Published on December 9, 2003 By EventHorizon In WinCustomize Talk
...with my wireless NIC on our laptop.

After it (the computer) boots up, I plug in the card (it's PCMCIA)...it warms up...then, right after the little speech-bubble saying 'wireless connection found' (or whatever)...the computer freezes...So, I pull the card out and it works...for about 5 seconds.

Then I get WinXp's modified version of the BSoD that says something like , Windows has detected an error, and has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer... It also says something about ndis.sys in the technical info.

It used to be just every couple times or so it did this, but now its invariable, and makes checking email impossible...Or close to it...luckily, Ive got a wired 10/100 Nic that doesnt freeze the comp, but (for various reasons) this is only a temporary solution.

Ive tried re-installing the drivers, but this doesnt help...
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on Dec 09, 2003
IPlural is your man for this one...
on Dec 09, 2003
Yea, I dunno if hes awake...
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on Dec 09, 2003
He is.......
on Dec 09, 2003
you've removed the nic, not just the driver from you contrl panel/system/hardware settings and rebooted without the nic, thne shut down and then booted up with the nic in the slot so it id's it and reinstalls the driver ?
on Dec 09, 2003
Its what...2:10 there? (Florida)
on Dec 09, 2003
Hmm Ill try that... Ive got the laptop right here...
on Dec 09, 2003
Its what...2:10 there? (Florida)


yes it is but I don't sleep very much if at all...
on Dec 09, 2003
what make/model laptop?
on Dec 09, 2003
same here, insomnia. Can't get rid of it. Once got addicted to sleeping pills. Not a fun experience. Now i can't stand pills in any form
on Dec 09, 2003
Dell Inspiron 2500...
on Dec 09, 2003
Dell Inspiron 2500...


nice...
on Dec 09, 2003
I have a Inspiron 5100 and I love it.
on Dec 09, 2003
Travis, yeah, I was/am supposed to be on 200 - 250 milgram Trazdone

but even then I do not sleep all that well because it causes vivid dreams 90% of the time...
all the others don't work worth a flying ahhh, well don't work
on Dec 09, 2003
Actually kona, its about 1& 1/2 yrs old...

Its also unbearably slow, needs more ram...
on Dec 09, 2003
still it is a dell. gotta love em. My dell was made in 2000 and only has 192 megs ram and a p3 733 mhz chip.
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