The last try...

Having tried any thing I can do (including different cards, drivers, BIOS, patches, whatsoever) and realized none of them work, I decided to return the pcmcia USB2 card back to Dick'n'Smith. ...but before that, there's one more (and really the last) test I'd try - voltage. So far I've realized that data can be written into yet can't be read out from my MO drive. That is, voltage shouldn't be the problem (because normally writing data in requires more voltage than does reading out.) Thus I really don't think this would work. But anyway, I just give it a go as otherwise I can do nothing on it. The voltage the pcmcia card requires is 5V, which is somewhat unusual. What I could find in Dick'n'Smith and other shops were 4.5V or 5.5V AC adapters. I shouldn't use those voltages don't match the usb2 card as it would work improperly or even damage the card. Finally I found a 5V one (actually it's multivoltage). It cost NZ$39...my two green notes... After home, I set the voltage into 5V, plugged into the slot, powered on my laptop, moved the pointer, dragged a big file and then ... Eh ? ... It WORKED !!?? Cracking me!! It transfered (both writing in and reading out) the data withoug any freeze! Although it's good of it to work without any problem any more, I still can't take it now! How come is that?!