letterman@invalid.com wrote:
>>> I have an older Compaq laptop with Windows 2000. I bought a brand new
>>> Belkin 802.11G card and installed the software that came with it.
> The card is a Belkin F5D7010v7
> The included software is "Belkin Wireless Utility - version 1.0.0.19.
>
> I did NOT install the latest W2K driver. I did not upgrade W2K at
> all. The install is directly from the "Windows 2000 Professional" CD.
> I realize that for security reasons I should upgrade using the MS
> upgrades, but I have not done so yet.
The belkin site has a series of driver downloads for the FSD7010; I'll
focus on those for fsd7010v6 and fsd7010v7; where the v6 dl description
includes W98 and a separate dl file for Vista, and the v7 dl description
does *NOT* include W98 and is a single file including Vista
1/24/07 6xxx Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP 32 BIT, Windows 98 SE
9/5/07 7032 Windows 2000, Windows XP 32 BIT, Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows
Vista 64 bit
I dl/ed both of those .exes which are actually selfextractor .zip/s and
looked at what was included.
Both of them include drivers for W98. The names for the .inf and .sys
files are not the same. The older version .inf looks like it is for
ralink chipsets rt2561 and rt2661, whereas the newer v. inf calls
everything by a belkin name. It is possible that the ralink and belkin
named drivers are actually for the same chipset by a different belkin
name, but I can't tell that.
> Where do I go from here? Should I upgrade the OS or not? I could not
> find an upgrade for the Belkin utility software, although I am trying
> to do this on my home (desktop) computer since I can not find any
> local hotspot that will work.
>
> In all honesty, I would have preferred installing Win98se on this old
> laptop, because it would likely run faster, and since I use 98 on my
> home computer, I like 98 much better. But this Belkin software is
> only for W2K and higher, and since I only use this laptop when I
> travel, I can live with W2K.
Then I would use your preferred W98se, one of my faves, and dl the v7
belkin drivers from here:
http://www.belkin.com/support/articl...id=6003&scid=0
or
http://snipr.com/gy504 Wireless G Notebook Card - Part # F5D7010 -
F5D7010 Driver
.... and use the v. 7 which doesn't mention W98
<
http://www.belkin.com/support/articl...id=6003&scid=0
&fid=3252&fn=f5d7010v7000.exe> <make oneline>
.... and then use an unzipper on that .exe which won't complain about the
..exe extender and unzip it into a folder. Then install the drivers by
directing W98 to the folder labeled 'Win98'/
> (The computer is a Compaq Prosignia 165. Pentium II 400mhz. processor
> w/ 10g harddrive, 192m RAM, ).
> Might there be some other software I can download to make it run
> better?
See above.
--
Mike Easter
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