Apparently the people at Belkin have had issues with this version of
this card before. They are shipping me a replacement ASAP.




On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:29:09 -0800, joewo <noemail@noemail.org> wrote:

>I have a Gateway 7426GX latop with WinXP Home with all updates.
>I have a Belkin PRE N WAP and it works great and it also has the
>latest drivers installed..
>The built in G wireless in the laptop works perfectly for several days
>in a row if I leave the computer on.. When I bought the Belkin I also
>bought a matching Belkin Wireless notebook card. I have the F5D8010
>ver 1002 notebook card with the latest drivers installed on the
>notebook.
>The notebook card has had a problem from day 1 and that is that the
>card fails after about 4 hours of working. the card works great and
>then it locks up and stops transferring data...the laptop is fine but
>the card fails. I pull the card out and pop it back in and it works
>for another couple of hours and then it fails again and this will go
>on all day long. i dont think it is heat as i have pulled it out and
>felt it but it doesnt feel hot.
>
>Has anyone else had issues with this wirless card?
>
>Thanks
>Joe in San Mateo