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Tholek · 12-27-2006

Howdy,

I've come out of lurk mode in hopes of obtaining some advice.

I have an original Belkin F5D6020 (Ver.1) 802.11b PCMCIA card which I used to get a fair amount of use from on my old Win98 Thinkpad, but in an attempt to see how it holds up in my current VAIO to my new Intel mini-PCI card, I found I couldn't even install it. I get a Code 10 Device cannot Start in device manager when it's inserted.

I had wondered if there could be an issue of the VAIO not supporting 16-bit cards (would be odd), but eventually ran across this article:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._21062798.html

The symptoms match exactly, although I didn't follow through with the fix. I'm a little gunshy about impulsively applying a DIY registry fix for a card that is supposedly still supported. (Well, it's old, but this issue didn't just pop up yesterday either)

As generically available as the WL-11000 is/was, I saw very little about this particular problem, short of that article. I don't see any other reports of the same issues coming up for some of the other rebranded versions either. I did a search here and only ran across this, but I'm not even sure that's a WL-11000, so that made me more uncertain.

So, maybe I'm missing something. Are there are any other solutions to this problem, or was what I found a known, and accepted fix for this card under WinXP?

Specs:

Sony VAIO VGN-FS8900P3 Notebook:
Pentium M 1.73Ghz Centrino, 512MB DDR2 PC2-4200 RAM, Intel 915 Chipset, Intel Pro 2200BG Mini-PCI card, WinXP Pro SP2.

Eumitcom (Accton) WL-11000 rebranded as Belkin F5D6020 (Ver. 1) PCMCIA 16-bit card. FCC ID: K7SF5D6020

Thanks for any help.

12-27-2006	#1 (permalink)
Tholek Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 17	Belkin F5D6020 Ver.1 (Eumitcom WL-11000/PRISM2) & WinXP: Making Sweet Love Howdy, I've come out of lurk mode in hopes of obtaining some advice. I have an original Belkin F5D6020 (Ver.1) 802.11b PCMCIA card which I used to get a fair amount of use from on my old Win98 Thinkpad, but in an attempt to see how it holds up in my current VAIO to my new Intel mini-PCI card, I found I couldn't even install it. I get a Code 10 Device cannot Start in device manager when it's inserted. I had wondered if there could be an issue of the VAIO not supporting 16-bit cards (would be odd), but eventually ran across this article: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._21062798.html The symptoms match exactly, although I didn't follow through with the fix. I'm a little gunshy about impulsively applying a DIY registry fix for a card that is supposedly still supported. (Well, it's old, but this issue didn't just pop up yesterday either) As generically available as the WL-11000 is/was, I saw very little about this particular problem, short of that article. I don't see any other reports of the same issues coming up for some of the other rebranded versions either. I did a search here and only ran across this, but I'm not even sure that's a WL-11000, so that made me more uncertain. So, maybe I'm missing something. Are there are any other solutions to this problem, or was what I found a known, and accepted fix for this card under WinXP? Specs: Sony VAIO VGN-FS8900P3 Notebook: Pentium M 1.73Ghz Centrino, 512MB DDR2 PC2-4200 RAM, Intel 915 Chipset, Intel Pro 2200BG Mini-PCI card, WinXP Pro SP2. Eumitcom (Accton) WL-11000 rebranded as Belkin F5D6020 (Ver. 1) PCMCIA 16-bit card. FCC ID: K7SF5D6020 Thanks for any help. Last edited by Tholek : 12-27-2006 at 05:43 PM. Reason: Success!