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What PCI wireless adapter card will work?

Jan 1, 2005 3:49PM PST

D-Link PCI 804.11g adapter card not recognized. Have old system to use for awhile. Win98SE, 450 mhz Pentium 3, 384 RAM. D-Link router works fine with laptop but not old PC. Will another brand work or am I up-the-creek with this PC?

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(NT) (NT) how did you install it?
Jan 1, 2005 7:58PM PST
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Self-installed
Jan 1, 2005 11:56PM PST

New, out of box. PC wouldn't recognize software. Downloaded drivers from website with dial-up connection. PC wouldn't recognize hardware.

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install software first?
Jan 2, 2005 12:47AM PST

The times I've added a PCI card, I had to install the software first. Then I shutdown the computer, put in the card and rebooted the computer. Is that what you did? Or did the directions tell you to install the card first?

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Installed software first
Jan 2, 2005 3:22AM PST

Instructions said to install software first which I couldn't do so had to download drivers. Then installed hardware but computer wouldn't recognize hardware when re-booted.

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What do you mean.......
Jan 2, 2005 4:25AM PST

the computer wouldn't recognize the software? What happened when you put the CD into the drive?