Linksys WMP54G Wireless Adapter/Home Premiuim 64bit

[ponderdj]

Has anyone had any luck getting a Linksys WMP54G v2 with the Broadcom Chipset working on Vista 64bit? I found drivers that say they should work and I've heard testimonials of others online saying they got theirs working but I keep getting a 'code 10 - device cannot start' error.

Any help?

 

[linney]

Linksys might have a firmware upgrade for your Router, might be worth a check.

 

[ponderdj]

It's a PCI adapter, not a router.

 

[linney]

Sorry, hardware is not my strong point.

It seems to a bit of a mess with this Adapter, 64bit. and Vista drivers.

Have you seen this link in your travels?

Need 64 bit drivers for my Linksys WMP54G Wireless

http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t6756.html

 

[ponderdj]

I sure have seen that link, linney. A few of the members there have had luck getting their adapters to work. Unfortunately they're using a WMP54G V4 with a Ralink 2500 chipset, whereas I have a WMP54G V2 with a Broadcom 4300 chipset.

 

[linney]

http://www.driveragent.com

and perhaps

http://www.driverguidetoolkit.com/

might be helpful in your search for drivers. The free scans might at least inform you if better drivers are available?

 

[ponderdj]

Have to be online to access the site, which I can't do without a working network adapter

I may pull it out and put in it the "old" XP machine, but that probably wouldn't help because it'd see that I have the 32 bit drivers I need for XP.

I guess I could go buy one of the adapters that's documented as working with a 64 bit OS (I have the WMP54g V2 with a Broadcom 43xx chipset, the V4 with a Ralink chipset supposedly works), but I feel that'd be giving up.