why is wireless networking card not recognized after PC turned off ?
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Posted by Bob on March 8, 2008, 9:29 am
Please log in for more thread options My family thought I was a hero when I successfully hooked up my DLink WDA 1320 to allow wireless connectivity to our main PC in another room. Every time I turn off the PC, however, the system does not recognize that the card is installed anymore - it's simply not in device manager. Called the DLInk tech support. They suggested I take the card out and re-insert. Yes, that works but I should not have to do this every time I turn on the PC. How to fix this and restore my hero status in eyes of adoring wife and kids? thanks bob | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on March 8, 2008, 12:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options <http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=475>
>Called the DLInk tech support. They suggested I take the card out and
>re-insert. Yes, that works but I should not have to do this every time I >turn on the PC. Can you supply some clues as to what manner of PC this card is installed? CPU and operating system would be nice. I'll assume a some kind of desktop running XP SP2. Right click on "My Computah" on the desktop and select "Properties". Select the "Device Manager" tab. Under "View" select "Show hidden devices". Do you have more than one listing for the DLink WDA-1320? If so, you get to unintall multiple versions of the driver. This is usually the result of walking the board through multiple PCI slots *AND* reinstalling the driver on top of the previous driver. It's also a bug in some driver installs. I suggest you download the latest driver from the DLink web pile and use it instead of what came in the box. I don't recall if the install requires that you install the drivers before or after the card is installed in the PC. Whatever it says in the instructions, do it that way. If necessary, uninstall the driver, roll back the computer to it's previous state using: Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore
to remove any traces of the driver. This is a bit drastic, but easy
enough to do. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob on March 9, 2008, 6:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options Appreciate any helpful thoughts on continuing saga on my Athlon 64 XP2.
After installing driver for the DLink WDA 1320, it operates fine until I turn off the machine twice. The first time I turn it off, the system recognizes the wireless connection, but the second time the wireless card is no longer seen by device manager. Called DLink support. The said try another slot. Again, as with the other slot, it recognizes the card upon booting twice but third time it does not. I doubt this is hardware problem. Any ideas why doesn't see the hardware dependably each time I boot it up? thx bob > Would appreciate any advice available on this embarrassing dilemma...
> > My family thought I was a hero when I successfully hooked up my DLink WDA > 1320 to allow wireless connectivity to our main PC in another room. Every > time I turn off the PC, however, the system does not recognize that the > card > is installed anymore - it's simply not in device manager. > > Called the DLInk tech support. They suggested I take the card out and > re-insert. Yes, that works but I should not have to do this every time I > turn on the PC. > > How to fix this and restore my hero status in eyes of adoring wife and > kids? > > thanks > bob > | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on March 9, 2008, 8:17 pm
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>I doubt this is hardware problem. Any ideas why doesn't see the hardware
>dependably each time I boot it up? Weird. I'm not so sure it's not hardware. Any possibility it's a heating problem? After it fails to recognize the card, unplug the machine and let it cool down. Note that I said *UNPLUG* the machine. The machine has WOL (wake on LAN) which keeps the power applied to all networking cards even when the power is allegedly turned off. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob on March 10, 2008, 1:09 am
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good thought but can't be heat - after leaving the machine off all night it fails to recognize the card in the am I'll try my luck with tech support again. They will probably ask me again to try it in a new slot thx bob >
>>I doubt this is hardware problem. Any ideas why doesn't see the hardware
>>dependably each time I boot it up? >
> Weird. I'm not so sure it's not hardware. Any possibility it's a > heating problem? After it fails to recognize the card, unplug the > machine and let it cool down. Note that I said *UNPLUG* the machine. > The machine has WOL (wake on LAN) which keeps the power applied to all > networking cards even when the power is allegedly turned off. > > -- > Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com > 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com > Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com > Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||
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>1320 to allow wireless connectivity to our main PC in another room. Every
>time I turn off the PC, however, the system does not recognize that the card
>is installed anymore - it's simply not in device manager.