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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:09 PM
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I have 0 personal experience with 589 and 589A's
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:10 PM
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So mine is an A, right. Does that mean it "should" work.

Edit: which Guru on this forum has experiance with this card?

Edited by tjg66 2006-05-28 5:11 PM
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cmonex Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:11 PM
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i still didnt get that laptop

but i'll continue testing.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:20 PM
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I'm having deja vu here.

If the card labling only states that it is a 3C589 it must be a 3C589. Not a B, C, D or Ex. If you want to know for sure, use the diagnostic program

Technically, the 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C, 3C589D, 3CXE589D, 3CCE589E, and 3CXE589E work with the 2.00 driver.

Oh, oh, oh CmoneX, look what I found:
http://support.3com.com/software/utilities_for_dos.htm

I'm assuming that CIS is "Card Information Structure" i.e. Firmware i.e. Firmware reflash tool.
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:23 PM
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i just stuck the card in my laptop and the windows driver finder thing that pops up could not find a driver. Does that indicate that the card is messed up and i need to run the fixing software.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:29 PM
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Windows Millennium/2000/XP should have seen it and installed it instantly... something is amiss if it hasn't got it.
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:30 PM
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could it be corrupted? I got it from my dads friend years ago and it worked back then. I just dug it out when i got a palmtop and it never worked for the palmtop.
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cmonex Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:44 PM
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yes XP instantly recognized my 3c589D's..

C:Amie, what can i do with this utility, will this work without a floppy drive?
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 5:48 PM
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my laptop wont boot from anything (locked bios). So will any fixing utilities work on my computer?
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 6:14 PM
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I haven't experimented with the cis file yet, only just found it.

You would be foolish to try it with it loaded in Windows, I/O while something is writing to the firmware could cause the card to keel over, and even Windows to lock up.

tjg66 if it's your PC and you have the authority to do it, just open the case up, pull the coin cell off the motherboard and trip the JP5 pin. If it's laptop and its yours call the manufacturers support team with proof and they'll unlock it for you over the phonel.
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 6:23 PM
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Would you have to take you computer apart al ot. I am afraid i might break something inside!
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 6:33 PM
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If it's a desktop yes. If it's a laptop, no.
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 6:37 PM
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how can they unlock it over the phone? It is a toshiba satallite a15 series laptop. I don't have the original warrenty cause its three years old!
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 6:41 PM
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Laptops all have serial number based master codes, so long as you can convince the person on the on the other end of the phone that you own it and didn't steal it, they should be willing to help you. It doesn't normally cost anything either (can't speak for toshiba personally).
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tjg66 Page Icon Posted 2006-05-28 6:42 PM
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i might try that, i really wanted to run damn small linux on it but couldn't. I am not sure if i still have the reciept around though. How else could i prove it to them?
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