> Physically. If I press it firmly into the socket, it makes partial > contact. Once I was able to get it to connect, although it connected to a
> neighbor's AP instead of mine.
Cards should NOT require any kind of brute force to make them fit. If you are
trying to force it in, then either it isn't aligning correctly or the card
shouldn't go into that slot.
> I have a very low pain threshold when it comes to front line tech support
> anyway, but SMC has been a special joy. I submitted a request for support
> through SMC's website giving details on my problem. Tech support replies
> with something about where did I find drivers for Linux and they didn't
> support Linux and that they only supported WinCE, et al, blah, blah, blah.
> I replied with a URL for the Zaurus accessories page showing that the SMC
> was supported. Then they replied that they didn't understand how I was
> able to get the card to fit at all since it was a PCMCIA card. After
> that, I got fairly rude, asking them if they really were that clueless and
> gave them a URL on their own website for the specs for the card.
A device/card/accessory/etc... can be listed as supported by Linux without it
being supported by the company that made the thing. I can think of a number of
devices that I have in systems here and at work that are supported by Linux, but
not by the manufacturer under Linux.
> So now they want me to try it in another PDA to see if it has a problem,
> which is were it stands now. >>Do you mean that physically, it is too [large,small], wrong shape, what?
>>I'm really quite intrigued.
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