PCMCIA card slot on Sony Vaio PCG-K215B HELP!

[denniswise9]

Ok I have just bought a VAIO pcg-k215b 2.8ghz laptop off of ebay. I really like it but whenever I try to put any cards in the PCMIA card slot they are not recognised. Also they are not powering up at all and I have tried several different cards. Primarily I want to use my wireless card in it. Does anyone know if you can disable/enable the slot if there is anything I can do or does it need a repair?

I have looked in the BIOS and on the Sony notebook setup and can find nothing although the slot is recognised in windows device manager...

[kee-lo_]

Doesn't it have built in wireless?

Try resetting the drivers:

Right click my computer
click on properties
click on the hardware tab
click device manager
click on the + next to PCMCIA
right click the first one and click uninstall
restart the VAIO and repeat this for this second slot if there's one

[denniswise9]

tried it and...failed. Anything else? No way of disabling/enabling these ports...it just seems weird that it has no power....

[kee-lo_]

Did they reinstall themselves?
Lack of power might well be due to problems on the motherboard the seller didn't admit

[denniswise9]

Yep they do reinstall upon restart or the new hardware wizard themselves if i delete them or uninstall them