My laptop recently crashed last week and i had to reinstall xp pro on my ibm t30. All seems fine now, including the wired internet but i cant get my Belkin network card to work again. I didnt have the original driver disc for this card, so i tried all 7 possible drivers for this card. one problem is that the card doesnt show the version, hence having to try all 7 possible driver. Versions 5 onwards actually load up on XP, the others stalled. Anyway, on the Belkin Network Utility it wasnt showing any networks, i had rebooted the sitecom router and ntl cable modem earlier, and the main problem is that i couldnt enter a network so i'm stuck ! The laptop recognises the card when it is connected, but the lights on the card dont show anymore, they come on very dimly when the card is first connected but that is all. Do you think the card is damaged ? Can anyone help?
If you go to the device manager (hold down the windows key and press pause break, click the hardware tab and press device manager), is the card recognised? It should be under network adapters. Do you have any other cards that go into the same slot as the wifi adapter? I used to have the same card and the only time I had the dim lights problem was when I tried it on Linux and it wasn't installed properly.
install the everest home edition from cnet or somewhere else than check for the device name on there it will give you the name and model numbers clearly
The ibm t30 doesnt have a windows key so i cant perform this action. I downloaded everest and under network i have windows network showing an intel(R) pro/100 VE network connection and then also a pci/pnp network it showed ibm pro/100 ve network connection and secondly a network controller(NoDB). Is this the information you wanted? I dont have any cards used in this slot. Funnily enough, when my laptop crashed the only way i got it working was by trying out ubuntu, but i couldnt use it because i couldnt configure the wireless network on ubuntu, so i reverted back to windows xp pro.
Sorry also, i tried looking for it under device manager. Under network adapters it just shows Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection. Underneath it has Other Devices in yellow, which has Network Controller in yellow in it.
It sounds like the drivers aren't installed, yet you say you have been through all the possible versions on the Belkin website :S When you try to install the drivers, do you make sure that the card is unplugged at the time? I seem to remember it had to be unplugged until you were prompted to plug it in. [OT]I'm surprised you don't have a Windows Key! It's normally to the left of the space bar and is like a little flag[/OT]
Yes i did, i checked beforehand and made sure each new driver was rebooted afresh as well. I've since tried the belkin adapter on another laptop and it works on vista, i narrowed it down to find that it is a ralink driver that i need, either rt2400 or rt2500, though this is proving very tricky.
