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September 27th, 2008 14:00
wireless adapter crashes system
I was out of town when the initial problem occurred so I cannot describe it – but this is what I found when I returned. My wife’s computer would not boot into Windows. (She had been doing nothing other than normal use of the machine—email, etc.) It would get to a certain point in the process and then go into an infinite series of reboots, Apology screens, etc. Eventually I determined it was related to her Linksys WUSB54G network adapter (which has worked for years). Unplug it, the system boots. Replug it and everything crashes. I tried a system restore. No results. I uninstalled and cleaned out the Linksys files, directories and registry entries. Reinstalling it with the latest drives everything goes fine until the instructions say “connect the adapter” at which time it crashes again.
I’m at an impasse. Seems to me if it was hardware related, it wouldn’t work, but it wouldn’t crash the computer. If it’s drivers, why does uninstalling and doing a fresh install accomplish nothing?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Dimension 4100
Win XP
P3 512MB
dawooddoe
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September 27th, 2008 15:00
Try to connect that wireless adapter to other USB port, uninstall the existing driver, then download and install the latest driver from this linksys download page. See whether it can help..
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volcano11
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September 27th, 2008 15:00
It sounds to me like a hardware failure of the WUSB54G adapter. A cheap troubleshooting step would be to replace the adapter.
Steve
mfountain01
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September 28th, 2008 14:00
One step forward, on step back I suppose. After many installs, uninstalls, reinstalls, using different USB ports I can actually plug the WUSB54g in without it resulting in a system crash. The software installs, but then it just cycles between 2 messages: You are connected but the Internet cannot be found” and “Cannot Associate with Access point.”
Trying to refresh the IP address just times out. Manually releasing and renewing the ip address in ipconfig does nothing. I’ve run a program called Winsock XP Fix Tool, to no avail. Sometimes I will run across the message “Access Violation 30363154.”
Davet50
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September 28th, 2008 15:00
Try using the windows wireless zero to manage the adapter. I never had much luck with the linksys adapter software with my usb adapter.
you can also go HERE and try these linksys utilities.