WTF is wrong with my wireless adapter?

[The Pentium Guy]

Microsoft MN-510.

There are 2 lights on it:
-Wireless
-Power

Sometimes it would randomly stop, both lights go out. I reconnect it to the same USB port, and the Power light stays on but the Wireless light stays off. I go to Add Hardware and find that "MN-510" is acting fubar'd, and it tells me I can't find the drivers. So I insert the drivers CD and it bitches, saying that "This isn't compatible with your version of Windows".

Then I plug it into ANOTHER USB port, but this time both the Wireless and the Power lights stay off. I do Add Hardware and it says "This device is disabled". I enable it and everything works fine.

WHY? It's been fine for so long. I had this problem last year, and it seems to be rather intermittent.

-The Pentium Guy

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Microsoft MN-510.

There are 2 lights on it:
-Wireless
-Power

Sometimes it would randomly stop, both lights go out. I reconnect it to the same USB port, and the Power light stays on but the Wireless light stays off. I go to Add Hardware and find that "MN-510" is acting fubar'd, and it tells me I can't find the drivers. So I insert the drivers CD and it bitches, saying that "This isn't compatible with your version of Windows".

Then I plug it into ANOTHER USB port, but this time both the Wireless and the Power lights stay off. I do Add Hardware and it says "This device is disabled". I enable it and everything works fine.

WHY? It's been fine for so long. I had this problem last year, and it seems to be rather intermittent.

-The Pentium Guy

There was a guy here who had the same problem

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Microsoft MN-510.

There are 2 lights on it:
-Wireless
-Power

Sometimes it would randomly stop, both lights go out. I reconnect it to the same USB port, and the Power light stays on but the Wireless light stays off. I go to Add Hardware and find that "MN-510" is acting fubar'd, and it tells me I can't find the drivers. So I insert the drivers CD and it bitches, saying that "This isn't compatible with your version of Windows".

Then I plug it into ANOTHER USB port, but this time both the Wireless and the Power lights stay off. I do Add Hardware and it says "This device is disabled". I enable it and everything works fine.

WHY? It's been fine for so long. I had this problem last year, and it seems to be rather intermittent.

-The Pentium Guy

There was a guy here who had the same problem

I'm searching, I'm searching.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Yeah I really can't find it. Anyone else have any advice? This just happened AGAIN, and it's pissing me off.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Blah. I just switched the adapter with another one and it works. I gave the messed up one to my dad and he seems to be going haywire. Dunno how that happened .... .

All in all, hardware problems are a bitch. Lesson learned.

 

[DavidoFoo]

That adapter is way shi[/i]tty.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: DavidoFoo
That adapter is way shi[/i]tty.

Gets the job done.