PCI card not working on my Vaio Laptop

[Ali Chambers]

Hi,

I've been trying to install a wireless PCI card on my Vaio laptop.
After installing the drivers and inserting the card, I do not get the
"hardware installation wizard". I've tried reboots, etc and it doesn't
work.

I know the card works as on another laptop it installs fine. Other PCI
cards are not recognised on my laptop.

This could either be a hardware or software problem. Are there:

1. Any specific drivers for Windows XP PCI slots I need to download?
2. Any way of seeing if it is a hardware problem?

Oh - I use XP SP2.

Thanks - alex

 

[beenthere]

Hi,

I've been trying to install a wireless PCI card on my Vaio laptop.
After installing the drivers and inserting the card, I do not get the
"hardware installation wizard". I've tried reboots, etc and it doesn't
work.

I know the card works as on another laptop it installs fine. Other PCI
cards are not recognised on my laptop.

This could either be a hardware or software problem. Are there:

1. Any specific drivers for Windows XP PCI slots I need to download?
2. Any way of seeing if it is a hardware problem?

Oh - I use XP SP2.

Hi alex. Remove the drivers from the machine.
Switch off the machine. Plug in the card.
Restart, and Windows should find new hardware, if the
card is OK.