WI-FI PCMCIA card causing Vaio GRX laptop to crash a boot

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

I recently upgraded a Vaio grx770 with a PEAK PCMCIA Wi-Fi card. When i
reboot with the card in it goes to the blue screen saying Bad pool header.
Ive tried using the utility that came with the card (the utility and driver
are not digitily signed) and letting XP control it, either way the same
happens.

Any ideas....

Arran

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi

Most Manufactures of recent Wireless can not effort to release hardware that
is not compatible with WindowsXP.

However it is almost impossible to test their Hardware with all the laptops
that are available on the Market.

My experience in such cases shows that it is not usually a Windows problem
but rather a Hardware problem. I.e. the thing is not compatible with the
Sony.

Jack (MVP-Networking).







"David Hancock" <a-daveha@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:h1j3fvFuEHA.2092@cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Arran
>
> I just ran a search on the Windows Hardware Compatability List for any
Peak devices and none were
> found. If Peak is the manufacturer name then I would say the answer to
your problem would be to
> purchase a card proven compatible with Windows XP. You can check this by
going to the following
> site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/c [...] x?subid=22
>
&xslt=cataloghome&pgn=ba1bcd46-ae5a-4b45-8bef-7c14c59bc834&title=home%20page
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