Wireless Going Crazy

fixmy · 06-22-2009, 08:09 PM

Specs:
Notebook - Asus M50VM-A1
Wireless Card - Atheros ar928x
OS - Vista 32bit

The Story:
I was experiencing the "vista lag spikes" which so many people are experiencing so I decided to do something about it. One thing I read was to revert back to XP drivers, so I gave it a shot. That's when everything fell to *****.

The XP drivers I installed weren't compatible to I tried reverting back, but they were gone. So I tried uninstalling the drivers and downloading the latest ones for Vista (from another computer). Installed, still a fail.

So far I've spent several hours installing/uninstalling/updating various drivers and the wireless is going nuts. Sometimes it gives me the networks, but they immediately disappear. Sometimes I get an error saying that "There are no wireless networks in range" when there so clearly are. Mostly I get "Wireless capabilities are turned off" even though they are on (flipped switch on).

So... I want to take it from the top (driver uninstalled) and hopefully someone can give me the right links to the drivers I need. I'm going nuts here.

**lorjack** · 06-22-2009, 08:13 PM

Did you get the drivers from here?
http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

fixmy · 06-22-2009, 08:18 PM

I believe in god now. Once I finished typing up my message, I went back to my computer and lo and behold, we have connection.

Thanks for replying though. I downloaded and installed all the networking related drivers from that list previously. No idea what could have changed except for the wireless gods being pleased by my sacrifice of time. amen.

**lorjack** · 06-22-2009, 08:29 PM

Be careful what you say, you don't want to offend them!

Glad it is working

06-22-2009, 08:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
fixmy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Wireless Going Crazy Specs: Notebook - Asus M50VM-A1 Wireless Card - Atheros ar928x OS - Vista 32bit The Story: I was experiencing the "vista lag spikes" which so many people are experiencing so I decided to do something about it. One thing I read was to revert back to XP drivers, so I gave it a shot. That's when everything fell to *****. The XP drivers I installed weren't compatible to I tried reverting back, but they were gone. So I tried uninstalling the drivers and downloading the latest ones for Vista (from another computer). Installed, still a fail. So far I've spent several hours installing/uninstalling/updating various drivers and the wireless is going nuts. Sometimes it gives me the networks, but they immediately disappear. Sometimes I get an error saying that "There are no wireless networks in range" when there so clearly are. Mostly I get "Wireless capabilities are turned off" even though they are on (flipped switch on). So... I want to take it from the top (driver uninstalled) and hopefully someone can give me the right links to the drivers I need. I'm going nuts here.

06-22-2009, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,209 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Wireless Going Crazy Did you get the drivers from here? http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...

06-22-2009, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
fixmy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Re: Wireless Going Crazy I believe in god now. Once I finished typing up my message, I went back to my computer and lo and behold, we have connection. Thanks for replying though. I downloaded and installed all the networking related drivers from that list previously. No idea what could have changed except for the wireless gods being pleased by my sacrifice of time. amen.

06-22-2009, 08:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,209 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Wireless Going Crazy Be careful what you say, you don't want to offend them! Glad it is working __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...