Re: Shouldn't a wireless G NIC work with an ASUS P2B-F?
- From: "BigJim" <woody10277@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:24:48 -0400
I found another avenue for you
You could get a wireless usb device that will function on usb 1.1 or 2.
Made by U S Robotics about 40 dollars us.
"tluxon" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We have a P3-550MHz PC using the ASUS P2B-F motherboard (slot 1) that
> we'd like to get more life out of, but can't really get an ethernet
> cable to where we can place the PC. So I bought a Netgear WG311
> wireless PCI adapter to take advantage of the Linksys WRT54G
> Router/Access Point in our house.
>
> This computer is running Win XP SP2 and has the required PCI 2.2
> compliant slots. I've taken out every card except the AGP video card
> and tried the WG311 in each of the 5 PCI slots. If I got the card in
> just right in slot 1 or 5, the PC will boot and XP would appear to
> run fine, but it would not detect any "Network Adapter". In the other
> 3 slots, the PC wouldn't even get so far as the BIOS splash screen.
>
> I first figured I had a defective WG311. I've since replaced it with
> a new one with no change in symptoms. With a Netgear FA311 NIC, a
> SoundBlaster Live!, and a SCSI adapter (Diamond Fireport) the
> computer works perfectly. The motherboard is flashed with the latest
> officially released BIOS.
>
> Any ideas what the problem is?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tim
>
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