User Manual

6. Troubleshooting

To make the installation of Wireless LAN 11Mbps Card more users friendly, we have suggested

following the installation steps one by one as listed in the section 4 and section 5. Still you encounter

some problems while installing the Wireless LAN 11Mbps Card or you want to confirm whether your

card is installed properly or not, we have listed the procedure for checking the various components

after you have installed the card. In first part of Troubleshooting, we have suggested the users to

check the various properties of the card to check the proper installation. In second section, we have

listed the various problems that you may encounter during the installation and have also listed the

possible solution. Check the first part to guess the probable reason of unsuccessful installation.

Procedure to Check the Various Properties of Card after Installation under Windows 98:

Please check the followings if you encounter some problem while installing the Mini-PCI card or your

Mini-PCI card is non-functional.

1. Click on the Control Panel and then on PC Card. Check whether it has PC card in one of the

sockets or not. If you find Wireless LAN Card in one of the sockets, it means the card is

detected properly. If you see the Yellow sign of Question-mark (?), the resources are conflicting.

2. Right click on My Computer and the select Properties. Select the Device Manager and click

on the Network Adapter. You will find Wireless LAN 11Mbps Card if it is installed

successfully. If you see the Yellow sign the resources are conflicting. Click on Mini-PCI Card

and then on Mini-PCI Card Service, you can see the status of Mini-PCI card. If there are yellow

sip either on adapter or Mini-PCI card, please check the followings.

1. Check if your Notebook supports 3.3V Card.

2. Check if your Notebook has a free IRQ. If not, make an IRQ free by assigning

the same IRQ to some devices, for example COM 1, COM 2 can be assigned same

IRQ values.

3. Check that you have inserted the right card and have installed the proper driver.