Hello All,

I am a dangerous person with a little bit of knowledge and
I am having problems installing a Netgear WAB501 Wireless
card in my laptop that is running Windows XP Home. I did
some research and found out that XP does not always
recognize 32-bit cards and that I need to change the
BIOS. As I said, I have a limited knowledge and I need
some advice on how to do that.

Thanks for your help,

Pete

Greetings --

The operating system is immaterial. Only you know what
motherboard and BIOS you have, so only you know the answer to your
question. ;-}

In the extremely unlikely event that your PC's manual or the
motherboard manufacturer's web site don't contain the needed
information, try one or more of the following:

How do I access my computer's setup (BIOS)
http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/2157.html

Wim's BIOS Page
http://www.wimsbios.com/

Accessing Motherboard BIOS
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm


Bruce Chambers
--
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1ef6401c456f5$a247fea0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello All,
>
> I am a dangerous person with a little bit of knowledge and
> I am having problems installing a Netgear WAB501 Wireless
> card in my laptop that is running Windows XP Home. I did
> some research and found out that XP does not always
> recognize 32-bit cards and that I need to change the
> BIOS. As I said, I have a limited knowledge and I need
> some advice on how to do that.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Pete

Hey Bruce,

Thanks for the reply. My research has led me to believe
that I need to change the BIOS settings to that the 32-bit
PC Card is enabled. I have read online that this can be
done during the start-up, but I would like to know exactly
what I need to do.

Also, why is the 32-bit disabled as a default?

Thanks,

Pete


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> The operating system is immaterial. Only you know
what
>motherboard and BIOS you have, so only you know the
answer to your
>question. ;-}
>
> In the extremely unlikely event that your PC's manual
or the
>motherboard manufacturer's web site don't contain the
needed
>information, try one or more of the following:
>
>How do I access my computer's setup (BIOS)
>http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/2157.html
>
>Wim's BIOS Page
>http://www.wimsbios.com/
>
>Accessing Motherboard BIOS
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
count on
>having both at once. - RAH
>
>
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:1ef6401c456f5$a247fea0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am a dangerous person with a little bit of knowledge
and
>> I am having problems installing a Netgear WAB501
Wireless
>> card in my laptop that is running Windows XP Home. I
did
>> some research and found out that XP does not always
>> recognize 32-bit cards and that I need to change the
>> BIOS. As I said, I have a limited knowledge and I need
>> some advice on how to do that.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Pete
>
>
>.
>

Hey Bruce,

Thanks for the post. The issue I have is that i am
supposed to change the bios setting so I can enable 32-bit
cards.

Any advice?

Pete

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> The operating system is immaterial. Only you know
what
>motherboard and BIOS you have, so only you know the
answer to your
>question. ;-}
>
> In the extremely unlikely event that your PC's manual
or the
>motherboard manufacturer's web site don't contain the
needed
>information, try one or more of the following:
>
>How do I access my computer's setup (BIOS)
>http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/2157.html
>
>Wim's BIOS Page
>http://www.wimsbios.com/
>
>Accessing Motherboard BIOS
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
count on
>having both at once. - RAH
>
>
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:1ef6401c456f5$a247fea0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am a dangerous person with a little bit of knowledge
and
>> I am having problems installing a Netgear WAB501
Wireless
>> card in my laptop that is running Windows XP Home. I
did
>> some research and found out that XP does not always
>> recognize 32-bit cards and that I need to change the
>> BIOS. As I said, I have a limited knowledge and I need
>> some advice on how to do that.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Pete
>
>
>.
>

PC Card was originally know as PCMCIA. And I think the 32 bit version was
known as Cardbus?


"Pere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1f09201c45702$c8331ac0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey Bruce,
>
> Thanks for the reply. My research has led me to believe
> that I need to change the BIOS settings to that the 32-bit
> PC Card is enabled. I have read online that this can be
> done during the start-up, but I would like to know exactly
> what I need to do.
>
> Also, why is the 32-bit disabled as a default?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings --
> >
> > The operating system is immaterial. Only you know
> what
> >motherboard and BIOS you have, so only you know the
> answer to your
> >question. ;-}
> >
> > In the extremely unlikely event that your PC's manual
> or the
> >motherboard manufacturer's web site don't contain the
> needed
> >information, try one or more of the following:
> >
> >How do I access my computer's setup (BIOS)
> >http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/2157.html
> >
> >Wim's BIOS Page
> >http://www.wimsbios.com/
> >
> >Accessing Motherboard BIOS
> >http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
> >
> >
> >Bruce Chambers
> >--
> >Help us help you:
> >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
> count on
> >having both at once. - RAH
> >
> >
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:1ef6401c456f5$a247fea0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I am a dangerous person with a little bit of knowledge
> and
> >> I am having problems installing a Netgear WAB501
> Wireless
> >> card in my laptop that is running Windows XP Home. I
> did
> >> some research and found out that XP does not always
> >> recognize 32-bit cards and that I need to change the
> >> BIOS. As I said, I have a limited knowledge and I need
> >> some advice on how to do that.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >>
> >> Pete
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Greetings --

The only thing I can advise is that you read the manual that came
with your PC or motherboard. There are a great many different
brand/model motherboards, and several different BIOS manufacturers.
Without knowing which specific motherboard and BIOS _you_ have, no one
can even look it up for you.

Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1f91401c457fd$6a180d00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey Bruce,
>
> Thanks for the post. The issue I have is that i am
> supposed to change the bios setting so I can enable 32-bit
> cards.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Pete
>