Kwan,
We have noticed that there is a performance issue with the T61 card with respect to their PCMCIA performance. I would recommend updating the BIOS first and seeing if this takes care of the issue. If updating the BIOS does not take care of the issue let me know and we can go onto other options from there. The links for the BIOS information are as follows:
Lenovo Thinkpad T61 Slow PCMCIA Performance
http://2xod.com/articles/Lenovo%20T61%20Slow%20PCMCIA/
BIOS Update Utility - ThinkPad R61 14.1inch widescreen with IEEE 1394, ThinkPad T61, T61p
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67988
System Update 3.14
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-66956
Aaron W.
National Instruments
CLA, CTA and CPI