Upon trying to read, write or compare I am getting chksum error "Failed to Chksum after Erase! Error type = Un-identified Error"
Digging further reveals in the Device Manager the card shows an error of MTD-0002. Upon searching online I found the answer to be: If the problem persists or you receive an MTD-0002 error or other unknown PC Card issue: The BIOS is unable to allocate the required memory resources for the card. A mis-mapping has occurred causing the PC Card to be mis-detected. A BIOS upgrade that addresses this issue will be required from the OEM/Computer manufacturer." So I am probably hosed..... Don Resor -----Original Message----- From: D. Resor <organlis...@sonic.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2022 9:32 PM To: 'D. Resor' <organlis...@sonic.net>; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' <cctalk@classiccmp.org>; 'Glen Slick' <glen.sl...@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Memory Card Explorer for the Elan P423 Seems I forgot the PCMCIA card must be inserted before you start MCE. Now it sees the card in Slot #1 as AMD C/D Flash 4MB. Geez do I feel stooopid. Don Resor -----Original Message----- From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of D. Resor via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2022 8:44 PM To: 'Glen Slick' <glen.sl...@gmail.com>; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: RE: Memory Card Explorer for the Elan P423 Here is the link to Ricoh Memory Card Explorer's support page. There is a links to download the different versions. http://support.ricoh.com/mcericoh/home.html Here you will find towards the bottom of the page the user manual for Elan's Memory Card Explorer (MCE User Guide). https://www.synchrotech.com/products/software-pcmcia-pc_cards_01.html What happens is, MCE shows "Slot X, No PCMCIA card in slot" No matter which slot I choose to include/exclude. The software will not allow all 8 slots to be excluded. Don Resor -----Original Message----- From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Glen Slick via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2022 7:33 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Memory Card Explorer for the Elan P423 On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 5:48 PM D. Resor <organlis...@sonic.net> wrote: > > Memory Card Explorer can Exclude/Include up to 1 through 8 PCI card slots. > This is to prevent the software from "killing" the operation of other plugged > in cards such as modem, network card, etc. > That doesn't make much sense that it would care about PCI slot numbers. I found a Memory Card Explorer for RICOH XP DEMO screenshot online which shows a dialog box for including or excluding PC Card Slot 1 through Slot 8. I assume that is referring to the physical PC Card slots into which you insert PC Cards, which is a completely separate numbering space than the PCI slot into which the adapter card is installed. Most likely you would only ever have one or two PC Card slots, controlled by a single adapter card. I suppose you could get as many as 8 PC Card slots if you had multiple adapters installed. > The mother board I tried it on and was able to actually get the program to > start under Windows XP with no memory hurdles is a Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H. > Unfortunately for some reason the PCI slot closest to the CPU socket is > marked PCI Slot #12. There weren't no way I could configure MCE to find the > Elan P423 Card Reader/Writer. Again, that doesn't make much sense to me that the adapter driver or the software would care about which PCI slot that the adapter is installed in. > I don't have to buy the Ricoh Memory Card Explorer software as there is a > full working 30 day trial version (which I have). Not a problem. Is the Demo version of Ricoh Memory Card Explorer software available to download somewhere on the net? I might be curious to try installing it some time to take a look, instead of just making guesses about how some of it works.
