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I have searched the forums regarding issues with the SMC2532W-B under Windows XP SP2 and I am getting a lot of the same problems as others.

At first the card installed just fine. I had to do some tinkering to get it to work, each time I wanted to use the card with windows network connection I have to enable wireless zero config "smc kept disabling it". I preferred the windows utility over the SMC utility as it seemed faster. But the SMC utility did work.

Any how.. Since I didn’t think I needed the SMC utility I remove it and went ahead with just installing the SMC drivers. When I removed the utility/drivers the first time, windows said that some drivers could not be removed at this time, so rather selecting ignore and leaving them in the system32 folder I choose to remove them at the next startup prior to their loading.

So I rebooted and installing just the driver for the SMC card. But the card would not function. When I would manually scan with the windows utility it would scan for 1ms then stop. I tried enabling firmware download and all this stuff I have been reading up on but nothing works.

I even tried reinstalling the SMC utility, but now at startup it uses 80-100% of the CPU and fails to load.

I tried to install the demarc firmware but the utility for updating it doesn’t work/recognize my card on my Windows XP SP2 system.

If anyone could give m any pointers (rather than reformatting) or help me install the demarc firmware I would be much appreciative. Until then I shall search the forums even more.

Thanks

streaker69

What did SMC say? How about Microsoft Support?

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Hey ya KFC menu meal #7, I'm taking bets that it will be in the

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bin thread. What do ya think?

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brwrdrvr

Use a very big hammer. When you are done trashing the card, machine, and what ever else you might think needs it. Run into the wall face first untill the darkness covers your head. If you wake up, repeat the process.

This is the NS forums not the "Help! I'm an AssHat and my machine don't do nuttin' " forum

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grcore

Try endabling firmware download in the advanced configuration of the card.

XP needs a newer firmware, and the driver will do a RAM download when the card is inserted.

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anon73

I'm having a similar problem. Just got my SMC2532W-B from Amazon today. I have Windows 2000 Pro SP4+. CPU hangs out around 70%-100%, all hogged up by the System process in Task Manager, even though SMCUTIL (the SMC WLAN Utility) is also running.

Sometimes it's hard to get the utility to run - it hides in the background. Meanwhile, my whole computer is dreadfully slow, with mouse movements stuttered, etc. Forget about trying to get NS working - I just need the card to work.

I keep my PC pretty damn clean - high security, clean installs of software, OS. I don't download much, and if I do, it's after thorough research.

Device Manager doesn't report any problems. I chose "Firmware Download - Enable", but also tried it Disabled. Same problem.

I decided not to risk playing with Demarc or Zomax (sp?) firmware, drivers, or software.

Ok - I think I figured it out, after fiddling with it all night.

Firstly, I disable the automatic startup of the SMC Utility. I prefer to run it manually. Use a simple Startup Manager tool to change it. (I like SCP at www.mlin.net).

When it first runs, it's in "ANY" access point mode - looking for any AP to connect to. This was the problem for me, for whatever strange reason. When it's in "ANY" or (null) mode, I get this whole hanging/freezing problem. Other AP names (whether real AP's such as my router, or made up names) are OK - the software/card behaves normally.

How to get out of it? First I used Task Manager to kill the app. Not difficult there. Then, I go into the device properties and change the ESSID from ANY to "dfn39gnkdmm3" - anything else. That seems to set it straight, especially if I use the SSID of my WLAN here at home. Then I run the SMC util and it behaves.

Then I set the DEFAULT profile in the SMC util to "sfjk39tmjsf". Even though it doesn't connect to anything, it doesn't hang. I have another profile for my WLAN, and I deleted the profile I used for "ANY". At first I was frustrated that I wouldn't be able to scan for AP's since "ANY" or null hangs everything, but then I tried NS and it seems to scan for all AP's just fine when I select my profile that's "dfkj39u4fjdnfd". Sweet, back in business.

Problem seemingly solved for me. Not sure if it'll help you out there.

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