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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need
it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
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There is No reason that it should work. If the card is recognized and drivers installed at least one time, follow this path. http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html Jack (MS, MVP-Networking). "Metspitzer" wrote in message ... I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
Hi
There is No reason that it should work. If the card is recognized and drivers installed at least one time, follow this path. http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html Jack (MS, MVP-Networking). "Metspitzer" wrote in message ... I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
Where I am stuck is that when I check the device manager with no PCI
cards in the machine at all I still have a ghost device. It has a network card icon with an X over the icon. It doesn't look like the icon with a question mark. If I boot the computer in safe mode it shows my Linksys 100 installed 3 times and it shows the ghost icon of the packet scheduler. I wish I could do screenshots, but I would have to burn the image to a CD to get it to a machine connected to the Internet. I would like to uninstall the ghost device, but I get the error it failed to uninstall because the device may be required to boot the computer. On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:31:23 -0400, "Jack [MVP-Networking]" wrote: Hi There is No reason that it should work. If the card is recognized and drivers installed at least one time, follow this path. http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html Jack (MS, MVP-Networking). "Metspitzer" wrote in message .. . I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
Where I am stuck is that when I check the device manager with no PCI
cards in the machine at all I still have a ghost device. It has a network card icon with an X over the icon. It doesn't look like the icon with a question mark. If I boot the computer in safe mode it shows my Linksys 100 installed 3 times and it shows the ghost icon of the packet scheduler. I wish I could do screenshots, but I would have to burn the image to a CD to get it to a machine connected to the Internet. I would like to uninstall the ghost device, but I get the error it failed to uninstall because the device may be required to boot the computer. On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:31:23 -0400, "Jack [MVP-Networking]" wrote: Hi There is No reason that it should work. If the card is recognized and drivers installed at least one time, follow this path. http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html Jack (MS, MVP-Networking). "Metspitzer" wrote in message .. . I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:34:09 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I found this. Does this seem like a safe thing to try? http://msmvps.com/blogs/thenakedmvp/...uter-quot.aspx |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:34:09 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I found this. Does this seem like a safe thing to try? http://msmvps.com/blogs/thenakedmvp/...uter-quot.aspx |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
Older PCI implementations often won't support wireless PCI cards. This is a well-known issue. You might be able to get a BIOS update, but this does carry a risk of 'bricking' the computer if it goes badly. Try a USB adaptor, they will usually work. "Metspitzer" wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
Older PCI implementations often won't support wireless PCI cards. This is a well-known issue. You might be able to get a BIOS update, but this does carry a risk of 'bricking' the computer if it goes badly. Try a USB adaptor, they will usually work. "Metspitzer" wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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Trying to get P2 450 wireless with XP
Thanks
After 3 different cards, this is what I need to hear. On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:08:01 -0700, Anteaus wrote: Older PCI implementations often won't support wireless PCI cards. This is a well-known issue. You might be able to get a BIOS update, but this does carry a risk of 'bricking' the computer if it goes badly. Try a USB adaptor, they will usually work. "Metspitzer" wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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After 3 different cards, this is what I need to hear. On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:08:01 -0700, Anteaus wrote: Older PCI implementations often won't support wireless PCI cards. This is a well-known issue. You might be able to get a BIOS update, but this does carry a risk of 'bricking' the computer if it goes badly. Try a USB adaptor, they will usually work. "Metspitzer" wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. I could not get the card to work. It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. The next step is to install the card. So I did. It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. She had me check the properties of the driver. The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless? |
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On Aug 4, 7:25*pm, Metspitzer wrote:
Thanks After 3 different cards, this is what I need to hear. On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:08:01 -0700, Anteaus wrote: Older PCI implementations often won't support wireless PCI cards. This is a well-known issue. You might be able to get a BIOS update, but this does carry a risk of 'bricking' the computer if it goes badly. Try a USB adaptor, they will usually work. "Metspitzer" wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. *It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. *I could not get the card to work. *It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. *The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. *I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. *They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. *All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. *The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. *I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. *I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. *The next step is to install the card. *So I did. *It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. *When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. *It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. *I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. *She had me check the properties of the driver. *The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. *I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The older PCs (Pentium 4 or lower) may not follow the ACPI scheme. They then only have IRQ 0 to 15 and some are "reserved." You need to just locate and adjust the IRQ assignment setting to the PCI port. Hint: If you do not use the COM ports or Parallel port, you are able to "free" up upto 4 IRQs: COM 1 -- IRQ 4 COM 2 -- IRQ 3 Parallel port LPT1 - IRQ 7. LPT2 -- IRQ 5 (note can also be used by some sound cards Sound Blaster compatible.) |
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On Aug 4, 7:25*pm, Metspitzer wrote:
Thanks After 3 different cards, this is what I need to hear. On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:08:01 -0700, Anteaus wrote: Older PCI implementations often won't support wireless PCI cards. This is a well-known issue. You might be able to get a BIOS update, but this does carry a risk of 'bricking' the computer if it goes badly. Try a USB adaptor, they will usually work. "Metspitzer" wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. *It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. I bought a Linksys PCI card with speed booster. *I could not get the card to work. *It would report the card, but it would not recognize the wireless router even when I put the in the same room. *The min requirements are 500 Mhz with 128k mem. *I let Linksys tech support take control of the computer and they were unable to get it to work either. *They mailed me another card of the same type and it did the same thing. I went to Staples to get another name brand to see if I could get a card with less requirements. *All they had was anothe Linksys, but the card they had did not have speed booster. *The store tech guy said it should work even though it also has a 500Mhz 128k requirement. *I bought it. When I got home I uninstalled all the old drivers and rebooted the machine. *I then loaded the Linksys drivers for the new card. *The next step is to install the card. *So I did. *It will not report the card. In the device manager it reports a driver named...Packet Scheduler mini port #4. *When I try to uninstall this I get an error message saying that the uninstall failed. *It says....the device may be required to boot the computer. I called Linksys, and since this is the third card I have tried they really didn't seem to willing to help. *I told the tech girl I wanted to try to uninstall all the drivers. *She had me check the properties of the driver. *The owner is Microsoft so she said all she could suggest was to try the card in another PCI slot. *I have pulled all my PCI cards out of the machine and tried the new card in every slot and it won't report. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of the driver or what should I try next to get the computer working with wireless?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The older PCs (Pentium 4 or lower) may not follow the ACPI scheme. They then only have IRQ 0 to 15 and some are "reserved." You need to just locate and adjust the IRQ assignment setting to the PCI port. Hint: If you do not use the COM ports or Parallel port, you are able to "free" up upto 4 IRQs: COM 1 -- IRQ 4 COM 2 -- IRQ 3 Parallel port LPT1 - IRQ 7. LPT2 -- IRQ 5 (note can also be used by some sound cards Sound Blaster compatible.) |
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On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:34:09 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. Getting a USB external dongle worked where 3 different internal cards did not. Thanks everyone. |
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On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:34:09 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote: I have an old P2 450 with 256k ram. The machine does everything I need it to do. It currently has a PCI network adapter and I want to change the card to wireless. Getting a USB external dongle worked where 3 different internal cards did not. Thanks everyone. |
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