Not impressed out of the gate. Souped up a Dell Dimension 8300 to handle new graphics card power load and VISTA. I had a Linksys wireless adapter (std 802.11) to my Westell DSL modem and to my new DSM-750 Media Extender. Everthing works like a charm. ***** for D-Link on that one, but now the problem. (Two actually, the second I caused and am still working through, but it helped me figure out the problem)
Swapped the DWA- 522 for the Linksys and at the same time was adding a 2nd 320 GB SATA drive (Total, 2 320 GB SATAs and a 120 GB EIDE drive. I got the new SATA to register, but my DVD/CD units are not being seen. Been there before too. (A configuration or driver corruption issue.
Anyway, downloaded the VISTA driver from D-Link Support to a U3 drive and loaded the setup & driver software. As soon as I connected through VISTA Network manager..she locked up. 4 tries and SAFE mode attempts and she locks up. Uninstalled and loaded driver only and she locks up. Pathetic!!
I will try the advice tonight with the Athos XP driver; hopefilly it will work until D-L gets their S together on drivers. I will be installing the Draft n Router too. Claims VISTA ready. Hope it works. All I am trying to do is to have the Draft n capability and get a stronger signal to the DSM-750. Going to Dell forum next to see if I exceeded the number of drives my PC can see. I doubt it, but gotta get the CD and DVD going. Thanks for advice on the best driver for now.
Anyone know if it diminishes any performance on the 552 using the old driver and can I reset my software from defaulting to XP SP2? That was another attempt to fix it. I am rather fearless, so into the registry I go if the CD issue persists. Cheers!
Wags
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Topic: Newly installed dwa-552 causing mouse & system freezes! (Read 17891 times)