Does anyone have past experience with Memory Card Explorer and the Elan P423 BUS to PC Car Reader-Writer 2 Slot Internal unit?
https://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_33_p423_elan_pcmcia_pc-card_rea der_slot.html Memory Card Explorer has certain compatibility rules for the Motherboard it is installed in. The software seems to be a bit picky. Which mainboard/motherboard is best suited for the task and using Windows XP x32 SP3? For instance, from Ricoh's version of MCE: Computer Hardware Desktop or laptop computer with Intel 82365 compatible PCMCIA or CardBus controller At least 1 PC Card slot At least 1 CD-ROM drive Must meet the operating systems' system requirements. Card Services Operating system's built-in card services are supported. 3rd party card services are not supported. Applications A standard web browser for on-line Help. Adobe Acrobat Reader for User Guide. Memory Window A 16 kbyte memory window (d000 - d3ff at default) required Flash Memory Card A Ricoh supplied flash memory card is required. Before you start MCERICOH - XP, you may have to adjust your BIOS and OS configurations. BIOS Setup Check Make sure that: * Shadowing between d0000-d3fff is off. For ISA connected PCMCIA hardware: * Any ISA Plug-n-Play options allow a shared block from d0000-d3fff (or greater). * The ISA bus is set to run at 8MHz max (i.e. not enhanced mode). By default, MCE requires the exclusive use of a block of real mode memory at linear address d0000H to d3fffH. If MCERICOH - XP does not detect the flash memory card with the default memory block settings, this indicates that the default memory block is already in use. Try one of the following settings: . (D0) D000-D3FF (default) . (E0) E000-E3FF . (D4) D400-D7FF . (E4) E400-E7FF . (D8) D800-DBFF . (E8) E800-EBFF . (DC) DC00-DFFF . (EC) EC00-EFFF System config.sys (found in c:\ & applies only to Windows 98SE installations) -If the himem.sys & emm386 drivers appear in config.sys, add the exclusion block x=d000-d3ff as shown in the example below. If they do not appear, you do not need to do anything. device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems x=d000-d3ff Windows system.ini (found in c:\windows & applies only to Windows 98SE installations) -The installer should have added the EMMExclude line to the [386Enh] section of system.ini. [386Enh] EMMExclude=d000-d3ff Once you have changed the setting, reboot the computer and start MCERICOH - XP using the /w command line option. Refer to section "7. Troubleshooting" for more details. Etc. etc. etc. It also requires that you exclude cards in other I/O slots but can only exclude up to 8 slots. I was looking at a intel d945gnt motherboard as it doesn't have ISA slots which I do not need, but as an added plus it will except a SATA HDD. If that not viable, I will probably need to find a working PIII motherboard instead. I've uploaded the full manual here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqzuviwl9mnv9t9/MCERICOH_UserGuide_XP_V1.01.pdf?dl =0 Either I am not very good at this or, I lack the extreme patience needed to make it work! Thanks Don Resor