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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
Windows update offered me a driver update for the above device (it is based
on a Ralink chipset). I opted to download and install it. All seemed OK until my PC asked for a restart, when it hung on the "Shutting Down" screen and I eventually had to power it off. The PC then refused to boot up. It went through the POST fine, through the initial Vista boot-up screens, then, after a few seconds, the screen went blank and it hung in this state until I pulled the wireless adapter, at which point the boot continued OK. I assume it hung at the point it was trying to load the network adapter drivers. Plugging the adapter back in after loggin in it was recognised in Device Mgr, but would was dead to the world. Windows Update reports: Ralink - Networking - Belkin Wireless G USB Adapter Installation date: ‎19/‎11/‎2007 22:49 Installation status: Failed Error details: Code 800705B4 Update type: Optional Ralink Networking software update released in October, 2007 More information: http://winqual.microsoft.com/support/?driverid=20100777 Help and Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub Having rolled back to the old driver I have tried installing the latest drivers from Belkin's website, and an alternative that they point to on Ralink's site. Neither of those works either. They install, but the adapter is not enabled. I've checked everything I can think of but have ended up rolling back to the old driver for the time being. Anyone seen similar issues? |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
Is it WORKING with this old driver now?
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:06:00 -0800, cwinterb wrote: I've checked everything I can think of but have ended up rolling back to the old driver for the time being. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
Yes, it is working with the "old" driver.
I just wondered if anyone else had seen similar issues to me with the latest F5D7050 drivers? I want to know why two sets of updated drivers, one from Belkin and one from Ralink, the latter installation attempted via Windows Update and via a download from Ralink, both cause my system to lock up. Seems odd to me. Cwinterb. "Barb Bowman" wrote: Is it WORKING with this old driver now? On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:06:00 -0800, cwinterb wrote: I've checked everything I can think of but have ended up rolling back to the old driver for the time being. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
I am having a very similar problem with my belkin wireless adapter, says it's
installed, but just wont work and is stopping my system both shutting down and starting up properly, I don't have any 'old' drivers to use, just the setup disc that the adapter came with, all very confusing.... "cwinterb" wrote: Yes, it is working with the "old" driver. I just wondered if anyone else had seen similar issues to me with the latest F5D7050 drivers? I want to know why two sets of updated drivers, one from Belkin and one from Ralink, the latter installation attempted via Windows Update and via a download from Ralink, both cause my system to lock up. Seems odd to me. Cwinterb. "Barb Bowman" wrote: Is it WORKING with this old driver now? On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:06:00 -0800, cwinterb wrote: I've checked everything I can think of but have ended up rolling back to the old driver for the time being. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
The adapter version is located on the bottom of the box. Version 4 works
with Vista X86 (32 bit)- I had it working on a Dell laptop with Vista Business loaded. Version 5 works with both x86 and x64 vista (according to the link below) - drivers are he http://www.belkin.com/support/articl...=5381&scid=221 vista wrote: i have a belkin wireless G USB Network Adaptor, will that work with windows vista? |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
Hi, Having the same problem. I'm trying to install the belkin adapter on my acer running vista premium 32 bit. Windows identifies the adpater as Belkin and uses the ralink driver. I'll see if is can get the old driver to work. Thanks Vikram -- preethivik |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
Just reinstalled Fista, (still not sure i won't deletet the f@K!ing lot and go back to XP, but that's a different story!) During the reinstall, i inserted the Belkin instal disk (original) but got a msg stating that i needed xp or lower. Went to the belkin website to look for drivers/instal software. You HAVE to use V5. It says it's for xp only, but is the only vista one that works for instaling. Once installed, it will secretly updat to V6, not V7 even when you try and do a hardware update. All in all, it keeps dropping off every hour or so (intermittent fault that apparently is very common with Belkin!!) or runs for 50+ hours with no issues. I have not had a single startup/shutdown issue due to Belkin. I will be upgrading to a wireless card that atcually works at some point, but this wil do for now - unless anyone knows how to stop the random disconects!!!!! -- jonah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jonah's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/89325.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/856659.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Belkin F5D7050 Wireless G USB Adapter
I suggest that you:
1. Disconnect the USB adapter 2. Boot the system normally. 3. Run WinUpdate to make sure that you have latest USB drivers and other updates for your system 4. Boot/Restart. 5. Install the latest Vista 32 or 64 bit drivers from Belkin for your adapter. 6. Boot/Restart 7. Reconnect your Belkin adapter and check in device manager to see if it is using the drivers you got from Belkin. If not change drivers and point to the correct ones. "jonah" wrote in message ... Just reinstalled Fista, (still not sure i won't deletet the f@K!ing lot and go back to XP, but that's a different story!) During the reinstall, i inserted the Belkin instal disk (original) but got a msg stating that i needed xp or lower. Went to the belkin website to look for drivers/instal software. You HAVE to use V5. It says it's for xp only, but is the only vista one that works for instaling. Once installed, it will secretly updat to V6, not V7 even when you try and do a hardware update. All in all, it keeps dropping off every hour or so (intermittent fault that apparently is very common with Belkin!!) or runs for 50+ hours with no issues. I have not had a single startup/shutdown issue due to Belkin. I will be upgrading to a wireless card that atcually works at some point, but this wil do for now - unless anyone knows how to stop the random disconects!!!!! -- jonah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jonah's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/89325.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/856659.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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