PLease Help with networking laptop and desktop,desperate here!

Question

I have a sony vaio desktop and a dell latitude CPX laptop.The laptop I dont know much about . I have added a wireless router to my cable internet and connected desktop which works fine. But the laptop doesnt do anything when I place the belkin wirless notebook network card in. I followed the instructions but the lights dont even light up on the card. it is 802.11g as is the router. is this a laptop problem or card? I have never had the laptop connected to internet except thru the cable modem and usb cable to make sure it would connect. I want wireless with this belkin but no luck. Do I need to change anything or configure anything to make it work? could the card slot be bad? Please help. Thanks. Oh the dell has 12 g harddrive and 125 MB ram,498 MHz intel Pen lll processor,running win XP prof. on it. My son gave it to me so I know nothing about it other then that.Thanks for any and all help.

volcano11 · Answer

Does the wireless network card show up in Device Manager with no problems indicated?  If you open network connections, does the wireless network connection show up there? Steve

sassyjo10 · Answer

No it doesnt show up in device manager ,no internet connections showing. Thanks for answering my question,any advice?

volcano11 · Answer

First, have you installed the drivers for the wireless network card?  Are you sure the card is firmly plugged into the slot?  If it is firmly plugged and you can't get the drivers to install, then you may have a bad card.   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

It's more likely the PC card is bad than it is that the slot is bad.  Do you know anyone else with a laptop that you can test the card on? Steve

sassyjo10 · Answer

well I used the cd that came with it and it got to the part where it says insert card and then nothing ,because the card isnt showing up.I did load the network adapter driver but then when it says insert card it is one of those that stick out so far with the lights on the end,and they dont ligfht up at all. Thanks for your input.Is there any way I can tell if the slot is bad? I dont have phone line so I cant connect it to internet that way, I have cable internet. Thanks again.

sassyjo10 · Answer

not right off ,but might find someone tomorrow to test it with. Thanks for all your help.

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PLease Help with networking laptop and desktop,desperate here!

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