Unable to communicate with device driver

[visionthing]

On a Dell Latitude D810, I've reinstalled xp pro and all of the drivers, etc. that were needed that came on the reinstall cd. I have a long range wireless card (Sonicwall) in the pc card slot that when booting the laptop, it lights up as it should. When it's fully booted the light on the card goes out and stays out. However, the wireless icon is on the taskbar with the X through it. I have installed the software for the card and when looking at it, it gives the following msg: "unable to communicate with device driver". I've unistalled the software and the wireless card and reinstalled and same problem. Sometimes, if I close the display on the laptop for a couple of mins. and reopen it, the card will activate and I will have a connection. If I reboot or start cold, I have the same old problem. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[linney]

Are there any power saving options causing the wireless card to stop working to save power?

 

[visionthing]

No power saving stuff, plus the card shuts down BEFORE windows comes up.

 

[visionthing]

bump

 

[linney]

Have a look around here. Have you checked the manufacturer for any later drivers or patches?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ommunicate+with+device+driver"+xp&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?source...q=Sonicwall+communicate+with+device+driver+xp

 

[allteltec]

I find it best to have windows control the wireless cards. I will sometime load all the software then goto task manager startup and uncheck the software for the card. windows will then find the drivers needed to control the card with out loading the Manufactrers control software. Sometime windows control and the Manufacturer control software will both try to take control this will cause the wireless to not work or to keep droping off and reconning.

 

[visionthing]

I have the latest driver available and have also tried to use the windows settings only, with no luck.

What I'm noticing is that during the boot, the light on the card is on. When the Windows logo comes up, along with the moving dots going across the graph, the light is still on. Right when the logo is about to change to the screen where it gets to the desktop, the light on the card goes out. I then will do a Fn-FEsc, which will put the system in standby. I will wait a moment and push the power button and the light will come back on and I will have wireless connectivity. It seem that XP is disabling the card for some reason during startup.

 

[visionthing]

anyone??

 

[linney]

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How to troubleshoot wireless network connections in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313242/EN-US/?FR=1

How to troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity with Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314067

How to troubleshoot network connectivity problems

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325487&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH