Blue screen of death problems... - Page 2

Same here EIce except when i go upstairs where the signal has to go through 4 walls and a ceiling to get here. When I am up here the signal strength is "low" but it has never dropped out at all. Everywhere else in the house I get verygood or excellent signals.

BSOD Stop Error

The error most probably references the driver for your wireless card. In order to be able to read the error message (in XP ) you will need to go to Control Panel/ System properties/ Advanced/ Settings/ then clear the check box beside "Automatically restart" then click OK. Now the screen will stop when the error appears and you will be able to read it. You also should be able to see the error message in the error log as well as the System Events Log.

I have had the same problem with my Area 51 m Extreme since I received it about 2 months ago. I was using a Microsoft MN-720 802.11g adapter with a Broadcom chipset. If you visit the Alienware Customer Forum you will see that you have plenty of company. You might also notice that most if not all of the wireless adapters that have this problem, use a Broadcom chipset.

I just received a WLAN a+b+g adapter with an Atheros chipset. This new card has been in use since Monday without a problem. This is the longest it has gone without the BSOD in all the time I've had it. Technical Support seems to agree that the problem lies in the chipset. They promised that they would contact all users who had reported this problem and work with you to correct the problem. If you have not been contacted, then contact them and keep badgering them until you get the correct response. This is definitely a case where the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

this is correct...

also chck the software that came with it. you want version 1.2 if you dont have it you can download it here:
http://www.linksys.com/download/driver.asp?dlid=92

I support these cards at work so i have a bit of experience with them....

check the device manager and see if you have the texas isntruments pcmcia drivers installed.

those new drivers solved the problem on a few ibm T40's anda compaq M700

I tried using all of the drivers listed from links and none of them seem to work for my wpc54g card. When I force any of these drivers on they make my card unfunctional with the exception of the 1.2 version but then it does not connect with the wireless. I tried running the setup.exe in the folders for each driver and nothing initiates. Am I doing something wrong as the only version that works at all so far has been the version 1.31 that is available on the Linksys site for download for this card. I know alienware recently switched from Clevo to Uniwill systems and some of the controller drivers for my PCMCIA card are O2Micro Int'l. So I don't think the Texas Instrument driver would work and it did not either. Please help. Thanks