Ive got a small problem...

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...

Comments (Page 3)

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

Ok...

Do you have a static IP address you've assigned to that DWL-g650 108mbit nic?

If your using DHCP it sounds as if the router is either not allowing the MAC address of that NIC to have a new IP address assigned to it, and/or your laptop is not releasing the slot the nic is inserted into when you pull it and replug it...

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

It also hasH/W: B2F/W: 2.20

H/W:B2 is the revision
and
F/W:2.20 is the revision of the firmware flash burned into the nic...

let me check to see if there is an update for it and also see what it says about not releasing the slot in XP if anything...

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

http://support.dlink.com/Products/view.asp?productid=DWL-G650_revB

yep there is an update...

might have to apply a matching update for the router to the router also....

checking on what it says now about known issues with XP and the older revision...

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

from the site...

Due to the fact that you have attempted to install the drivers for the
wireless adapter, the device manager might be holding multiple copies of
the drivers which might be preventing the drivers from being loaded
properly. In order to address the problem, please do the following:

Step 1 Access your laptops safe mode. If you have any questions on how to
so, please consult your laptop manual.

Step 2 Once in safe mode, access the device manager (right-click my
computer, left-click properties, left-click on the hardware
tab, left-click on device manager). Expand the network adapters
category and determine if there are multiple copies of the driver. If
so, please uninstall them one by one until they are removed completely.

Step 3 Go to control panel, add/remove programs, and uninstall the
D_Link configuration utility for the DWL-G650 wireless adapter.

Step 4 At this point, restart the laptop and eject the wireless card.

Step 5 Make sure that there are no background utilities running such as antivirus, crash guard, or firewall. If so, please disable them.

Step 6 Run the installation CD in order to install the drivers for the DWL-G650 wireless adapter. When done, insert the wireless adapter into the laptop.

Step 7 If the laptop has a built-in ethernet adapter, please make sure that you disable it.

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EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Heres some info from one of the errors...

Your computer was not assigned an address by the network (from the DHCP server) for the network card with the network address 4553547777.

The semaphore timeout period has expired. your computer will try to obtain an address on its own from the network (DHCP) server.

Word for word.

Oh, its a 54mb/s.

EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Thats another thing...every now and then, when I put the card in, it says "New PCI device found" even thought Ive installed the drivers...then after I restart or wait a minute or two, it behaves normally...
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IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

you have to be using encryption at 128 bit to hit 108 mbit...

open a dos window and type "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew" and see if it resets your nic so it functions correctly...

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

XP doesn't like that unsigned driver much it seems...

I'd do the updates, make sure you read the instructions and follow them to a T...

and then see if you have the same problem, Tech support is going to tell you to do this before they will do a RMA so you will be a jump ahead of them if it comes to that...

though, it is a driver/xp conflict of some sort happening for some reason...

EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Getting driver...

EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Ok, I installed it and restarted...

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

sorry about disappearing on you... I had to check a server in south Florida for some logs files.

Hows it working now?
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EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Hmm not too well, keeps telling me that 'new hardware is found'...

EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Even tho, I have the new driver...

IPlural

on Dec 09, 2003

mmm....

ok try this, power down, boot into "Safe mode with Network" uninstall everything to do with the wireless nic, Change your boot up (control panel/users/ uncheck use Welcome screen, revert to classic mode for your desktop...

You probably want to run a registry cleaner to make sure nothing has fudged your registry entries for your nic before the the next step... if you don't have a cleaner, skip it and continue...

power down, boot into your Administrator account, install the nic, once it is finished, power down, boot into your user account make sure the nic is working, change your desktop back to what you use normally and also back to using the Welcome Screen if that is how you want it, power down and boot back into your User account...

EventHorizon

on Dec 09, 2003

Ok, now it recognizes the card, but still wants me to install the software...

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