linksys wireless pc card won't install

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Steve Wilkinson

I'm at wits end. Refurbished HP notebook with XP home
provided to me under warranty exchange. Tech support at
the warranty place AND Linksys have not been able to
resolve this. I install a brand new Linksys iwreless PC
card (G standard). I follow linksys' insatallation
instructions (Insert PC card, boot up system, when Found
New Hardware Wizard comes up, put CD in drive and install
drivers). Card is recognized, drivers start to install,
then pc locks up and the only way out is to power down.
When I power back up, if pc card is in slot, I get a boot
up loop where WinXP starts to load then reboots before
even teh home logo shows up. Loop runs interminably. If
I pop the card out, XP loads fine. s soon as I reinsert
card, PC locks up. Running Task Mamager prior to card
installation (and driver installation) shows that during
driver install, CPU usage shoots up to 100%, all taken up
by "system" (not system idle process). After power down
and cold reboot system runs fine until I pop the card in,
then Task Manager again shows CPU usage shooting up to
100%. Pop the card out and CPU usage drops to 2-4%. I
hav erolled back drivers, reinstalled XP home, used
system restore at various times. Soon as I try to
install the card, the probelms reappear. PC is HP ze4145
notebook with AthlonXP 1800+, 40 mB HD, 512 mB DDR RAM,
network card (10/100, which I have disabled), modem, ATI
graphics. Any ideas?
 
Have you tried a different linksys card to make sure the
one you bought is not defective in any way? I just
installed one in a Pentium II system with only a 350 in
it and it works great. Although, it is a "B" rather
than "G". Also....I am wondering something else. I was
told that if I have a cordless phone in the same room, a
2.4 mhz, that that could interfer. Fortunately my
cordless was only a 900mhz.

Good Luck
 
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