Select-a-base/card expansion issue

[wa8yxm]

Ok, here is the problem

Computer 600E (2645-8au)
OS Win-98se
"Dock" Select-a-base" with the optional PCMCIA card expansion (Slots 2 and 3 on the item list, zero and one being internal to the thinkpad

Issue, for many moons it's worked fine, I had my network in one or the other of the expansion slots. But alas, the network card developed issues (mechinical failurer of the dongel connector, it's a dongel type) so it had to be replaced.

The replacement would not install properly (resolved by the way) every time I tried to install it I started getting errors with rundll32.exe and could not connect to the net, regedit /restore fixed it, but of course undid the instalation

Finally, one night when I'd had way too little sleep it came to me
PUT THE ANTI_VIRUS SOFTWARE TO SLEEP DUMMY

Sure enough, the next afternoon (After I'd gotten some sleep) the new network card installed flawlessely (in the computer) problem is, in the "dock" I can't even see the card,,, And device manager shows the computer in the "undocked" profile, even when docked, and it does not show the two extra slots no way, no how.

It does take power from the dock, and it powers the USB connector on the dock, it locks the dock (Computer locks in when operating) and otherwise works fine....

But it does not see the expansion board at all

(NOTE: Dock usb port is used only to power something, no data is sent via that port so I don't know if it's working or not, but it is powered)

I've searched IBM's pages, and the only docking drivers I can find are for SCSI devices, not what I need here as I have the select-a-base, not the select-a-dock (The base is just that, no drive bays, no sound card, no internal cards, just the base and the optional PCMCIA slots)

Currently... The lack of a instantally connected network card is not an issue due to some non-related hardware failure requiring I temporally replace a device that normally hooks up elsewhere in the house with one that's swiped my network cable... But My E-mail said they are shipping the warranty replacement this week.