Obtaining and Using PCMCIA Hardware IDs

A PCMCIA modem hardware ID can be obtained by inserting a PCMCIA modem into a Windows 95 machine, which causes the PCMCIA hardware ID to be read from the PC card's tuples into the registry. Then you can use the Registry Editor (Regedit) to read the PCMCIA hardware ID from the registry.

To obtain the ID:

1. Insert the modem PC card.
2. Typically the modem will not be recognized by name if the ID is not present in any INF.
3. Install it using a default driver or any other PCMCIA manufacturer modem device.

To locate the ID string in the registry, use RegEdit to open the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\PCMCIA. Immediately below that point is the hardware ID that was read from the card's tuples. Following is an example PCMCIA modem ID:

   PCMCIA\ATI__-14.4_MODEM/FAX_-D904
 

Note the prefix "PCMCIA\" which always precedes the actual ID in an INF. The dash and underscore characters must be entered into the INF exactly as they are found in the registry.