Hi Paul ! I don't think this is a BIOS bug or, if it is, the 2.[24].x kernels used to work with it perfectly, so 2.6 not working is a regression. My laptop's BIOS has no configuration option for setting IRQs for PCMCIA :( Is there any other mean to make the kernel know how to deal with PCMCIA correctly ? I can have a log of 2.4.27 actually in use on this laptop to show how it's doing, what's claimed... Thomas.