Just received a Dell PowerEdge 600SC the other day that I will use as a file server in my house. It comes with a onboard gigabit NIC but I want to use a Linksys wireless PCI card (WMP54G). The system has one 32-bit 3.3v PCI slot and 5 64-bit 3.3v PCI slots. When I put the card in and install Windows 2000 it does not have the drivers for the card obviously and shows it as an unknown NIC. I have no other PCI cards in the system and have tried it on the 32-bit and the 64-bit slots. As soon as I install the drivers the system blue screens and says - Hardware malfunction - call your hardware vendor for support - the system has halted. Then when I reboot the system it blue screens and says - unable to load driver - \systemroot\system32\drivers\bcmwl5.sys this is the driver for the card. I can get it to boot if i choose safe mode without network support or if I take the card out. I have installed Windows 2000 twice and updated to SP3. I also tried it in XP and it still does the same thing. I called Linksys and they say it is a conflict with the system so I cal Dell and they say that it is a problem with the driver. Any ideas? I have also tried to change the IRQ in the BIOS.
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Linksys WMP54g crashes Dell PowerEdge 600SC
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cismaxz,
Have you updated the Bios on that machine. I just did a quick check on the Dell site and the current Bios version is A04. I find that the Bios revisions tend to help a lot of different problems.
See if you can get to this link to download the new version.
Have you updated the Bios on that machine. I just did a quick check on the Dell site and the current Bios version is A04. I find that the Bios revisions tend to help a lot of different problems.
See if you can get to this link to download the new version.
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RVStevenson
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I am getting this same message when trying to install an Audigy sound card. Did you ever determine the cause?
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Ryan V. Stevenson
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East Lansing, MI - USA
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Thanks,
Ryan V. Stevenson
Specialty Services Director
National Support Network
East Lansing, MI - USA
Ryan@itpayz.com
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Wow this is an old message 
No, I never was able to resolve the problem. I spoke with a friend of mine who works in the NT group as a developer at MS and he said it is definitely a driver issue. I ended up just getting rid of the card and using USB wireless.
No, I never was able to resolve the problem. I spoke with a friend of mine who works in the NT group as a developer at MS and he said it is definitely a driver issue. I ended up just getting rid of the card and using USB wireless.- Status
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