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yude82
03-05-2009, 12:27 AM
I recently bought a D-Link DWA-510 PCI Wireless adapter, tried to install it on a desktop running a Gigabyte MB and AMD processor.
There was previously installed a ProLink USB wireless adapter.

I installed the drivers 1st, and switch off the desktop, proceeded to attach the pci card. Switch back on and enter windows. Windows detect the new hardware, but lists it as an unknown network controller. It cannot detect that it should go with the dlink drivers, and afterwards when I choose the dlink driver to attach to it, it doesn't pick up any SSID at all.

Anyone know how to solve this?
liangtam
03-05-2009, 12:33 AM
I thot it does not matter if device was installed before or after. Maybe except some older USB device.

Anyway, just feed the .inf file directly to Windows for installation. Then use Windows WZC
DWA-510 might be Ralink RT61 chip, so if needed, can go ralink site source for updated oem driver
yude82
03-05-2009, 01:35 AM
how do you feed the .inf file directly to windows?
commach
03-05-2009, 12:31 PM
I suppose liangtam is referring to direct the installation wizzard to the location of the .inf file.
Pokémon
03-05-2009, 12:58 PM
Try downloading the driver from here (http://www.dlink.com.sg/support/Support_download.asp?idsupport=662), and install again, this time, with the card inserted.
yude82
03-05-2009, 07:07 PM
Try downloading the driver from here (http://www.dlink.com.sg/support/Support_download.asp?idsupport=662), and install again, this time, with the card inserted.


Yup I actually installed the latest drivers from the website prior to posting here. Thinking on the hypothesis that Windows isn't recognizing the PCI device as it should. Any solution for this?