Hi, I recently moved to the NYC area a few months ago and I just joined this list.
Anyway, I am looking for any feedback from anyone who has had this problem, and what they did to solve it. Problem: I tried to install a Linksys WMP55AG dual-band into one of my desktops and the machine won't even POST. It works fine on my newer desktop, so I know its not the card. I found out that most PCI based wireless cards are PCI 2.2 compliant, which means that they won't work at all in older (including many Slot 1 pentium II/III boards) PCI 2.1 systems (motherboards now are both 2.1,2.2, and many are 2.3 compliant as well). Usual symptom is that the desktop system will refuse to even post once you install the wireless card, which is exactly what I was seeing. From what I could find, one major difference between the two specs has to do with voltage (3.3v vs. 5v). Most of the solutions that I've seen posted to various boards usually involve either a) buying a USB wireless card (unacceptable, as I do not see a fair priced a/b/g version....and the system has USB 1.1 so I'd never see decent bandwidth..yes I could buy a USB 2.0 PCI card... but cost is becoming prohibitive), or b) buying a new motherboard (unacceptable, budget is too tight right now, and not unless I have to). So, I dismantled the linksys card (just need to use a soldering iron), and I found that it is a standard mini-pci (atheros ar5212a), with a u.fl connector on it (and another blank for a second u.fl... diversity option perhaps?)...hmmmm... I found these guys and they have a PCI v 2.1 and 2.2 compliant mini-pci to pci adapter card: http://www.wisp-router.com/product_info.php?products_id=125&osCsid=df09910952038f894c2026a06852f18e The tech on the phone also mentioned he may have other ideas about moving a few resistors around if the machine still won't post with their card. So I've ordered one of those cards and we'll see what happens. Comments? -Justin -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
