Re: 802.11 wireless problem solved

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"hizark21" <hizark21@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:aa249816-ad52-46de-bebb-290b174e104e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I think I have the problem solved. I reinstalled XP again with the
latest drivers and the wireless status light started flickering like
crazy. When I went to reboot the status light would not turn on. So
then I tried using a USB wireless card and the ethernet port is
working.now. I will most likely get a 802.11n USB and upgrade my home
wireless router that as well. One advantage is that it will allow me
to use a external antenna.

It still is a bit of mystery why a flaky wireless card would affect
other devices..? In most cases a device will simply die. Another
strange that the device manager is showing a new category (other
devices). The other device category is listing mass storage controller
and PCI modem. The other device category was not showing on the prior
XP install.

It depends on how drivers register themselves, but in some cases
"other devices" means the OS can't find a proper driver for the
hardware.


Did you install chipset drivers?

A whole lot of IBM T30's have defective memory slots that kill the machine.
It wouldn't be a far stretch for the Wifi card slot in your particular laptop to create problems if it is malfunctioning.
.

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