It was going great, I installed the new WavLan b2 driver as soon as it
was announced on the list. I took out the recently bought Pretec 32Meg
card from the upper slot (I always have a 20meg card in the lower slot)
and put in my Silver Orinoco wireless card. Everything worked great.
Read my email, surfed a while. Then I took out my wireless card and put
in my Ethernet card and did a full backup to my Mac, again no problem.
Then took out the Ethernet card and put the Pretec back in. The newt
recognized the Pretec. I then tried something I never had done before
and backed up to my 20 meg card. It worked fine. Then I decided to try
a backup to the Pretec but I didn't see a backup button of the card
slip. I then tried to move a package to the Pretec and then got an
error telling that the card was write protected. Duh! So I pop out the
card and moved the micro switch from the write protect position and
re-inserted the card and that's when the newt did a reboot and after it
came back up it refuses to recognized any card I insert in the upper
slot. I've tried a reset button and moved my 20 meg card to the upper
slot but it was not recognized. It looks like the upper slot has been
damaged. I'm afraid to try and put the Pretec in the lower card slot
for fear it might be the cause. The Pretec is my newest purchase and
was "used in good condition". All the other cards I own I've had for
some time now.
Anybody have any similar experience? Am I stuck with a blown card slot?
That would be so sad. I bought this 2100 shortly before Apple
discontinued it (yes I paid full price) after progressing up the line
from my 120 and 130. I've just recently joined the list and have had a
kind of Newton revival of late and now this...
I feel like a hurt a friend :-(
Bernie
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