Wireless card - wont work

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balsam1 · #1 Post by **balsam1** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:22 am

Hi.
I have 2645-51u with 98se. I have a d-link wireless card.
Worked fine, then suddenly stopped working.
I thought that the problem is with one of the files,
so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it again.
The computer does not recognize the card now at all.
I bought a new card. Wont work!!!
There is a screen that keep saying that found new hardware
PCI ethernet, and there is that wizard that is searching for something,
but does not find it.
What is the problem? What is missing in the computer?
The cad is d-link airplus g-630

pianowizard · #2 Post by **pianowizard** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:23 am

Looks like Windows is trying to find the driver for the wireless card but can't. You should be able to download the driver from www.dlink.com. Put the driver in a folder on the hard drive and tell Windows 98SE where that folder is.

balsam1 · #3 Post by **balsam1** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:56 am

I tried this. This is the install file that
I used. Unless there is another file.
Tell me.
Thanks

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:21 am

If you are talking about a PCMCIA PC card, try using the card in the other slot. I had the same problem as you once, and the problem turned out to be that one of my slots went bad. Fortunately the other slot was still OK. I did a complete fresh install of W2K before I discovered the source of my problem.

balsam1 · #5 Post by **balsam1** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:04 pm

I tried this also. Wont work.
Again, last week it was all fine. Maybe when I unistalled it
somethink that is connected to the win 98se was deleted also.
I remeber that under network there was a d-link adapter,
and now its gone. Even after the reinstallation it did not come back,
so maybe I need to put something from the win 98.
But what? And how?

hjulian · #6 Post by **hjulian** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:31 pm

Once Win98se has installed the driver properly, it should be found and activated as soon as you stick the card into the slot.

You might have another problem: the D-Link card has been disabled by the System, somehow.

1st try: Go into System or System Manager (in the Control Panel), Hardware, Device Manager. You will probably see it already marked with a red cross in the Network cards section. You should right click on it and enable the card. (If you don't see it, it's probably because you haven't installed it into the card slot.)

2nd try: let Windows start up without the card inserted. Insert the card once the harddrive has stopped its activity (usually between 1 and 2 minutes). See if Windows reacts this time. If you see no reaction, go to the 1st try and hope that you will find it disabled.

DNA_DAN · #7 Post by **DNA_DAN** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:51 am

I had this EXACT problem on a regular TP600. Nothing seemed to fix it. I also tried replacing the card and that did not work either. I am convinced that this issue is hardware related inside the PCMCIA slot or on the mobo. Something component seems to burn out or die over time.

I ended up installing a 600E motherboard and base to my 600 LCD and keyboard. Insert the wireless card, voila, works like a charm. I did this without even changing any of the drivers on the hard drive which had problems under the old board. Just a mobo swap, then bam, everything seemed to work okay again.

I sold the old board to another member here on the site and I don't know if he ever had a chance to look at it or not. So don't kick yourself in the head over this one, I can almost guarantee you will not solve it though the software. I tried all the tricks you could think of and still no go. Something is either fried on the mobo or on the PCMCIA controller slot.

I was just thinking that this might occur as a result of the hardware not being 100% hot swap compatible under windows 2000 or XP. Continuous hot swapping without "disabling" the device may cause something to short out.

balsam1 · #8 Post by **balsam1** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:15 am

hjulian wrote:1st try: Go into System or System Manager (in the Control Panel), Hardware, Device Manager. You will probably see it already marked with a red cross in the Network cards section. You should right click on it and enable the card. (If you don't see it, it's probably because you haven't installed it into the card slot.)

2nd try: let Windows start up without the card inserted. Insert the card once the harddrive has stopped its activity (usually between 1 and 2 minutes). See if Windows reacts this time. If you see no reaction, go to the 1st try and hope that you will find it disabled.

I tried the 2nd try. It started great! The computer recognized the adapter.
BUT, first time - the d-link icon said: no card found. I turned the computer off then on again, and there was that x on the icon - no card found. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it again according to your instructions, but the first problem came back!!! There is that screen of the wizard.

I'll be happy to hear more from you.
Thank you for all of your advices!!

Website · #9 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:58 am

DNA_DAN wrote:I had this EXACT problem on a regular TP600. Nothing seemed to fix it. I also tried replacing the card and that did not work either. I am convinced that this issue is hardware related inside the PCMCIA slot or on the mobo. Something component seems to burn out or die over time.

As the buyer of this TP600 Mobo that you couldn't get the PCMCIA working, I can assure that it had to have been software related, not hardware. I have the PCMCIA working with a linksys wireless card, running Win XP Pro, without any problems. I haven't tried this mobo with Win98, yet. Windows 98 can be very stubborn sometimes.

DNA_DAN · #10 Post by **DNA_DAN** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:02 pm

Well you got me then. I was using windows 2000 pro with the card. The card just stopped working after a few months. I even tried a fresh OS system installation and the same problems came up. When the card was inserted, it would not make the "beep" as though it found the card. Instead, a wizard would come up and ask you if you wanted to install new hardware, even though the hardware was already installed. This just kept going in this endless loop and it never would "beep" to acknowledge insertion of the card.

I am glad the base is working out for you. Perhaps the demons just needed to be exorcised! At any rate, I am glad it forced me to seek the knowledge on this site, because the upgraded 100mhz FSB with a newer hard drive makes all the difference in the world on these older machines!

hjulian · #11 Post by **hjulian** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:31 pm

balsam1 wrote: BUT, first time - the d-link icon said: no card found.

What do you mean by that?

If the Wizard shows up it's because the driver has not been completely installed or just not installed at all. That has to be absolutely clear. Without a properly installed driver nothing is going to work.

Next, Windows has its own WLAN management system and usually manufacturers like D-Link will ask you to disable this system. If you did that, everything should be controlled now, by the D-Link utility...

EXCEPT...

if you have encryption enabled!

Your encryption key has to be input into the Windows properties for this card and only then you will be able to use the D-Link utility. You would then have to input the encryption key into the D-Link configuration tool and you would get a signal.

If this is not your problem, you have to explain to us in detail, the steps you have taken to install the driver and the card.

beecee · #12 Post by **beecee** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:56 am

I have several Pcmcia units for the 600 series & I am willing to post 1 to you for free, (as long as you pay me postage first).
Are you in the USA or the Uk ?

USA seems to be the best place to source Ibm TP parts.

balsam1 · #13 Post by **balsam1** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:41 pm

1. What is the WLAN management? Is it something in NETWORK?
How do I disable it?

2. The steps: Full installation of the d-link driver - this is a beta file from their web site, since the regular file does not work. --> Turned off the TP--> Than on, without the card in --> then I put the card in --> the TP told me that it found a new pci ethernet card --> windows is installing the driver --> then came that annoying screen of the wizard!

balsam1 · #14 Post by **balsam1** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:54 pm

Hi.
I discovered the beginning of the problem. Even after uninstall, the file 5211 CAT was not deleted. This is what caused the problem that the TP did not recognize the D-link card. After deleting that file manually, then installing the software again, then turning the TP off and on again without the card, then inserting the card - IT IS being recognized by the system. So that issue was solved.
The problem is that even after that, even that the lights are blinking, the d-link icon insists that there is no card in the drive. I tried to activate the dlink program after inserting the card and it halted the system.
So I need to solve only this little problem. Why doesn't the d-link software recognize the card?
Any ideas please?

hjulian · #15 Post by **hjulian** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:33 am

The WLAN management system from Windows should be in the properties section of the card, i.e. Device Manager. I use WinXP and there is a small box that has to be unchecked to disable Windows from managing the card.

The Wizard is there because it probably did not find a proper driver for the card and you have to use the Wizard but not let it install automatically, instead, you have to do it manually and click to browse for the place where you saved this beta driver that you downloaded.

Are you sure you took all steps required to be able to use this beta driver?
Any card firmware update necessary? Any Windows driver update necessary?

I am hoping you have read and done as shown here:

http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?p ... -G510_revB

I did not find any beta drivers at the D-Link TechSupport page. Maybe that beta driver is your problem?

balsam1 · #16 Post by **balsam1** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:52 pm

I did everything according to the instructions.
It just wont work! I dont understand it.
2 weeks ago it worked great and now - nothing!
What happened?
I am sure that this is connected to the software.
The fact that I found the 5211 CAT file that was not
deleted by the uninstall tool prooves it!
I think that some other remaining files are causing this problem.
But what can I do?

Wireless card - wont work

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