I was never able to get the cardbus card in the PCMCIA slot to work with the iPod Touch. Dell never acknowledged an inherent limitation at the socket or motherboard but it seems likely. A Geek Squad member at my nearest Best Buy got the iPod Touch to work simply by using the native USB 1.1. ports after experiencing the same problems I had using the card in the PCMCIA slot. In desperation, as I was about to leave, he just plugged the iPod Touch into the back and click click - it came to life and was able to sync with iTunes. I guess it's not operating as fast as it would in a genuine USB 2.0 port but it's working fine. Perhaps SP2, which I've been using for quite some time, boosts the speed, as someone at Dell told me in the beginning. I don't know. Anyway, I'm moving on. Thanks for your help. My next computer will be an iMac or a MacBook Pro. No more Windows for me.