Do any wireless pci cards have 64bit vista drivers?

I checked everything available at circuit city and nothing seemed to have
64 bit vista drivers when I checked vendor sites for the cards they had for
sale. This is for an HP a6040n computer with Vista Ultimate, 64 bit dual
core intel 6320 cpu..

I tried putting in a linksys wmp54G v4 and it wouldn't pick up the drivers.
Tried downloading Ralink drivers, same thing. This was because of a support
site recommendation.

I'm returning the card and have no idea if anything else I buy for it will
work.

Thanks for any suggestions.

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:46:19 -0500, "Rev. Vegetable Lasagne"
<vl@plonk.com> wrote:

>I checked everything available at circuit city and nothing seemed to have
>64 bit vista drivers when I checked vendor sites for the cards they had for
>sale. This is for an HP a6040n computer with Vista Ultimate, 64 bit dual
>core intel 6320 cpu..

In general, most cards currently sold new have Vista drivers
available.

>I tried putting in a linksys wmp54G v4 and it wouldn't pick up the drivers.
>Tried downloading Ralink drivers, same thing. This was because of a support
>site recommendation.
>
>I'm returning the card and have no idea if anything else I buy for it will
>work.

See the Microsloth Hardware Compatibility List at:
<http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/>
Select the appropriate system and devices. Under "Categories" select
"Wireless Network Cards". Punch start. 3 pages of listings follow.
Select a vendor from the list.

Note that the Cisco-Linksys WMP54G v4.1 card is listed as certified
for both x86 and 64 bit:
<http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/ProductDetails.aspx?m=v&g=d&cid=711&sv=&f=86p&pn=L inksys%20WMP54G%20Wireless-G%20PCI%20Adapter%20ver.%204.1&oid=3029>
Methinks you did something wrong, but I can't tell what it was. I
suggest you run all the Windoze and HP updates before trying to
install anything new.


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Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
news:vi22631rjgngp0p9kl8imiamnskc94h8gn@4ax.com:

> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:46:19 -0500, "Rev. Vegetable Lasagne"
> <vl@plonk.com> wrote:
>
>>I checked everything available at circuit city and nothing seemed to
>>have 64 bit vista drivers when I checked vendor sites for the cards
>>they had for sale. This is for an HP a6040n computer with Vista
>>Ultimate, 64 bit dual core intel 6320 cpu..
>
> In general, most cards currently sold new have Vista drivers
> available.
>
>>I tried putting in a linksys wmp54G v4 and it wouldn't pick up the
>>drivers. Tried downloading Ralink drivers, same thing. This was
>>because of a support site recommendation.
>>
>>I'm returning the card and have no idea if anything else I buy for it
>>will work.
>
> See the Microsloth Hardware Compatibility List at:
> <http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/>
> Select the appropriate system and devices. Under "Categories" select
> "Wireless Network Cards". Punch start. 3 pages of listings follow.
> Select a vendor from the list.
>
> Note that the Cisco-Linksys WMP54G v4.1 card is listed as certified
> for both x86 and 64 bit:
> <http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Pro...&g=d&cid=711&s
> v=&f=86p&pn=Linksys%20WMP54G%20Wireless-G%20PCI%20Adapter%20ver.%204.1&
> oid=3029> Methinks you did something wrong, but I can't tell what it
> was. I suggest you run all the Windoze and HP updates before trying
> to install anything new.
>
>

The card I got was a 4 card, not 4.1 even though it was bought last week.

As I said, I checked the vendor sites on the cards and nobody had 64 bit
drivers.

I'll check that list though. Thanks!

"Rev. Vegetable Lasagne" <vl@plonk.com> hath wroth:

>The card I got was a 4 card, not 4.1 even though it was bought last week.

The WMP54G 4.0 versus 4.1 is a slight hardware difference. The same
driver works with both. See:
<http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout &cid=1150490054358&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVis itorWrapper&lid=5435839789B01>
Vista driver is at:
<http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Download_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayou t&cid=1115417109934&packedargs=sku%3D1150490054358 &pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=09 93454358B06>

>As I said, I checked the vendor sites on the cards and nobody had 64 bit
>drivers.

No, you said: "I tried putting in a linksys wmp54G v4 and it wouldn't
pick up the drivers." That means you found the driver but it wouldn't
install. This might be a good time to use System Restore to return
you computah to where it was before you starting installing cards and
drivers.

>I'll check that list though. Thanks!

Good luck.

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"Rev. Vegetable Lasagne" <vl@plonk.com> hath wroth:

>> See the Microsloth Hardware Compatibility List at:
>> <http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/>

Linksys Vista drivers:
<http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout &cid=1169671202901&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVis itorWrapper&lid=0290146109L12>
Weird. The Microsoft HCL says most of the Linksys stuff is 64bit
Vista compatible, but the Linksys site only shows 32bit.

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Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in
news:4la3635ib0l4ukkakhl30gg852eh248su4@4ax.com:

> "Rev. Vegetable Lasagne" <vl@plonk.com> hath wroth:
>
>>> See the Microsloth Hardware Compatibility List at:
>>> <http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/>
>
> Linksys Vista drivers:
> <http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...childpagename=
> US%2FLayout&cid=1169671202901&pagename=Linksys%2FC ommon%2FVisitorWrappe
> r&lid=0290146109L12> Weird. The Microsoft HCL says most of the
> Linksys stuff is 64bit Vista compatible, but the Linksys site only
> shows 32bit.
>

Exactly. thats what I found on most of the vendor websites. I have the list
printed out and will start checking.

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in
news:v8a36319anj0rak48u8ekq8fspann5gt7b@4ax.com:

> "Rev. Vegetable Lasagne" <vl@plonk.com> hath wroth:
>
>>The card I got was a 4 card, not 4.1 even though it was bought last
>>week.
>
> The WMP54G 4.0 versus 4.1 is a slight hardware difference. The same
> driver works with both. See:
> <http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...childpagename=
> US%2FLayout&cid=1150490054358&pagename=Linksys%2FC ommon%2FVisitorWrappe
> r&lid=5435839789B01> Vista driver is at:
> <http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...&childpagename
> =US%2FLayout&cid=1115417109934&packedargs=sku%3D11 50490054358&pagename=
> Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=0993454358B0 6>
>
>>As I said, I checked the vendor sites on the cards and nobody had 64
>>bit drivers.
>
> No, you said: "I tried putting in a linksys wmp54G v4 and it wouldn't
> pick up the drivers." That means you found the driver but it wouldn't
> install. This might be a good time to use System Restore to return
> you computah to where it was before you starting installing cards and
> drivers.
>
>>I'll check that list though. Thanks!
>
> Good luck.
>

When I said they wouldn't pick up the drivers, I mean I pointed the install
drivers dialog to the drivers disk that came with the unit and the
downloaded ralink drivers that were recommended, and Windows said there
were no drivers for the device. There's nothing wrong with the system.

I have the 4.0 version, but the 4.1 version is the one that's vista
certified even though I just bought it two weeks ago. Bastards don't have
the decency to put the version on the box.

I'll work through the list and the vendors sites. Thanks again.

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in
news:4la3635ib0l4ukkakhl30gg852eh248su4@4ax.com:

> "Rev. Vegetable Lasagne" <vl@plonk.com> hath wroth:
>
>>> See the Microsloth Hardware Compatibility List at:
>>> <http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/>
>
> Linksys Vista drivers:
> <http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...childpagename=
> US%2FLayout&cid=1169671202901&pagename=Linksys%2FC ommon%2FVisitorWrappe
> r&lid=0290146109L12> Weird. The Microsoft HCL says most of the
> Linksys stuff is 64bit Vista compatible, but the Linksys site only
> shows 32bit.
>

I talked the guy into just running a wire out of his bedroom across seven
inches of wall and behind the computer desk. case closed. It just wasn't
worth the hassle at this point. I'll revisit it in six months or so if he's
still interested. It's just one desktop computer involved. Thanks for the
info.