Network card issues

Skeptic · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:58

Hi guys,

Just taken delivery of TPLINK network card. (PCI)

Installed it as usual, loaded win 7 (64bit) and tried to do the driver install part. It says that the device is not there

In device manager there is a device; Atheros AR922x Wireless network card. This is a new device. Obviously when I try and install the TP link drivers it says the card is not there.

Any thoughts? Odd one? Thanks

stulid · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:08

Your not alone here, I tried to setup my sisters pc with one (win7 64bit) couldnt connect to the BT home Hub, sent it back.

Tried two USB wireless n adaptors(Belkin/Netgear), drivers failed to work.

using a Ethernet cable and all is good.

Skeptic · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:23

Well, the card is shown in device manager, but when I try and install the drivers it says the card is not there. About to try it in a different pci slot now. Any possible other thoughts?

stulid · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:29

Not from me, i just gave up and used a cable, not what my sister wanted, but oh well.

Menthis · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:31

I had the same problem with my sisters network card, I gave up in the end too, and the computer is gathering dust in the corner

Skeptic · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:51

FFs another waste of £20 then.

Skeptic · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:06

Found this on another forum, this is the exact problem. This guy RMA'd the device;

'I'm having trouble installing a PCI wireless card, TP-Link WN851N. When I install the drivers I get the device manager error, "The Device Cannot Start (Code 10)," so I can't connect to any network. I'm using Windows XP SP3 32bit.

I've tried the following:
Uninstalling drivers and reinstalling
Uninstalling the device from driver manager
Installing new drivers
Installing new drivers with windows "new device has been found" utility
Moving the card to 3 different PCI slots
Removing all other PCI cards (sound card)

One curious thing, when I try to install the new drivers I downloaded, I first have to uninstall the previous drivers, and it uninstalls them for a while and seems to have uninstalled them, but at the end it gives a message: "The driver files you wish to remove will not be removed as the corresponding card is not inserted."

Is there any way to check if the actual card could be damaged? I assume that since it is being recognized by windows in some way that it's working, and is having some kind of conflict which I do not know how fix, but the status LED's on the card itself are not working.'