Problems with the Intel 5300 Wifi Card

[Kenny1980]

Hi Guys,

today i install a new wifi card (Intel 5300) and after a reboot the XP (with SP3) show me that a network device was found. When i select the latest Drivers from Intel Homepage, than i became everytime a error, that the device cannot start (Code 10)

Did someone have the same issue?

greets
Kenny

[smnc]

Either the driver is not installing correctly, or the card is defective.

Try manually changing the driver to a different one.

[jedrek]

Did you get it fixed - I have the same problem "This device cannot start (Code 10)"
I have the latest driver still doesn't work (un-installed the old one and installed the new one XP SP3) I tried 2 brand new cards both of them are failing to start (unlikely this is hardware problem) Model 533AN_MMW Intel WiFi Link 5300.

[Kenny1980]

Hi,
after i checked many driver and tell my problem the intel support with no luck i send my card back to the seller.

i´ve found no way to make this card running.


greets
Kenny

[souljaboy112]

got it fixed ,

what u need to do is download the latest sw w/ drivers pack from intel site its like 12.3.4.9 version
after u install the intel sw in the dir in prpgram files/intel/wifi/drivers u will find 2 exectuteables u have to run them to make the intel sw recognize the card(before u do that i recommend writing down version nuber of the current driver and then deleting the card from ur list in the hw list in my computer/propreties)

the nature of the problem we are facing is that the different version of sw and driver dont work together and for some reason the driver doesnt updtate during sw install , u need to do it manually

good luck

[Kenny1980]

Hi, when you make the card running with this way, please write it here.


greets
Kenny

@Souljaboy: What OS you have running?

[souljaboy112]

post was referring to xp sp3 ....
i also have dual boot with win 7 , and it works much better w/o any install , much more better than the intel sw

[GuyPaddock]

There are two versions of the card. One is for generic PCs, like the UX, and the other is custom for IBM and Toshiba laptops. The custom version accommodates oddities in the IBM and Toshiba BIOS images, but makes it incompatible with "normal" machines. I think it has something to do with the I/O mappings.

In any event, the same thing happened to me, and you'll need to exchange for the normal version.