Breakdown:
Windows XP Pro
512mb DDR400
80gb Maxtor HD
nVidia GeForce 5200
P4 2.4 Ghz 800FSB
Gigabyte MB (Can't remember model off hand.. am at work)
Netgear WG311v2 wireless PCI card
This connects to a WGR514v3 Wireless AP
I just installed Windows XP and finished installing all the drivers including the intel chipset drivers. I then proceded to install the drivers and utility for the wireless card and I got a Blue Screen! The BSOD indicated that the driver netwg311.sys had tried to read or write to memory it should not have. This happens randomly and each time it is 1 out of the 3 driver files that the wireless card uses that causes the BSOD. I've tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it. I've looked on Netgear's site, but there is no updated driver (the update on the site says it is firmware, but it is only a driver and it's the same one that came with the card). Netgear's tech support has been useless and I'm at my wits end. I even tried upgrading the firmware on the AP.
If the drivers don't cause a BSOD they slow the system down to a crawl at random times. The Utility that came with the wireless card crashes all the time as well. Does anyone know what is wrong with this Netgear peice of crap?
BTW, to fix the netgear utility problem, I tried disabling it and using Windows Zero configuration by specifying a Preferred Network to use. Well, that works great except that when the computer reboots it loses the Preferred Network I just added... Does anyone know the reason why XP deletes the newly created Preferred Network on reboot?
Thanks everyone, I really need your input.
Windows XP Pro
512mb DDR400
80gb Maxtor HD
nVidia GeForce 5200
P4 2.4 Ghz 800FSB
Gigabyte MB (Can't remember model off hand.. am at work)
Netgear WG311v2 wireless PCI card
This connects to a WGR514v3 Wireless AP
I just installed Windows XP and finished installing all the drivers including the intel chipset drivers. I then proceded to install the drivers and utility for the wireless card and I got a Blue Screen! The BSOD indicated that the driver netwg311.sys had tried to read or write to memory it should not have. This happens randomly and each time it is 1 out of the 3 driver files that the wireless card uses that causes the BSOD. I've tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it. I've looked on Netgear's site, but there is no updated driver (the update on the site says it is firmware, but it is only a driver and it's the same one that came with the card). Netgear's tech support has been useless and I'm at my wits end. I even tried upgrading the firmware on the AP.
If the drivers don't cause a BSOD they slow the system down to a crawl at random times. The Utility that came with the wireless card crashes all the time as well. Does anyone know what is wrong with this Netgear peice of crap?
BTW, to fix the netgear utility problem, I tried disabling it and using Windows Zero configuration by specifying a Preferred Network to use. Well, that works great except that when the computer reboots it loses the Preferred Network I just added... Does anyone know the reason why XP deletes the newly created Preferred Network on reboot?
Thanks everyone, I really need your input.