ThinkPad R31 / XP Experience F5D7010 (2)

donestes · 04-15-2006, 07:46 AM

With the helpful information posted here (and http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...ilite=f5d7010), I got a lot farther but ultimately no joy.

Found "ver 1315" on the back of the Belkin card. From above discussion, I thought this must mean that it had the Broadcom chipset, so I went to http://www.broadcom.com/docs/driver_download and downloaded 570x/user_diag-8.30.zip and 440x/b44diag-2.12.zip. Booted to DOS (Win98 DOS not 6.22 as per instructions - 6.22 couldn't drive my keyboard), ran both diagnostics - neither detected a Broadcom card.

Then I went to Ralink and downloaded http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Wi...05_1.0.2.0.exe. This installed OK but did not detect the card.

The Belkin CD installed and the card worked fine in my ThinkPad T41p, but hung up at the APCMCIAFIRSTHW installation (88%) when attempting the install on an old ThinkPad R31. Elsewhere I saw the suggestion that the old system may not accept cardbus adapters, but if so why does WinXP recognize the card (including name) and attempt to load drivers for it?

I am giving up at this point.

johnwill · 04-15-2006, 02:21 PM

Even though it appears you're having the same problem, please start a new thread. It's very difficult to keep two problems straight and who's working on what in a single thread. Thanks for your cooperation.

04-15-2006, 07:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
donestes Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1 OS: Win98/2K/XP/WS03/RedHat/SuSe/VMware	ThinkPad R31 / XP Experience F5D7010 With the helpful information posted here (and http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...ilite=f5d7010), I got a lot farther but ultimately no joy. Found "ver 1315" on the back of the Belkin card. From above discussion, I thought this must mean that it had the Broadcom chipset, so I went to http://www.broadcom.com/docs/driver_download and downloaded 570x/user_diag-8.30.zip and 440x/b44diag-2.12.zip. Booted to DOS (Win98 DOS not 6.22 as per instructions - 6.22 couldn't drive my keyboard), ran both diagnostics - neither detected a Broadcom card. Then I went to Ralink and downloaded http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Wi...05_1.0.2.0.exe. This installed OK but did not detect the card. The Belkin CD installed and the card worked fine in my ThinkPad T41p, but hung up at the APCMCIAFIRSTHW installation (88%) when attempting the install on an old ThinkPad R31. Elsewhere I saw the suggestion that the old system may not accept cardbus adapters, but if so why does WinXP recognize the card (including name) and attempt to load drivers for it? I am giving up at this point.

04-15-2006, 02:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 32,567 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Even though it appears you're having the same problem, please start a new thread. It's very difficult to keep two problems straight and who's working on what in a single thread. Thanks for your cooperation. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience