Will not Shutdown after Wireles PCI Card Installation

I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it works
fine.

Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all the
normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a restart.
Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
appropriately close files you know...

I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem returns.

I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything specific
to change. Any ideas???

lk

Contact Airlink tech support, the problem is obviously with their hardware
or drivers.

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"lk" <> wrote in message
news:fJLal.4871$...
>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it works
>fine.
>
> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all the
> normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a restart.
> Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
> appropriately close files you know...
>
> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
> should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem returns.
>
> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
> specific to change. Any ideas???
>

David B.

On Jan 12, 6:11*pm, "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it works
> fine.
>
> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all the
> normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a restart.
> Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
> appropriately close files you know...
>
> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
> should with no restarting. *When I reinstall the card the problem returns.
>
> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything specific
> to change. *Any ideas???

Which version of the drivers? Did you check for a newer version from
the card's manufacturer's web site? Several other manufacturers do
provide updated drivers, off their tech support web site.

smlunatick

It is an AirLink101 AWLH6090 (has 3 remote mounted antennas). I checked the
AirLink101 website and could not find any driver updates for this model. I
emailed their tech support explaining the shutdown problem and also asking
for driver updates as other models have updates posted. No answer yet (its
been 5 days).
"smlunatick" <> wrote in message
news:96204430-354d-4479-8c61-...
On Jan 12, 6:11 pm, "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it
> works
> fine.
>
> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all the
> normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a restart.
> Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
> appropriately close files you know...
>
> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
> should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem returns.
>
> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
> specific
> to change. Any ideas???

Which version of the drivers? Did you check for a newer version from
the card's manufacturer's web site? Several other manufacturers do
provide updated drivers, off their tech support web site.

lk

Hi
Try another PCI slot it might be an IRQ conflict that confuses the drivers.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"lk" <> wrote in message
news:fJLal.4871$...
>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it works
>fine.
>
> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all the
> normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a restart.
> Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
> appropriately close files you know...
>
> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
> should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem returns.
>
> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
> specific to change. Any ideas???
>

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

On Jan 13, 5:58*pm, "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> Jack at your suggestion I moved the card to each of the 3 PCI slots in the
> PC and still have the same issue. *If there was an IRQ conflict, wouldnt
> there be some error message coming up?
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
>
> news:...
>
> > Hi
> > Try another PCI slot it might be an IRQ conflict that confuses the
> > drivers.
> > Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> > "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> >news:fJLal.4871$...
> >>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it
> >>works fine.
>
> >> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all
> >> the normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a
> >> restart. Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
> >> appropriately close files you know...
>
> >> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
> >> should with no restarting. *When I reinstall the card the problem
> >> returns.
>
> >> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
> >> specific to change. *Any ideas???

No. XP allows sharing the IRQs and sometimes it share an IRQ that is
an important one (such as IRQs for the hard drive.)

smlunatick

I have gotten around some odd behavor that was actually caused by the
Utilities installed along with the driver by getting rid of the Utility. In
my case it was impossible to install the drivers without also installing the
Utility,...so...

After installation I uninstalled the Utility from Add/Remove Programs. The
actual drivers are quite often left behind after that. So I removed the
adapter and booted up once,....shutdown,...reinstalled the adapter and
started back up. The Plug-n-play detected the adapter and installed the
drivers that were left behind without having to install the utility. Just
don't give it the OEM CD, do not tell it to search the Internet for drivers
and just tell it to "automatically" install the drivers which causes it to
only look at the drivers it already has locally.

I don't know if that will work for you or not, but it worked great for one
of the Linksys "USB" Nics that I use at home. This also cleanly allows the
Windows Zero Configuration Utility to control the nic because their is no
utility to compete with.


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"lk" <> wrote in message
news:HC4bl.8774$...
> Jack at your suggestion I moved the card to each of the 3 PCI slots in the
> PC and still have the same issue. If there was an IRQ conflict, wouldnt
> there be some error message coming up?
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi
>> Try another PCI slot it might be an IRQ conflict that confuses the
>> drivers.
>> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>>
>> "lk" <> wrote in message
>> news:fJLal.4871$...
>>>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it
>>>works fine.
>>>
>>> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all
>>> the normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a
>>> restart. Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
>>> appropriately close files you know...
>>>
>>> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
>>> should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem
>>> returns.
>>>
>>> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
>>> specific to change. Any ideas???
>>>
>>
>
>

Phillip Windell

Hi
It depends how hard you want to work.
Try to find out the name of the manufacturer of the card chipset, and log to
its site and download the OEM drivers.
Or the easy way out, splurged for this (inexpensive and works very well).
Edimax - PCI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833315041
Driver/Utility for Windows 98SE/Me/2K/XP/XP 64/Vista/Vista 64
http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"lk" <> wrote in message
news:HC4bl.8774$...
> Jack at your suggestion I moved the card to each of the 3 PCI slots in the
> PC and still have the same issue. If there was an IRQ conflict, wouldnt
> there be some error message coming up?
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi
>> Try another PCI slot it might be an IRQ conflict that confuses the
>> drivers.
>> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>>
>> "lk" <> wrote in message
>> news:fJLal.4871$...
>>>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it
>>>works fine.
>>>
>>> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all
>>> the normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a
>>> restart. Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does not
>>> appropriately close files you know...
>>>
>>> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
>>> should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem
>>> returns.
>>>
>>> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
>>> specific to change. Any ideas???
>>>
>>
>
>

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

Update-

I installed the adapter into another computer... Did not have the "Will not
shutdown" issue. Windows detected and loaded driver on this PC. I suspect it
is not a 'bad card' hardware problem. Moved adapter back to intended PC.

Checked for IRQ Conflicts on card's hardware properties - None

Checked for IRQ Sharing of the PCI Slots -
PCI Slot 1 IRQ 16 is shared with 2 other devices
PCI Slot 2 IRQ 18 is shared with 2 other devices
PCI Slot 3 IRQ 21 Not Shared.

Adapter left installed in PCI Slot 3.

Checked for Chipset Driver Update on Ralink.
Chipset = RT2680
Update available 1.2.1.0 (11/11/200 Previous on AirLink CD was
1.01.00.0000
Loaded updated driver - Will not Shutdown problem still exists.
Uninstalled AirLink 101 Monitor and installed Ralink RaUI monitor software -
Will not Shutdown problem still exists.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
> It depends how hard you want to work.
> Try to find out the name of the manufacturer of the card chipset, and log
> to its site and download the OEM drivers.
> Or the easy way out, splurged for this (inexpensive and works very well).
> Edimax - PCI
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833315041
> Driver/Utility for Windows 98SE/Me/2K/XP/XP 64/Vista/Vista 64
> http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> "lk" <> wrote in message
> news:HC4bl.8774$...
>> Jack at your suggestion I moved the card to each of the 3 PCI slots in
>> the PC and still have the same issue. If there was an IRQ conflict,
>> wouldnt there be some error message coming up?
>>
>> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi
>>> Try another PCI slot it might be an IRQ conflict that confuses the
>>> drivers.
>>> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>>>
>>> "lk" <> wrote in message
>>> news:fJLal.4871$...
>>>>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it
>>>>works fine.
>>>>
>>>> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all
>>>> the normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a
>>>> restart. Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does
>>>> not appropriately close files you know...
>>>>
>>>> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
>>>> should with no restarting. When I reinstall the card the problem
>>>> returns.
>>>>
>>>> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
>>>> specific to change. Any ideas???
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

lk

On Jan 16, 5:25*pm, "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> Update-
>
> I installed the adapter into another computer... Did not have the "Will not
> shutdown" issue. Windows detected and loaded driver on this PC. I suspect it
> is not a 'bad card' hardware problem. *Moved adapter back to intended PC.
>
> Checked for IRQ Conflicts on card's hardware properties - None
>
> Checked for IRQ Sharing of the PCI Slots -
> PCI Slot 1 IRQ 16 is shared with 2 other devices
> PCI Slot 2 IRQ 18 is shared with 2 other devices
> PCI Slot 3 IRQ 21 Not Shared.
>
> Adapter left installed in PCI Slot 3.
>
> Checked for Chipset Driver Update on Ralink.
> Chipset = RT2680
> Update available 1.2.1.0 (11/11/200 *Previous on AirLink CD was
> 1.01.00.0000
> Loaded updated driver - Will not Shutdown problem still exists.
> Uninstalled AirLink 101 Monitor and installed Ralink RaUI monitor software -
> Will not Shutdown problem still exists.
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
>
> news:...
>
> > Hi
> > It depends how hard you want to work.
> > Try to find out the name of the manufacturer of the card chipset, and log
> > to its site and download the OEM drivers.
> > Or the easy way out, splurged for this (inexpensive and works very well).
> > Edimax *- PCI
> >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833315041
> > Driver/Utility for Windows 98SE/Me/2K/XP/XP 64/Vista/Vista 64
> >http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm
> > Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> > "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> >news:HC4bl.8774$.. .
> >> Jack at your suggestion I moved the card to each of the 3 PCI slots in
> >> the PC and still have the same issue. *If there was an IRQ conflict,
> >> wouldnt there be some error message coming up?
>
> >> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
> >>news:...
> >>> Hi
> >>> Try another PCI slot it might be an IRQ conflict that confuses the
> >>> drivers.
> >>> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> >>> "lk" <lmkorenc...@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> >>>news:fJLal.4871$...
> >>>>I put a new AirLink101 WLAN PCI card in a HP Compaq D530 tower and it
> >>>>works fine.
>
> >>>> Problem is during typical Windows shutdown, the computer goes thru all
> >>>> the normal shutdown activity and then reboots as if I had selected a
> >>>> restart. Holding in the power button will shut it down but that does
> >>>> not appropriately close files you know...
>
> >>>> I pulled the card out of the PCI slot and a shutdown works normal as it
> >>>> should with no restarting. *When I reinstall the card the problem
> >>>> returns.
>
> >>>> I have check for power management settings and cannot find anything
> >>>> specific to change. *Any ideas???

It seems that the wireless card might not be compatible with the
motherboard / chipset set in the PC that is having the shutdown
problems. Check for any possible BIOS update (this might offer a
"fix" for IRQ problems???) and update/install the motherboard chipset
drivers.

smlunatick