Unable to install Linksys WMP54G on Win XP Home edition

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DrH

Anyone have a solution to get a Linksys WMP54G recognized by Win XP Home
edition?

Am using a pretty old mobo (ABIT BH6) and tried putting it in different
slots. Even removed the bracket from the card to see if it goes in the
slot all the way. But my system does not recognize the card at all.

Regards,
Dr.H
 
I have had simalar probs with Belkin cards, only can be seen in my Gigabyte
Board with XP Pro..
Tried four other machines...different OS's and Boards..... nothin!

Take it back and get a different card?

Alan

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-----Original Message-----
Anyone have a solution to get a Linksys WMP54G recognized by Win XP Home
edition?

Am using a pretty old mobo (ABIT BH6) and tried putting it in different
slots. Even removed the bracket from the card to see if it goes in the
slot all the way. But my system does not recognize the card at all.

Regards,
Dr.H

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Have you tried to enable "OS configured" for the device settings in the
BIOS?

Additionally toggling power management settings from ACPI to APM could help.

Do you see any banged out (error flags) or unknown devices listed in device
manager?
 
Paul,

OS configured is set.
Have disabled power management as it conflicts with the Windows shutdown
(reboots endlesly on shut down).
No error flags or unknown devices to be seen under device manager.

Thx for suggestions.

Will try on another XP based system this week, but I might take up
suggestion from Alan to go get another card.

rgds,
Koen
 
Is this device actually on the HCL? You may want to go with a USB based vs.
PCI based wireless card. I had heard some other reports of the internal
wireless cards.
 
I give up.

This WMP54G is really the worst product I've ever tried to install.

I finally installed it on a third machine, now more recent mobo and
running WinXP Home. The card was properly dedected by the OS. But now NO
WIRELESS network was to be dedected by it. Even if I a was absolutely
sure signal quality and strentgh was OK at that very spot (I was
connected to the wireless router with my Dell - WinXP Pro - Cisco
Aironet 350 card there and my Fluke Waverunner from the office showed
proper signal quality too).
The zero config tool kep winng about no networks available, no matter
what I did.

So, this st*pid card is going back to the shop.

Thanks for all suggestions.

Regards,
Koen
 
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