Old comp, working with wireless

[thecoolnessrune]

I have this old system sitting here. Windows 2000 Professional, (Or 98, or Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora. Its my experimenting PC, its ran alot on it) Anyways, it has a AMD K6-2 400 Mhz processor on it, 192 MB of ram, and an Asus P5A-B motherboard. I flashed it even with the most recent BIOS i could get a hold of (a beta).

Anytime I install a Linksys wireless card (WMP54G to be specific) into a PCI slot, the computer boots, and freezes during boot. Either during memory check, HD check, or discovering the floppy drive. As soon as I pull the card out, it boots up perfectly fine. Its freezing before it even checks for an OS, so im pretty sure thats not the problem. Does anyone know what is?

The reason I ask this is that I would like to get rid of the Cat 5 cable running across my floor...

 

[pkme2]

I use the same wireless card w/o incident on my Win XP, never on my Win 2000.
Sounds like a driver problem, not compatible with your system, maybe.

Remove the driver & uninstall card from system completely.
Install PCI card. Turn on computer. If you get past boot then let computer ask for driver CD. If it doesn't, then find another wireless card.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I dont get past boot. Heck, it will do the same thing when there isn't even an OS installed. It seems to me like a hardware issue.... But I dont have the money to test a new solution at the moment...

 

[ch33zw1z]

1. does this happen on any pci slot in the system?
2. does this happen with other pci cards?

 

[thecoolnessrune]

1. yes

2. No.. Tested a Creative Labs PCI 4.1 Digital soundcard and it worked. And Ive tried D-Link and Linksys network cards, both of which work. Its only happening with this wireless card in any slot i choose.