Cheap PC Card for Firewire

Hi!
I just bought a PCMCIA card for my Powerbook... at least, I hope I did! I have plugged it into the slot, pushed it in so that is fully inserted into the PC card slot, and... nothing. I have checked it with a firewire drive and with an iPod, and neither device is seen.
Am I missing something? There doesn't seem to be any info on a driver, although it says that Windows XP should be able to find the device without one...

Hi, Josh. Does Apple System Profiler detect the card? If not, check to make sure your PCMCIA card cage's connection to the logic board hasn't worked loose, as they sometimes do. Release the keyboard (instructions are in your owner's manual) and flip it gently back onto the wrist rest. Look for a brown tab under the normal position of the D and X keys. That's the card cage's connector to the logic board. Press it down firmly; if it moves or clicks at all, it was loose and probably not making good contact. Test again after returning the keyboard to its place.
A FireWire card should require no driver other than what is included in the Mac OS.

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