Installing a wireless card

Hi -

I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
driver it is looking for).

I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having to
deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
else. Or there is some other solution...

Appreciate any help!

What model number and/or part number is the SMC wireless PCCard NIC?
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=d...eCod e=EN_USA

Where are you directing it to find the Win98 driver?
If on a driver CD, are you directing it to the Win98 folder on the CD?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm


wrote in message
...
Hi -

I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
driver it is looking for).

I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having to
deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
else. Or there is some other solution...

Appreciate any help!

If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed then the
installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
wrote in message
...
Hi -

I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
driver it is looking for).

I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having to
deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
else. Or there is some other solution...

Appreciate any help!

On Jun 8, 6:06 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:
If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed then the
installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - wrote in message

...

Hi -

I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
driver it is looking for).

I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having to
deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
else. Or there is some other solution...

Appreciate any help!

Hey guys -

Thanks for your help. It is an SMC2535W. It does not ask specifically
for the Windows CD. The laptop doe snot have a CD drive, but it does
have the W98 install cab files on it. The screwy thing is that when I
point the driver request to the downloaded driver, it says that this
is not the right driver. Any further ideas / guidance?

I am going to try another card and see if that gets me anywhere.

Best regards,

On Jun 8, 7:21 pm, wrote:
On Jun 8, 6:06 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:



If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed then the
installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - wrote in message

...

Hi -

I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
driver it is looking for).

I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having to
deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
else. Or there is some other solution...

Appreciate any help!

Hey guys -

Thanks for your help. It is an SMC2535W. It does not ask specifically
for the Windows CD. The laptop doe snot have a CD drive, but it does
have the W98 install cab files on it. The screwy thing is that when I
point the driver request to the downloaded driver, it says that this
is not the right driver. Any further ideas / guidance?

I am going to try another card and see if that gets me anywhere.

Best regards,

Sorry - model number SMC 2635W.

The exact sequence is:

- insert PCMCIA card
- insert tone is played, light goes on card
- hardware wizard opens
- detects "PCI Network controller" and asks for driver

Thanks again ~

Might be related to a couple of fixes:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=3D276602
however, the page has been moved or no longer directly offered
Others, Articles/KB: 295629, 280448

A search:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=&mode=r&lsc=0


A Toshiba offered MS hotfix - 280448USA8.EXE [read the MS Article first if
you can find it - PCI.vxd update 11-28-00]:

http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/...q280448-en.zip

***NOTE:
The driver you're attempting to install may actually be an installation,
check to see if it needs *run* rather than direction to the INF.
And there are times when a specific PCMCIA card will only work in one of the
slots, try moving the card to the other slot. Also ensure BIOS is set
properly.

There is also a key or two in the registry that might need checked.

--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________

wrote in message
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| On Jun 8, 7:21 pm, wrote:
| On Jun 8, 6:06 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:
|
|
|
| If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed
then the
| installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
| --
| Jeff Richards
| MS MVP (Windows - wrote in message
|
|
...
|
| Hi -
|
| I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
| some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
| install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
| When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
| newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
| driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
| driver it is looking for).
|
| I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having
to
| deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
| escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
| Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
| else. Or there is some other solution...
|
| Appreciate any help!
|
| Hey guys -
|
| Thanks for your help. It is an SMC2535W. It does not ask specifically
| for the Windows CD. The laptop doe snot have a CD drive, but it does
| have the W98 install cab files on it. The screwy thing is that when I
| point the driver request to the downloaded driver, it says that this
| is not the right driver. Any further ideas / guidance?
|
| I am going to try another card and see if that gets me anywhere.
|
| Best regards,
|
| Sorry - model number SMC 2635W.
|
| The exact sequence is:
|
| - insert PCMCIA card
| - insert tone is played, light goes on card
| - hardware wizard opens
| - detects "PCI Network controller" and asks for driver
|
| Thanks again ~

wrote in message
...
On Jun 8, 7:21 pm, wrote:
On Jun 8, 6:06 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:



If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed then the
installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - wrote in message

...

Hi -

I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
driver it is looking for).

I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having to
deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
else. Or there is some other solution...

Appreciate any help!

Hey guys -

Thanks for your help. It is an SMC2535W. It does not ask specifically
for the Windows CD. The laptop doe snot have a CD drive, but it does
have the W98 install cab files on it. The screwy thing is that when I
point the driver request to the downloaded driver, it says that this
is not the right driver. Any further ideas / guidance?

I am going to try another card and see if that gets me anywhere.

Best regards,

Sorry - model number SMC 2635W.

The exact sequence is:

- insert PCMCIA card
- insert tone is played, light goes on card
- hardware wizard opens
- detects "PCI Network controller" and asks for driver

Please go again to the support site I linked in my first reply:
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=d...eCod e=EN_USA

Scroll down to
"STEP 1: Choose product Information"
Select Wireless for Category
Select SMC 2635W for Model number
Enter the Part Number next

"Where do I find my part number?"
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=w...eCode=E N_USA

Then go to
"STEP 2 - What Would You Like To Download?"
Select "Driver", then select the operating system.

There are two possible part numbers and they take different drivers, one takes
version 1 and the other version 2, IF you have Win98SE.

If you have the original version of Win98 (Win98 First Edition), they do not list an
available driver for the card.

Which version of Win98 is being used by your friend?

How can I determine what version of Windows 95, 98, 98 Second Edition (SE), or Me I
have installed?
http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/winver.htm

Click the Start button, select Run, and type the following and click OK:
winver

4.10.1998 is Win98 First Edition
4.10.2222A or B is Win98SE
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

The article is there, if you type the link correctly.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=276602

You've gotten added a "3D" to the beginning, probably from copy/pasting from source
code of Quoted Printable.

I not sure the article is relevant at this point though....it hasn't been determined
if there is anything related to the card in Device Manager yet. So far it sounds
more like the wrong driver has been downloaded, or it is Win98FE and there is no
available driver.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm


"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
...
Might be related to a couple of fixes:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=3D276602
however, the page has been moved or no longer directly offered
Others, Articles/KB: 295629, 280448

A search:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=&mode=r&lsc=0


A Toshiba offered MS hotfix - 280448USA8.EXE [read the MS Article first if
you can find it - PCI.vxd update 11-28-00]:

http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/...q280448-en.zip

***NOTE:
The driver you're attempting to install may actually be an installation,
check to see if it needs *run* rather than direction to the INF.
And there are times when a specific PCMCIA card will only work in one of the
slots, try moving the card to the other slot. Also ensure BIOS is set
properly.

There is also a key or two in the registry that might need checked.

--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________

wrote in message
...
| On Jun 8, 7:21 pm, wrote:
| On Jun 8, 6:06 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:
|
|
|
| If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed
then the
| installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
| --
| Jeff Richards
| MS MVP (Windows - wrote in message
|
|
...
|
| Hi -
|
| I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would appreciate
| some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
| install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless network.
| When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver for a
| newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to the
| driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is the
| driver it is looking for).
|
| I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember having
to
| deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
| escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI Network
| Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found somewhere
| else. Or there is some other solution...
|
| Appreciate any help!
|
| Hey guys -
|
| Thanks for your help. It is an SMC2535W. It does not ask specifically
| for the Windows CD. The laptop doe snot have a CD drive, but it does
| have the W98 install cab files on it. The screwy thing is that when I
| point the driver request to the downloaded driver, it says that this
| is not the right driver. Any further ideas / guidance?
|
| I am going to try another card and see if that gets me anywhere.
|
| Best regards,
|
| Sorry - model number SMC 2635W.
|
| The exact sequence is:
|
| - insert PCMCIA card
| - insert tone is played, light goes on card
| - hardware wizard opens
| - detects "PCI Network controller" and asks for driver
|
| Thanks again ~

Oh yeah, that was from a saved text from when I was running OEQuotefix and
likely quoted printable for here or one of the other forums, thanks for the
correction...

Yes, you're right, it hasn't been determined, just some info which MIGHT be
relevant. Didn't want to lose another querier without supplying at least
some possibly relevant info.....

--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________

"glee" wrote in message
...
| The article is there, if you type the link correctly.
| http://support.microsoft.com/?id=276602
|
| You've gotten added a "3D" to the beginning, probably from copy/pasting
from source
| code of Quoted Printable.
|
| I not sure the article is relevant at this point though....it hasn't been
determined
| if there is anything related to the card in Device Manager yet. So far it
sounds
| more like the wrong driver has been downloaded, or it is Win98FE and there
is no
| available driver.
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
| http://dts-l.net/
| http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "MEB" meb@not wrote in message
| ...
| Might be related to a couple of fixes:
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/?id=3D276602
| however, the page has been moved or no longer directly offered
| Others, Articles/KB: 295629, 280448
|
| A search:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=&mode=r&lsc=0
|
|
| A Toshiba offered MS hotfix - 280448USA8.EXE [read the MS Article first
if
| you can find it - PCI.vxd update 11-28-00]:
|
|
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/...q280448-en.zip
|
| ***NOTE:
| The driver you're attempting to install may actually be an installation,
| check to see if it needs *run* rather than direction to the INF.
| And there are times when a specific PCMCIA card will only work in one of
the
| slots, try moving the card to the other slot. Also ensure BIOS is set
| properly.
|
| There is also a key or two in the registry that might need checked.
|
| --
| MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| --
| _________
|
| wrote in message
|
...
| | On Jun 8, 7:21 pm, wrote:
| | On Jun 8, 6:06 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:
| |
| |
| |
| | If Windows networking components haven't been previously installed
| then the
| | installation procedure is looking for the W98 installation CD.
| | --
| | Jeff Richards
| | MS MVP (Windows - wrote in message
| |
| |
|
...
| |
| | Hi -
| |
| | I am helping a friend with a small problem, and I would
appreciate
| | some help. He has an older Sony VAIO laptop and we are trying to
| | install an SMC PCMCIA card so that he can join a wireless
network.
| | When we insert the card, Windows pops up and asks for a driver
for a
| | newly discovered "PCI Network Controller". Pointing Windows to
the
| | driver for the card does not work (eg. it does not think this is
the
| | driver it is looking for).
| |
| | I have long since stopped using W98, but I seem to remember
having
| to
| | deal with this or a similar problem before, but the solution is
| | escaping me. For some reason, I suspect that the missing PCI
Network
| | Controller Driver is a Windows driver, and can be found
somewhere
| | else. Or there is some other solution...
| |
| | Appreciate any help!
| |
| | Hey guys -
| |
| | Thanks for your help. It is an SMC2535W. It does not ask
specifically
| | for the Windows CD. The laptop doe snot have a CD drive, but it does
| | have the W98 install cab files on it. The screwy thing is that when
I
| | point the driver request to the downloaded driver, it says that this
| | is not the right driver. Any further ideas / guidance?
| |
| | I am going to try another card and see if that gets me anywhere.
| |
| | Best regards,
| |
| | Sorry - model number SMC 2635W.
| |
| | The exact sequence is:
| |
| | - insert PCMCIA card
| | - insert tone is played, light goes on card
| | - hardware wizard opens
| | - detects "PCI Network controller" and asks for driver
| |
| | Thanks again ~
|
|
|

It's beginning to look like we lost him anyway..... :-(


"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
...
Oh yeah, that was from a saved text from when I was running OEQuotefix and
likely quoted printable for here or one of the other forums, thanks for the
correction...

Yes, you're right, it hasn't been determined, just some info which MIGHT be
relevant. Didn't want to lose another querier without supplying at least
some possibly relevant info.....

_________

"glee" wrote in message
...
| The article is there, if you type the link correctly.
| http://support.microsoft.com/?id=276602
|
| You've gotten added a "3D" to the beginning, probably from copy/pasting
from source
| code of Quoted Printable.
|
| I not sure the article is relevant at this point though....it hasn't been
determined
| if there is anything related to the card in Device Manager yet. So far it
sounds
| more like the wrong driver has been downloaded, or it is Win98FE and there
is no
| available driver.
|
|
| "MEB" meb@not wrote in message
| ...
| Might be related to a couple of fixes:
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/?id=3D276602
| however, the page has been moved or no longer directly offered
| Others, Articles/KB: 295629, 280448
|
| A search:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=&mode=r&lsc=0
|
|
| A Toshiba offered MS hotfix - 280448USA8.EXE [read the MS Article first
if
| you can find it - PCI.vxd update 11-28-00]:
|
|
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/...q280448-en.zip
|
| ***NOTE:
| The driver you're attempting to install may actually be an installation,
| check to see if it needs *run* rather than direction to the INF.
| And there are times when a specific PCMCIA card will only work in one of
the
| slots, try moving the card to the other slot. Also ensure BIOS is set
| properly.
|
| There is also a key or two in the registry that might need checked.

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm