try your pcmcia card on another laptop to check if it is working. If not, then it's your pcmcia. Otherwise, your pcmcia is not compatible for your laptop or If it came with a win 98 OS then the laptop must be really old. Your hardware might be outdated. Try updating the drivers and hardware esp the pcmcia
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