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Linksys wireless g notebook adapter probs

post #1 of 42
10/15/03 at 11:36am
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I just installed windows xp pro and tried to set up my 5660 on my network. The card (linksys wireless g) is not recognized in xp pro...in my other laptop it is....so it is not the card. My pmcia port is functional in the device manager. I uninstalled it and on the next reboot xp installed it. There don't appear to be any special drivers on the sager website for pmcia and windows xp..any ideas.....help...I love may sager and want to go wireless...btw linksys support was useless....any help would be great

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post #2 of 42
10/15/03 at 2:28pm
There ARE PCMCIA drivers youre supposed to install off the driver CD. I have the same wireless card and it works fine. Just a few tips, though: in the device properties for the card, make sure you dont let Windowz power it down to save power; also, use the Linksys control utility for handling connections instead of Windowz (XP really, really sucks at handling wireless).
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post #3 of 42
10/15/03 at 2:54pm
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So even if the device manager says PMCICA slot is working I have to install the sager drivers?? What is the folder called??? Do they have to installed in any special order??? Can I use the ones on the sager website for the 5680(which say they are for XP)??? On the sager website the only PMCICA drivers are for 2000.


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post #4 of 42
10/15/03 at 3:03pm
Dont know. I never bothered to see if XP detected my PCMCIA before installing the drivers on the CD. Just do it and see

EDIT: The folders on the CD are very self-explanatory.
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post #5 of 42
10/16/03 at 12:05am
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I reinstalled XP pro...and I tried to reinstall all the drivers...when I try to install the wireless lan driver I get an error message..."cannot open any adapter! Domain Setting was canceled"...could this have something to do with it??? also the usb 2.0 drivers are not installing...any ideas...I would really appreciate it.....when I go into the device manager I have no errors...thanks for the help...I'm stumped....

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post #6 of 42
10/16/03 at 12:12am
I am stumped as well..... weird, eh?
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post #7 of 42
10/16/03 at 2:24pm
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Does anyone know if I can use the pcmcia drivers for the 5680 on my 5660???

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post #8 of 42
10/16/03 at 2:27pm
I cannot tell for sure, but I would not think so because the MB chipset in the 5680 is different from that in the 5660. Anyone?
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post #9 of 42
10/16/03 at 3:34pm
lbidude, you have to download the drivers for the wireless card from the manufacturers site, http://www.linksys.com/
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post #10 of 42
10/16/03 at 7:40pm
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The card is suppose to be plug and play.....I'll let you know what happens...



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post #11 of 42
10/16/03 at 7:53pm
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Originally posted by lbidude
The card is suppose to be plug and play.....I'll let you know what happens...
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Yes, PnP means you can hotswap it and dont have to manually configure irq and io settings. But windows still needs to have a driver for it. Windows is shipped with a good amount of drivers, but it comes out new hardware on the market all the time, so sometimes you need to download them yourself. In fact, it always a good idea to do so, because then you make sure you get the latest version.
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post #12 of 42
10/16/03 at 10:04pm
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Did not work...is it possible the pcmcia slot is not hooked up to the power source...I have tried everything......but I do not want to give up...
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post #13 of 42
10/16/03 at 10:38pm
lbidude, I am still in the dark whether you installed the PCMCIA drivers (NOT the wireless card drivers) off the driver CD or Sager's site.
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post #14 of 42
10/16/03 at 10:50pm
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When you go to the sager site...the pcmcia driver for the 5660 are only for windows 2000...and ther are no pcmcia drivers on my drivers disk...but in the device manager windows says my pcmcia slot is working...and another card....I believe a 3com ethernet card was recognized...and worked...the linksys card has lights on it and requires power...I wonder if that has something to do with it...

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post #15 of 42
10/17/03 at 7:17am
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Originally posted by lbidude
When you go to the sager site...the pcmcia driver for the 5660 are only for windows 2000...and ther are no pcmcia drivers on my drivers disk...but in the device manager windows says my pcmcia slot is working...and another card....I believe a 3com ethernet card was recognized...and worked...the linksys card has lights on it and requires power...I wonder if that has something to do with it...

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Let's get things straight here. There are no drivers for the PCMCIA for windows XP to download, simply because thats not needed. Windows XP is shipped with drivers for your particular PCMCIA implementation. You wrote that you got another card working, fine, so the conclusion is PCMCIA is working.

Now lets move on to your particular Linksys card. Its common to have to download drivers for your 3rd party devices. Sager does not know what type of 3rd party devices you are going to use, and therefore are those drivers not included on the drivers disk. Maybe its the reseller who have bundled the card with your computer, but it hasnt anything to to with Sager. I posted a link to linksys earlier in this thread, go there and download drivers for your card. You wrote that it didnt work. Why didnt it work? Did you get any error messages? What does the device manager say? Do you have an exclamiation mark or a question mark next to the linksys device?

In fact, the card has light on it, that may suggest that it infact are function properly. What do you mean require power? A PCMCIA card does not use any external power sources. What are you trying to connect to? Do you have a wireless hub? Do you have a internet connection at all? Reading your posts does not give me a clue whatsoever about your knowledge in those things.
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post #16 of 42
10/17/03 at 9:29am
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I downloaded the drivers from the linksys site...the linksys card is not in the device manager at all....if it was I would know what to do....the operating system does not recognize it at all....I get no error messages....it is as if the card is not even inserted........the lights on the card do not go on.....I have a linksys wireless hub with 2 computers hard wired into it...working perfectly
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post #17 of 42
10/17/03 at 9:34am
Do you have "PCMCIA adapters" and "Generic CardBus Controller" in device manager?
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post #18 of 42
10/17/03 at 9:41am
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I do not have my sager in front of me right now.....but in the device I believe I have PCMCIA adapters and if you click on the "+" sign there is cardbus listed....

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post #19 of 42
10/17/03 at 9:46am
ok, check it out when you have access to your computer
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post #20 of 42
10/17/03 at 9:49am
Ok, lets start from scratch, then.

Take the Linksys card out, reboot. Go into the device manager, delete the entry fro the PCMCIA slot; reboot; the slot should be re-detected. Now, insert the Linksys card, making sure its fitted properly. Observe.

Do you hear a 'ta-da' sound from XP? If you do, it means that it has initiated the inserted device properly. If you hear a multiple 'ta-da', that means there was an error.

Going back to the single 'ta-da', XP should at least tell you that there is a new device present, even though it doesnt have drivers for it. It should then bring up the Add New Hardware wizard that would give you an opportunity to show it where the drivers are. Make the wizard search the directory where you unzipped the Linksys driver (off Linksys.com). It should find the correct driver in there. Alternatively, you could use the installation utility that came with the driver, which installs both the driver and the Linksys utility (which I recommend since XP does a poor job of managing wireless). I don't know if you have to have your wireless card inserted when installing or not, though.

On another note, have you tried the Linksys card on other machines? Are you sure its not a bad card?

Please give Henrik and me as much information as you can. The less you tell us, the less we can help.

Mikhail
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