hi all first post and i could do with some help please

jaycraft21 · 08-26-2008, 10:41 AM

hi all, this is my first post so i'm not sure if i have put it in the right place if i have sorry,

i am having some trouble with my realtek wireless lan card i am not sure what the driver is but i knbow its the one i was using before i re-installed windows XP Pro on my machine the card is RTL8185 wireless pci but for some reason it keeps disconnecting itself from the net and when it does my pc freezes and sometimes goes to the blue screen i have downloaded and installed the newest version of the driver from realteks site but it still does the same thing does anyone know what causes this or how to stop it. i have tried disabling and enabling the card and setting it to "windows zero config" when i do this its ok for about 10 minutes and it plays up again. i did have it working fine in the machine before i re-installed XP and i have tried 3 different driver versions any ideas?

thanks for reading
J

Houndog777 · 08-26-2008, 03:04 PM

Hi, Jaycraft
What's the Manufacturer & Model of your System, or Motherboard?
After you reinstalled XP, did you install the Chipset Drivers for the motherboard; these are always installed first?
Have you made any changes to your BIOS Settings, apart from Boot from CD to install XP?

jaycraft21 · 08-30-2008, 12:57 PM

errrrr??? good question i will let you know soon what the system is a friend built it for me a couple of years ago

i did install motherboard drivers and there has been no changes in the bios it's as default settings.

i have got it running to a fasion but it will only connect at 11mbps now which is better than nothing. but further help to get it running properly would be appreciated :D

i was going to ask would i be better off scrapping the realtek card and going with something else and if so what would be the best to go with ?

speak to you soon !
J

Houndog777 · 09-01-2008, 02:54 PM

11Mbps!
You're complaining about 11 million bits per second?

08-26-2008, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
jaycraft21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP pro	hi all first post and i could do with some help please hi all, this is my first post so i'm not sure if i have put it in the right place if i have sorry, i am having some trouble with my realtek wireless lan card i am not sure what the driver is but i knbow its the one i was using before i re-installed windows XP Pro on my machine the card is RTL8185 wireless pci but for some reason it keeps disconnecting itself from the net and when it does my pc freezes and sometimes goes to the blue screen i have downloaded and installed the newest version of the driver from realteks site but it still does the same thing does anyone know what causes this or how to stop it. i have tried disabling and enabling the card and setting it to "windows zero config" when i do this its ok for about 10 minutes and it plays up again. i did have it working fine in the machine before i re-installed XP and i have tried 3 different driver versions any ideas? thanks for reading J

08-26-2008, 03:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: hi all first post and i could do with some help please Hi, Jaycraft What's the Manufacturer & Model of your System, or Motherboard? After you reinstalled XP, did you install the Chipset Drivers for the motherboard; these are always installed first? Have you made any changes to your BIOS Settings, apart from Boot from CD to install XP?

08-30-2008, 12:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
jaycraft21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP pro	Re: hi all first post and i could do with some help please errrrr??? good question i will let you know soon what the system is a friend built it for me a couple of years ago i did install motherboard drivers and there has been no changes in the bios it's as default settings. i have got it running to a fasion but it will only connect at 11mbps now which is better than nothing. but further help to get it running properly would be appreciated :D i was going to ask would i be better off scrapping the realtek card and going with something else and if so what would be the best to go with ? speak to you soon ! J

09-01-2008, 02:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: hi all first post and i could do with some help please 11Mbps! You're complaining about 11 million bits per second?