But worse, it shows that Dell doesn't test the laptops they sell, and does not test refurbished motherboards meant for repairs. This is a hardware problem (not OS), and it can be a bad batch of components, a laptop design error, or some chip design error. The repairman told us that in ten years working with Dell and other laptop manufacturers he hadn't seen anything like this. Obviously, even if the motherboard was a refurbished one, it had not been tested. The motherboard version had the same version and bios, but it was a refurbished one, which could be a good hope.
A repairman sent by Dell came to the office to substitute the motherboard in above same deffective Dell Latitude E5520 laptop. There was no reason to change the OS (it was a hardware problem) and problems remained. Obviously, they also deleted our information, installed programs, updates, etc. Panasonic p2 card reader drivers windows 7 64 bit 64 bits#
And worse, Windows 7 64 bits turned the laptop into a complete brick for us, since we use some specialized licensed programs which run only in Windows 32 bits. Obviously, they didn't test, although we included, as suggested by Dell support for Spain (in Romania), three PCMCIA cards for test. OS changed from Windows 7 32 bits to Windows 7 64 bits.
Same deffective Dell Latitude E5520 laptop sent to wherever. Deffective Dell Latitude E5520 laptop sent to wherever. Repair attempts by Dell, having started with one of the three deffective Dell Latitude E5520 laptops more than one month ago: Also, on this post: he is working in Linux with an expensive specialized measurement PCMCIA NI-DAQ 6024e by National Instruments, and has problems. Booting in Linux (pendrive or live CD) error messages are generated when inserting or removing cards ('dmesg'). The motherboard was probably not manufactured at the same time as the laptops, and, being a refurbished motherboard, it was supposed to be tested.Īlso, it is not an operating system issue (Windows 7 32 bits, but see below). On the contrary, if this card doesn't work the laptop is as useless as a brick for us.Īll above mentioned PCMCIA's are old tested cards, all working in other laptops (Toshiba, Clevo, HP, another four years old Dell, etc).Īnd it is not a matter of these just three laptops manufactured at the same time: in the third repair attempt (see below) by Dell of one of the laptops the motherboard was substituted. Since at work we use heavily this last very expensive (much more than the laptop itself) PCMCIA Allen-Bradley communication card, we thought this laptop would fully fulfill our needs. Allen-Bradley communication card 1784-PCMK. Compact flash to PCMCIA adaptor (with any CF card). 
We tested eight different types of PCMCIA card: The PCMCIA slot on Dell Latitude E5520 laptop does not work.Īt my job we purchased from Dell website for Spain () three identical Dell Latitude E5520 laptops, and in none of them the PCMCIA slot works. The failure varies from a complete freeze when introducing a PCMCIA card, to card not being recognized, depending on the laptop and card.
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