Has anybody had trouble installing the Proxim (Orinoco) PCI card in a desktop, in WinXP? I have the a//b/g card, Gold, and have been unable to get even the Proxim software to see it.
I followed Proxim's instructions -- first installed the software, then shut down and installed the card, and rebooted. When I hover the mouse over the icon in the tray, it says "Wireless network interface disabled", and when I open the interface, most buttons in the interface are greyed-out, including "enable radio".
The PCI slot works OK -- I have had the video card in it -- and I tried both of the available slots.
Device Manager shows "!" next to the card's name, and Properties shows "This device cannot start (Code 10)". I have tried all of the drivers on Proxim's site for this card, from oldest to newest, each time removing the card, un-installing the software and starting over. But the result is the same each time. One green light glows on the back of the card when it's in.
One thing I don't know about, and haven't tried messing with, is the firmware. I don't know whether that's that something I can or should try to upgrade for this card.
This computer used to have the Orinoco USB wireless device (which is somewhat buggy, and which Proxim no longer makes), but I uninstalled that in Control Panel, and rebooted, before installing the PCI card's software.
I've always used Orinoco PCMCIA cards in our laptops, and consider them the best, but I am finding their PCI card a frustration so far.
Any idea what's going on? Anything I can try, to make it work? Thanks for any help.