subzero - 2005-04-20 1:33 PM
Hi, I have an HP Jornada 680e and when I plug any PCMCIA card into it, it doesn't seem to work/do anything ... does anyone know how to fix this problem, or know what I might be doing wrong?
Several members here purchased one of the custom Dutch Railway 680e units, mostly from tigerdirect.com. If yours has a clear plastic piece on the bottom and no access to the CF slot
(on bottom
), you just need to get a Torx T6 screw driver and remove the custom bottom. You can leave it off and do not need to replace the screws. In fact, you can end up with some odd keyboard failures if you try to replace them all.
You will find your 680e is much more stable with the bottom removed.
After you remove the bottom, you will spot a black box. You push aside the plastic latch and press down on the opposite corner to open\expose the CF Card Slot. There should be an illustration on the box that shows you how to do this. Any Type I CF card should automatically load and work. I use inexpensive Viking 256MB cards in mine. As for a CF card adaptor for your PCMCIA slot, you can get one for under $12. It should show up on screen as Storage Card I...
As for the external audio-voice recorder\playback switches, the 680 is infamous for its terrible speaker and mic. You can buy a complete kit from the HP Jornada site for a few dollars but they are difficult to install. Some users, like myself, either carefully removed the Dutch logo from the base and glued it over the holes or placed a piece of colored duct or metal tape over them.
If you mean you inserted some sort of PCMCIA card device
(wifi, etc
) without result, you must be specific so users can inform you whether there are SH3 handheld Pro capatible drivers for the device.
--Bruised