PCI Card Problems

i have recently bought a BELKIN 802.11g wireless desktop network card- and
all the other stuff needed for a home wireless network.

On installation of the card in to my primary PC, startup hangs before
windows even starts up, leaving me with a flashing cursor and not much
else.As soon as i remove the card from the PCI slot and restart, the machine
boots up fine

I have installed the card in my kids machine and was up and surfing within 5
mins. so its not the card

Any help/ideas would be much appreciated

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In <dip12d$p1l$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> on Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:31:15 +0100,
"Sally Luke" <giles@luke1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>i have recently bought a BELKIN 802.11g wireless desktop network card- and
>all the other stuff needed for a home wireless network.
>
>On installation of the card in to my primary PC, startup hangs before
>windows even starts up, leaving me with a flashing cursor and not much
>else.As soon as i remove the card from the PCI slot and restart, the machine
>boots up fine
>
>I have installed the card in my kids machine and was up and surfing within 5
>mins. so its not the card
>
>Any help/ideas would be much appreciated

Try a different PCI slot.

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Sally Luke wrote:
> i have recently bought a BELKIN 802.11g wireless desktop network card- and
> all the other stuff needed for a home wireless network.
>
> On installation of the card in to my primary PC, startup hangs before
> windows even starts up, leaving me with a flashing cursor and not much
> else.As soon as i remove the card from the PCI slot and restart, the machine
> boots up fine
>
> I have installed the card in my kids machine and was up and surfing within 5
> mins. so its not the card
>
> Any help/ideas would be much appreciated

I have seen similar problems with certain wireless PCI cards and certain
motherboards. I.e. I have a D-Link 802.11b PCI card, and it crashes one
of my motherboards (an Asus board, so it's not a no name junky board. It
doesn't matter which PCI slot I put it in, the system will not boot with
it installed. I don't know if it's some sort of BIOS problem, or what,
but it's not worth the time to troubleshoot it.

Thanks very much for the input. Looks like its back to the drawing
board.unless anyone has any Knows different?

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:khV3f.2447$Aw.44208@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Sally Luke wrote:
> > i have recently bought a BELKIN 802.11g wireless desktop network card-
and
> > all the other stuff needed for a home wireless network.
> >
> > On installation of the card in to my primary PC, startup hangs before
> > windows even starts up, leaving me with a flashing cursor and not much
> > else.As soon as i remove the card from the PCI slot and restart, the
machine
> > boots up fine
> >
> > I have installed the card in my kids machine and was up and surfing
within 5
> > mins. so its not the card
> >
> > Any help/ideas would be much appreciated
>
> I have seen similar problems with certain wireless PCI cards and certain
> motherboards. I.e. I have a D-Link 802.11b PCI card, and it crashes one
> of my motherboards (an Asus board, so it's not a no name junky board. It
> doesn't matter which PCI slot I put it in, the system will not boot with
> it installed. I don't know if it's some sort of BIOS problem, or what,
> but it's not worth the time to troubleshoot it.

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:19:12 GMT, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>I have seen similar problems with certain wireless PCI cards and certain
>motherboards. I.e. I have a D-Link 802.11b PCI card, and it crashes one
>of my motherboards (an Asus board, so it's not a no name junky board. It
>doesn't matter which PCI slot I put it in, the system will not boot with
>it installed. I don't know if it's some sort of BIOS problem, or what,
>but it's not worth the time to troubleshoot it.

So were you able to find a different brand card that WOULD work?


John Jones, Detroit

No I haven't gone down that route, was advised to get a USB wireless adapter
instead of a PCI card, installing it now, will let you know how it goes.
Regards
"John Jones" <jjetroit000@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:19:12 GMT, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have seen similar problems with certain wireless PCI cards and certain
> >motherboards. I.e. I have a D-Link 802.11b PCI card, and it crashes one
> >of my motherboards (an Asus board, so it's not a no name junky board. It
> >doesn't matter which PCI slot I put it in, the system will not boot with
> >it installed. I don't know if it's some sort of BIOS problem, or what,
> >but it's not worth the time to troubleshoot it.
>
> So were you able to find a different brand card that WOULD work?
>
>
> John Jones, Detroit