Ugh, USB Wireless adapter troubles in Win7Pro x64
Background:
For about 4 years, I've been happy with my Hawking HWU54D. Great performance...but sadly no x64 drivers (Vista or otherwise). So I picked up what I believed would have at least Vista x64 support in the AWU036H. Got it from Data-alliance, so not just a random eBay purchase.
So virgin install of Win7.
1. Installed Intel chipset drivers so all my USB ports are good to go.
Plug-in the AWU036H, get the "can't install driver" message, point it to the driver folder I downloaded (12/9/2009 drivers) - and it installs. LED turns on, so I think I'm about done. Nope. Apparently while the driver supposedly installed (and they are WHQL), I have a bit red X on my WLAN connection icon. Apparently it claims they are no networks. I know this is bull since my Hawking easily picked up at least 8 AP's.
2. Maybe the latest driver sucks? I uninstall and rebooted in safe-mode (just-in case for driver-signing), this time I try a 2008 driver from the CD. No go. I try the 6/29/2009 driver. Nope. At this point, I must be missing something obvious - but for a like a split-second, I saw the bars actually go green and it actually sees at least 6 of the neighborhood APs. For a second. Then the redX returns. Using Diagnose made me feel like a noob, and with a slap in the face concludes "may have trouble with WLAN driver".
*Clunk*
I'm this close to buying a POS, thumbdrive from microcenter. I tried at least 3 different drivers. Ironically the WHQL driver, the one on their website, was just as useless as the others. Tell me I'm missing something obvious.
Background:
For about 4 years, I've been happy with my Hawking HWU54D. Great performance...but sadly no x64 drivers (Vista or otherwise). So I picked up what I believed would have at least Vista x64 support in the AWU036H. Got it from Data-alliance, so not just a random eBay purchase.
So virgin install of Win7.
1. Installed Intel chipset drivers so all my USB ports are good to go.
Plug-in the AWU036H, get the "can't install driver" message, point it to the driver folder I downloaded (12/9/2009 drivers) - and it installs. LED turns on, so I think I'm about done. Nope. Apparently while the driver supposedly installed (and they are WHQL), I have a bit red X on my WLAN connection icon. Apparently it claims they are no networks. I know this is bull since my Hawking easily picked up at least 8 AP's.
2. Maybe the latest driver sucks? I uninstall and rebooted in safe-mode (just-in case for driver-signing), this time I try a 2008 driver from the CD. No go. I try the 6/29/2009 driver. Nope. At this point, I must be missing something obvious - but for a like a split-second, I saw the bars actually go green and it actually sees at least 6 of the neighborhood APs. For a second. Then the redX returns. Using Diagnose made me feel like a noob, and with a slap in the face concludes "may have trouble with WLAN driver".
*Clunk*
I'm this close to buying a POS, thumbdrive from microcenter. I tried at least 3 different drivers. Ironically the WHQL driver, the one on their website, was just as useless as the others. Tell me I'm missing something obvious.
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