well been playing a bit more and managed to switch the card to the japanese regulatory domain as a test, with all 14 channels.
also tried accessing my dell truemobile 1150 series card but that failed.
Variant 1, Version 2.42 of Client Manager
Variant 2, Version 7.42 of NDIS 5 Miniport driver
Variant 4, Version 5.00 of PC Card Type-II Extended
Dell Gold Card
Enhanced WEP encryption allowed
IEEE high-speed data rates
IO base:FF40
IRQ number:7
Variant 1, Version 4.04 of Primary Functions firmware
Variant 2, Version 8.10 of Station Functions firmware
# Logging enabled. Timestamp: 2003-07-07 09:46:16 #
PCIC: 82365SL DF compatible - C step (3.3V / 5V capable)
Using Legacy Mode
(COR reset) Startup... Invalid record encountered. PDA is invalid.
Checking CIS.
Vcc = 5 volts
CIS String: Version 5.0 Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series PC Card Version 01.01
Firmware loaded:
P1040400.HEX S1081000.HEX
It is however a similar sort of read error to that on the cisco card, which reported Version 4.1, so maybe an incompatibility with the flash utility rather than some form of write protection?
# Logging enabled. Timestamp: 2003-07-06 23:41:21 #
PCIC: 82365SL DF compatible - C step (3.3V / 5V capable)
Using Legacy Mode
(COR reset) Startup... Bad status 0 auxEnable failed!
Checking CIS.
CIS String: Version 4.1 Cisco Systems 350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter
Error - Command 0 never signaled status!