
"(Empty)" nor as containing a PC Card device. Click that socket in the
list, and then click Stop.
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| 3. | Remove the PC Card from the docking station. You should hear the PC
Card removal sound, if such sounds are enabled on your computer.
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| 4. | Wait a few seconds, and then reinsert the PC Card. You should hear the
PC Card insertion sound, if such sounds are enabled on your computer.
The inserted PC Card should appear on the list in PC Card (PCMCIA)
properties, and the device should be functional.
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This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows (http://www.microsoft.com/windows).
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