yes I did, but no luck!

Hi mr_smartepants,

The notebook has a wireless on/off button. when it is on it shows blue light, when off shows amber/orange light. After I installed XP, I tried to turn the switch ON, but it is not turning on (remained in amber/orange state)... originally in Vista... I was able to turn it on or off by pressing the button...

Now, in XP, when I press the button I get a message in HP wireless assistant that the Adapter is Disabled!

Any idea??

Thanx

Hi,

The problem is that I don't see any 'wireless' adapter in :device manager>network adapter... the only device I see there is a "Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC"... I tried with different BroadCom and Intel PRO drivers... without any luck so far... in some cases when I installed some WLAN drivers the system is recognizing a new SM Bus Controller!

The OS originally (preloaded) was Vista Hole Basic... and currently I have removed that and installed XP-Pro SP2... the wireless was working fine in the Vista... but now after Xp installation it is inactive...

Here is the output from HWIDS:

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PCI Devices
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PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_10\4&3B3A03B5&0&08F0: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_F3\3&B1BFB68&0&F0 : Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 2448
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2815&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&F8 : PCI standard ISA bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2828&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&FA : Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2830&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E8 : Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2831&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E9 : Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2832&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&EA : Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2836&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&EF : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&FB : SM Bus Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283F&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&E0 : PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_505114F1&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&D8 : Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A00&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&00 : PCI standard host CPU bridge
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&10 : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A03&SUBSYS_30D9103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&11 : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
14 matching device(s) found.

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USB Devices
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USB\ROOT_HUB\4&418D2B0&0                                    : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&9AF5AA5&0                                    : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&F4F670&0                                     : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&33034A12&0                                 : USB Root Hub
USB\VID_0A81&PID_0203\5&22EA2E08&0&2                        : USB Human Interface Device
USB\VID_1058&PID_0702\575845583036353838383037              : USB Mass Storage Device
USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_WD&PROD_1600BEVEXTERNAL&REV_1.02\575845583036353838383037&0: WD 1600BEVExternal USB Device
7 matching device(s) found.

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Input Devices
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HID\VID_0A81&PID_0203\6&1B43D1C3&0&0000                     : HID-compliant mouse
1 matching device(s) found.

============
ACPI Devices
============
ACPI\ACPI0003\2&DABA3FF&0                                   : Microsoft AC Adapter
ACPI\AUI0214\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
ACPI\FIXEDBUTTON\2&DABA3FF&0                                : ACPI Fixed Feature Button
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_0                : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T2330  @ 1.60GHz
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_15\_1                : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T2330  @ 1.60GHz
ACPI\HPQ0006\2&DABA3FF&0
ACPI\INT0800\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
ACPI\PNP0000\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Programmable interrupt controller
ACPI\PNP0100\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : System timer
ACPI\PNP0103\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : High precision event timer
ACPI\PNP0200\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Direct memory access controller
ACPI\PNP0303\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
ACPI\PNP0A08\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : PCI bus
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : System CMOS/real time clock
ACPI\PNP0C02\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&2FFE84EA&0                                   : Numeric data processor
ACPI\PNP0C09\1                                              : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller
ACPI\PNP0C0A\1                                              : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Power Button
ACPI\PNP0C0D\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Lid
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Sleep Button
ACPI\PNP0C14\0                                              : Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
ACPI\THERMALZONE\TZ01                                       : ACPI Thermal Zone
ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0                                          : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000                                          : ACPI Multiprocessor PC
25 matching device(s) found.

Hi,

I have the same problem... did you find out any solution?

I have problems in installing the wireless card in my new notebook... it seems that after downgrading the OS from Vista to XP-Pro the wireless card has not been recognized... the model details:

Compaq Presario C700T CTO Notebook PC ...

PLEASE help me by supplying the info on the model of the WIRELESS adapter/card and the compatible DRIVER for this particular notebook...

I have DOWNGRADED to XP-pro system (the original OS was Vista Home)...

Thanx