Problems Installing WMP54

I am having enormous problems installing a WMP54-G card on WinXP.
I have all the latest drivers from linksys, but Windows refuses to
'see' the drivers and install the card!? I have tried all sorts of
permutations and I'm just running out of ideas.

The card has been successfully installed ona win2k machine by a
friend.

-+= graq =+-

grag,
I had the same problem when I tried to install that same card. What I did
was uninstall the card in device manager, restarted the pc and allowed XP to
find New Hardware. When prompted by XP I put my driver CD in for the card
and finished the install. I also disabled my LAN card. Once I did all of
that it still looked like it wasnt installed so I just tried to connect to
my network and then it worked fine.


"-+= graq =+-" <> wrote in message
news: om...
>I am having enormous problems installing a WMP54-G card on WinXP.
> I have all the latest drivers from linksys, but Windows refuses to
> 'see' the drivers and install the card!? I have tried all sorts of
> permutations and I'm just running out of ideas.
>
> The card has been successfully installed ona win2k machine by a
> friend.

Parker

Thanks Parker, but I have tried that many times.

I Disable Wired LAN (onboard). I uninstall WLAN card in device
manager.
Reboot the machine - WinXP detects the hardware, I opt not to connect
to the internet (especially as it is disabled).
The install wizard the prompts me 'to insert install disk' if there is
one.
I place the CD in the drive, there's a bit of a whirr and then the
install wizard tells me:

"The wizard could not find the software to install your component for
....
... ? network controller".

I personally think that that is appaling.



"Parker" <> wrote in message news:<>...
> grag,
> I had the same problem when I tried to install that same card. What I did
> was uninstall the card in device manager, restarted the pc and allowed XP to
> find New Hardware. When prompted by XP I put my driver CD in for the card
> and finished the install. I also disabled my LAN card. Once I did all of
> that it still looked like it wasnt installed so I just tried to connect to
> my network and then it worked fine.
>
>
> "-+= graq =+-" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
> >I am having enormous problems installing a WMP54-G card on WinXP.
> > I have all the latest drivers from linksys, but Windows refuses to
> > 'see' the drivers and install the card!? I have tried all sorts of
> > permutations and I'm just running out of ideas.
> >
> > The card has been successfully installed ona win2k machine by a
> > friend.

-+= graq =+-

I had the same problem. Try a different PCI slot.




"-+= graq =+-" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Thanks Parker, but I have tried that many times.
>
> I Disable Wired LAN (onboard). I uninstall WLAN card in device
> manager.
> Reboot the machine - WinXP detects the hardware, I opt not to connect
> to the internet (especially as it is disabled).
> The install wizard the prompts me 'to insert install disk' if there is
> one.
> I place the CD in the drive, there's a bit of a whirr and then the
> install wizard tells me:
>
> "The wizard could not find the software to install your component for
> ...
> ... ? network controller".
>
> I personally think that that is appaling.
>
>
>
> "Parker" <> wrote in message
> news:<>...
>> grag,
>> I had the same problem when I tried to install that same card. What I
>> did
>> was uninstall the card in device manager, restarted the pc and allowed XP
>> to
>> find New Hardware. When prompted by XP I put my driver CD in for the
>> card
>> and finished the install. I also disabled my LAN card. Once I did all
>> of
>> that it still looked like it wasnt installed so I just tried to connect
>> to
>> my network and then it worked fine.
>>
>>
>> "-+= graq =+-" <> wrote in message
>> news: om...
>> >I am having enormous problems installing a WMP54-G card on WinXP.
>> > I have all the latest drivers from linksys, but Windows refuses to
>> > 'see' the drivers and install the card!? I have tried all sorts of
>> > permutations and I'm just running out of ideas.
>> >
>> > The card has been successfully installed ona win2k machine by a
>> > friend.

Mark

As Mark said, thats a good thought because it was a little touchy when
pressed into the PCI slot on my machine.


"Mark" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I had the same problem. Try a different PCI slot.
>
>
>
>
> "-+= graq =+-" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
>> Thanks Parker, but I have tried that many times.
>>
>> I Disable Wired LAN (onboard). I uninstall WLAN card in device
>> manager.
>> Reboot the machine - WinXP detects the hardware, I opt not to connect
>> to the internet (especially as it is disabled).
>> The install wizard the prompts me 'to insert install disk' if there is
>> one.
>> I place the CD in the drive, there's a bit of a whirr and then the
>> install wizard tells me:
>>
>> "The wizard could not find the software to install your component for
>> ...
>> ... ? network controller".
>>
>> I personally think that that is appaling.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Parker" <> wrote in message
>> news:<>...
>>> grag,
>>> I had the same problem when I tried to install that same card. What I
>>> did
>>> was uninstall the card in device manager, restarted the pc and allowed
>>> XP to
>>> find New Hardware. When prompted by XP I put my driver CD in for the
>>> card
>>> and finished the install. I also disabled my LAN card. Once I did all
>>> of
>>> that it still looked like it wasnt installed so I just tried to connect
>>> to
>>> my network and then it worked fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> "-+= graq =+-" <> wrote in message
>>> news: om...
>>> >I am having enormous problems installing a WMP54-G card on WinXP.
>>> > I have all the latest drivers from linksys, but Windows refuses to
>>> > 'see' the drivers and install the card!? I have tried all sorts of
>>> > permutations and I'm just running out of ideas.
>>> >
>>> > The card has been successfully installed ona win2k machine by a
>>> > friend.
>
>

Parker