I have an Axim X5 ppc2002 with Symbol LA4137 CF wireless card and life
is good.

I acquired an Axim X50 ppc2003se and plugged in the Symbol card. Loaded
the ppc2003
drivers. Life is still good until I power off the X50. The Symbol card won't
restart. I can remove/reinsert the card or do a soft reset to get it back.
Neither is acceptable.

I tried the socket drivers..same problem.

This is not a problem on the X5. Can't tell if it's a ppc2003se problem
or the new drivers.
Is there a way to get the Symbol LA4137 CF wireless card to power on
when I power on the Axim X50 ppc2003se?
Thanks, mike
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At 28 Feb 2007 02:12:05 +0000 mike wrote:
> I have an Axim X5 ppc2002 with Symbol LA4137 CF wireless card and life
is good.


Life was never that good with that Symbol card! ;-) I bought one factory
sealed on eBay for $20 or so several years ago when my Ambicom died for a
second time under warranty and they told me they were out of stock
(changing revisions) so it would take two months to replace.

> I acquired an Axim X50 ppc2003se and plugged in the Symbol card. Loaded
the ppc2003
> drivers. Life is still good until I power off the X50. The Symbol card
won't
> restart. I can remove/reinsert the card or do a soft reset to get it
back.
> Neither is acceptable.


Did they make 2003 drivers for that card? I remember that card giving me
fits when I upgraded my X5 from 2002 to 2003. I remember I had to get
the Socket drivers because I couldn't find the Symbol drivers.


> I tried the socket drivers..same problem.

It's been a while, but I remember the card worked much beter with the
Symbol/Socket Wireless configuration program installed instead of just
the driver (that might only be bundled with the PPC 2000/2002 drivers- if
so that's what I used.)


> This is not a problem on the X5. Can't tell if it's a ppc2003se problem
or the new drivers.
> Is there a way to get the Symbol LA4137 CF wireless card to power on
when I power on the Axim X50 ppc2003se?

Doesn't the X50 have WLAN built-in? Could this just be a conflict? Or
was wireless an option on the X50?

I had the same problem with 2003 (not SE) but it wasn't every time.
Maybe once every ten powerups or so would require a removal/reinsertion
or a reset to wake the card.

A bigger problem I had even more often than the "no power" problem, was
that the card would decide to obtain a completely invalid address
(including alpha characters!) via DHCP and require several
removals/reinsertions to obtain a valid one. I was never happier than
when Ambicom finally replaced my "real" WLAN card! ;-) I did like the
low power consumption of the Symbol/Socket card however- the Dell ran a
lot longer with it than with the original Ambicom (the "rev. D"
replacement I eventually received, however, also consumed less power than
the original- it seemed about the same as the Symbol.)

Good luck!

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 28 Feb 2007 02:12:05 +0000 mike wrote:
>> I have an Axim X5 ppc2002 with Symbol LA4137 CF wireless card and life
> is good.
>
>
> Life was never that good with that Symbol card! ;-) I bought one factory
> sealed on eBay for $20 or so several years ago when my Ambicom died for a
> second time under warranty and they told me they were out of stock
> (changing revisions) so it would take two months to replace.
>
>> I acquired an Axim X50 ppc2003se and plugged in the Symbol card. Loaded
> the ppc2003
>> drivers. Life is still good until I power off the X50. The Symbol card
> won't
>> restart. I can remove/reinsert the card or do a soft reset to get it
> back.
>> Neither is acceptable.
>
>
> Did they make 2003 drivers for that card?
yes
I remember that card giving me
> fits when I upgraded my X5 from 2002 to 2003. I remember I had to get
> the Socket drivers because I couldn't find the Symbol drivers.
>
>
>> I tried the socket drivers..same problem.
>
> It's been a while, but I remember the card worked much beter with the
> Symbol/Socket Wireless configuration program installed instead of just
> the driver (that might only be bundled with the PPC 2000/2002 drivers- if
> so that's what I used.)
>
>
>> This is not a problem on the X5. Can't tell if it's a ppc2003se problem
> or the new drivers.
>> Is there a way to get the Symbol LA4137 CF wireless card to power on
> when I power on the Axim X50 ppc2003se?
>
> Doesn't the X50 have WLAN built-in? Could this just be a conflict?

They make a version with built-in wifi, this ain't it.
Or
> was wireless an option on the X50?
>
> I had the same problem with 2003 (not SE) but it wasn't every time.
> Maybe once every ten powerups or so would require a removal/reinsertion
> or a reset to wake the card.
>
> A bigger problem I had even more often than the "no power" problem, was
> that the card would decide to obtain a completely invalid address
> (including alpha characters!) via DHCP and require several
> removals/reinsertions to obtain a valid one. I was never happier than
> when Ambicom finally replaced my "real" WLAN card! ;-) I did like the
> low power consumption of the Symbol/Socket card however- the Dell ran a
> lot longer with it than with the original Ambicom (the "rev. D"
> replacement I eventually received, however, also consumed less power than
> the original- it seemed about the same as the Symbol.)
I've been using the symbol card for over a year with the X5.
I've only had the X50 for a few days, but the card seems to work
flawlessly as long as I don't power it off.

Is there a utility that can force wince to re-initialize the CF (wifi
card) slot? I don't mind having to click something to turn it on.
I'm just worried about wearing out the socket if I have to replug the
card every time.
>
> Good luck!


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