SMC8041TX and Freezing PB2400

[Hugh Schickel]

All,

I have an SMC8041TX EZ Card 10/100 ethernet card. In one of my PB2400s 
the card works beautifully. In the other the card will cause a hang 
during file transfer operations and sometimes even internet operations.

The specs for both machines:

PB2400/180/112/1.3
Yellow wires clipped to enable cardbus.
OS 7.6.1, 8.1, 8.6, 9.2.2
Orinoco Gold WiFi Card - works in both machines
256MB Compact Flash Card - works in both machines
SMC8041TX EZ Card 10/100 ethernet card - works in one machine but not 
the other

The hangs happen randomly, regardless of OS. I wiped the drive and 
reinstalled the various OS's from the working machine. This also 
resulted in hangs. The hangs happen regardless of the slot used. 2 
other cards work normally. I'm guessing the problem is maybe power 
related (draw on the card?).

I personally cracked both books to install the 96MB memory chip and 
remove the yellow trace wires to enable cardbus (I don't have any cards 
- the books were open so I clipped the wires). I have no problem 
cracking the machine again but I'd like some ideas as far as what to 
look for or maybe some alternate troubleshooting ideas. For instance, 
is it possible that clipping the trace wires screwed with the power 
management of the ethernet card.

Thanks,
Hugh

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