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Kuthrow · 04-14-2007, 12:38 PM

Okay, first let me start off with a little background on whats going on. Broadband was just installed in my home (Previously unable to get it), and I've been working on setting up a wireless router so that my mother can use her laptop online while I use my desktop. Setting up the router was simple (D-link WBR-1310). However when i attempted to install the wireless card in my mothers laptop (Sony PCG-FR130, D-Link DWL-G630) I initially had a very difficult time getting the drivers to install from the disc, and in fact had to download drivers (connected the laptop to the router directly by cat5) to finally install them.

Something I noticed, and that my mother had mentioned to me before was that at times it seemed that the laptop would just sit idle for several minutes and do nothing. When I say nothing, I mean nothing, no processor nor hard drive activity, I've even tried watching the task manager while this happens and the processor sits at 0% activity. Anyway, I shrugged it off for the time being, and continued trying to set up the wireless card. But when I would load up the program for setting up a connection, it would just sit there and never really even attempt to find a connection.

Okay, I figure theres probably something wrong with the card, so my mother picks up a Linksys WPC54GS on her way home from work, and I get to trying to install it. When I go to install the drivers, I encounter the "lag" problem where it just sits there doing nothing for several minutes. Finally it installs, and I get to the software for finding a connection. No matter how many times I've tried rebooting/reinstalling the software when I get to this screen nothing happens. I've tried clicking the "manual setup" button, and nothing happens, not the slightest reaction.

So, I've decided that the problem most likely lies with the laptop itself, since I had a similar problem with both devices (also my mother stated she has seen the 'lagging' problem numerous times). Initially I thought this 'lagging' problem might be a problem with the CD/DVD drive, however I've encountered it several times when not using a CD. This morning I ran benchmarks on the processor & hard drive, but both seemed to show normal results, from what I could tell. I've also checked for viruses, but turned up nothing.

The only options I can think of as to what to do in attempt to fix the problems are a hard drive wipe, backing up the crucial files and reinstalling windows. But I think chances of this actual fixing the problem are...low. The only other thing I can think of to do would be to replace the laptop...but thats not financially possible at the moment.

This is all I can think of at the moment, hopefully someone smarter than me can use this information to help me out. And if anymore information is needed, I'll gladly oblige :)

04-14-2007, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kuthrow Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP	Curious 'lagging' problem Okay, first let me start off with a little background on whats going on. Broadband was just installed in my home (Previously unable to get it), and I've been working on setting up a wireless router so that my mother can use her laptop online while I use my desktop. Setting up the router was simple (D-link WBR-1310). However when i attempted to install the wireless card in my mothers laptop (Sony PCG-FR130, D-Link DWL-G630) I initially had a very difficult time getting the drivers to install from the disc, and in fact had to download drivers (connected the laptop to the router directly by cat5) to finally install them. Something I noticed, and that my mother had mentioned to me before was that at times it seemed that the laptop would just sit idle for several minutes and do nothing. When I say nothing, I mean nothing, no processor nor hard drive activity, I've even tried watching the task manager while this happens and the processor sits at 0% activity. Anyway, I shrugged it off for the time being, and continued trying to set up the wireless card. But when I would load up the program for setting up a connection, it would just sit there and never really even attempt to find a connection. Okay, I figure theres probably something wrong with the card, so my mother picks up a Linksys WPC54GS on her way home from work, and I get to trying to install it. When I go to install the drivers, I encounter the "lag" problem where it just sits there doing nothing for several minutes. Finally it installs, and I get to the software for finding a connection. No matter how many times I've tried rebooting/reinstalling the software when I get to this screen nothing happens. I've tried clicking the "manual setup" button, and nothing happens, not the slightest reaction. So, I've decided that the problem most likely lies with the laptop itself, since I had a similar problem with both devices (also my mother stated she has seen the 'lagging' problem numerous times). Initially I thought this 'lagging' problem might be a problem with the CD/DVD drive, however I've encountered it several times when not using a CD. This morning I ran benchmarks on the processor & hard drive, but both seemed to show normal results, from what I could tell. I've also checked for viruses, but turned up nothing. The only options I can think of as to what to do in attempt to fix the problems are a hard drive wipe, backing up the crucial files and reinstalling windows. But I think chances of this actual fixing the problem are...low. The only other thing I can think of to do would be to replace the laptop...but thats not financially possible at the moment. This is all I can think of at the moment, hopefully someone smarter than me can use this information to help me out. And if anymore information is needed, I'll gladly oblige :)