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Re: Wireless card not recognized

by R. Proffitt - 9/16/04 8:26 AM

In Reply to: Wireless card not recognized by nick0215

"I tried to search for new hardware and no luck. Can this be a SP2 problem?"

I'm used to installed drivers for such things. Your post didn't tell, but let me share that Dell preloads some drivers so you don't have to.

A stock install of XP will not have the drivers.

Bob

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Re: Wireless card not recognized

by nick0215 - 9/16/04 10:01 AM

In Reply to: Re: Wireless card not recognized by R. Proffitt

Thanks Bob. The machine I'm having problems with is not a Dell but just a generic machine. I have the disk with the drivers and they are installed on the generic machine. It seems like the PC doesn't even see the card.

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What generic machine and why it matters.

by R. Proffitt - 9/16/04 10:56 AM

In Reply to: Re: Wireless card not recognized by nick0215

"Generic machines" may use a motherboard with a chipset that Microsoft may run on but you need to have latest BIOS and a MOTHERBOARD DRIVER PACKAGE before cards or USB things work properly.

Your post didn't share the information so I can't tell if this is the issue.

Bob

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Re: What generic machine and why it matters.

by nick0215 - 9/16/04 5:51 PM

In Reply to: What generic machine and why it matters. by R. Proffitt

The motherboad has VB-601 on it and on the corner there is a label which has MI413s. The BIOS is Award Modular BIOS 4.51PG. It says verison: MI413
Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A

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Re: What generic machine and why it matters.

by R. Proffitt - 9/17/04 4:05 AM

In Reply to: Re: What generic machine and why it matters. by nick0215

If this is a BX based board (only you will know) then this google...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=VB-601+&btnG=Google+Search
seems to agree, the issue can be..

1. You need the latest BIOS.
2. You need to "Reset Configuration Data" in the BIOS.
3. You try another PCI slot since... the one next the AGP can be ... problematic.
4. The card is just incompatible with this board.
5. Someone disabled the IRQ PNP features in the OS. I offer this since I lost a day over that. The owner was thinking DOS days where IRQs couldn't be shared.

Bob

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Re: What generic machine and why it matters.

by JMarchi - 9/17/04 5:14 AM

In Reply to: Re: What generic machine and why it matters. by nick0215

This info doesn't give us a clue about the age of the system. What processor is in it, how old is it?

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Re: What generic machine and why it matters.

by nick0215 - 9/17/04 6:04 AM

In Reply to: Re: What generic machine and why it matters. by JMarchi

The PC is probably from 1999 or so. I got it from a friend and put a Pentium III 500Mhz processor and it has 768 of RAM. I tried all the PCI slots and also verified the PnP option in the CMOS is enabled. I flashed the BIOS using the MI413 one from this site: http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboard/bios.aspx?model_id=16.

I also uninstalled SP2 and reinstalled XP without any luck.

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Looks like a BUM CARD. Here's why.

by R. Proffitt - 9/17/04 6:12 AM

In Reply to: Re: What generic machine and why it matters. by nick0215

http://www.netstumbler.org/archive/index.php/t-10573

It would be amazing to expect owners to exchange cards, do such gyrations on drivers and more.

You should try another card.

Bob

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dell 1470 wireless card is not recognized by the xp2 system

by mwgeorge - 11/3/09 1:55 PM

In Reply to: Looks like a BUM CARD. Here's why. by R. Proffitt

I have a dell D610 running win xp2.
The wireless card is a dell 1470.
I pulled the card and installed in another D610 and have wireless internet on that machine.I then took the good card and installed it in the 1st D610. No wireless internet.
I plugged in an Ethernet cable to get internet. No Problem.
I reformatted the hard drive ,did a fresh install,checked the bios and upgraded to A06 and still no wireless.
any thoughts on this problem?

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Thought. Just one.

by R. Proffitt - 11/3/09 3:26 PM

In Reply to: dell 1470 wireless card is not recognized by the xp2 system by mwgeorge

Digging up a 5 year old post doesn't give you the right exposure. Try a new post with the story and details.

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wireless card not recognized

by mwgeorge - 11/4/09 6:05 AM

In Reply to: Thought. Just one. by R. Proffitt

new post completed on Nov.4th 9:04AM
Thanks

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