Guest Sam Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Can anyone say which laptops they've had success with using an Atheros AR5008 mini PCI Express card? I've got a SparkLAN WPEA-124N, bought from OxdfordTec. I'm trying to use it on my Sony VAIO VGN-C1Z/B but the bl**dy thing kills my OS no matter whether it's Vista or XP and no matter which driver or modded inf I use. I've had the exact same frustration with Gigabyte Atheros mPICe cards too. FRUSTRATION :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laser21 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Hi, what does it mean, it kills your OS? I have the exact same card in a fujitsu siemens Q2010, and a miniPCI card with the same chipset in a toshiba R100. Both work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted May 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Added 7.6.0.200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laser21 Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Thanks, works ok. Doesnt reconnect after hardware switch is turned to on. I have to manually look for networks, then it connects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Risk Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm using 7.6.0.200 athw.sys on a MacBook Pro running XP SP3 (AR5008X listed as "AR5008") without any noticeable issues so far. I'm hoping for an improvement in faraway APs but we'll see... A hearty "thanks" for these drivers. How convenient and much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onedigit Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hi, I?ve just installed a wpea 124n in my Inspiron 1720 and I?m having connectivity issues as well. Have you found any solutions yet? Cheers, onedigit Can anyone say which laptops they've had success with using an Atheros AR5008 mini PCI Express card?I've got a SparkLAN WPEA-124N, bought from OxdfordTec. I'm trying to use it on my Sony VAIO VGN-C1Z/B but the bl**dy thing kills my OS no matter whether it's Vista or XP and no matter which driver or modded inf I use. I've had the exact same frustration with Gigabyte Atheros mPICe cards too. FRUSTRATION :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Added 7.6.2.170 and 7.4.2.111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Added 7.6.0.224 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMC Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 224 is not good driver, at least for AR5007EG under XP: signal level falls down and so no connection is available. After driver rollback using XP built-in feature, onto v.200, connection was established in a moment (laptop position was kept the same). BTW, it's strange that driver has an influence on signal level... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I noticed 7.4.2.111 is actually newer than 7.6.0.200. So it seems Atheros is updating different versions (e.g. v7.4.x.xxx and v7.6.x.xxx) at the same time. Does this mean each main version (e.g. v5.x, v6.x, v7.x) is optimized for certain models (e.g. AR5006, AR5007, AR5008)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Added v7.6.0.239 for full version with Atheros Client Utility see vista v7.6.0.154 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laser21 Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 v7.6.0.239 made my day - everything works now perfectly, even the hardware switch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_guy Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Atheros drivers 7.6.0.260 are on Microsoft Update, both x86 and x64 versions. the_guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Added v7.6.0.260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Anything over v7.6.0.170 and my transmit rate over WAP2 AES dies on a "11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter" (IBM card). Any ideas why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted September 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 The files are exe to be self extracting :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Added v7.6.1.140 and v7.6.1.149 for both x86 and x64 WinXP Big thanks to sarvatt for bringing these to us :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EL WYE Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 thanks both of you for the drivers they work EXCELLENT. esp 149. now my AR5007EG connects to my hub within seconds. sweetsauce!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Big thanks to Sarvatt again for keeping us up to date :) Added v7.6.1.160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMC Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks for your job. I'm surfing from inside corporate network behind the proxy, and so can't download executables and archives. I use the remote upload service of fileexchange server ifolder.ru - you point the file you need, server uploads it and then lets to download saying "content-type=text/html". But when I give a service the link in first post, it says, 404 not found. Can someone help me to resolve a problem, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks for your job. I'm surfing from inside corporate network behind the proxy, and so can't download executables and archives. I use the remote upload service of fileexchange server ifolder.ru - you point the file you need, server uploads it and then lets to download saying "content-type=text/html". But when I give a service the link in first post, it says, 404 not found. Can someone help me to resolve a problem, please? You can only link from within this website. Had to do this or it would be leech city and no kudos for finding and hosting them :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMC Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) You can only link from within this website.Had to do this or it would be leech city and no kudos for finding and hosting them :P A-ha! Referer filed... :) Thanks :) kudos++ Edited November 3, 2008 by AgentMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aftershock Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hey Guys, maybe someone of you can help me. I downloaded know several files for the AR5007G, added all over the drive properties, but somehow, all it says "could not start Code 10". Any ideas on this ? Notebook is a Medion MD 98200 with modded XP (only XP i get to work), SP 3 installed. Any help would be grateful. MfG Aftershock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted November 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hey Guys,maybe someone of you can help me. I downloaded know several files for the AR5007G, added all over the drive properties, but somehow, all it says "could not start Code 10". Any ideas on this ? Notebook is a Medion MD 98200 with modded XP (only XP i get to work), SP 3 installed. Any help would be grateful. MfG Aftershock Keep uninstalling/find new hardware (keep doing it) till windows no longer installs a driver. Also tick the remove files box. Now try installing one of the new drivers. Failing that download this driver http://www.sparklan.com/data/prod_support/...a_7.6.1.122.zip t has the installer with it. Has both XP and Vista latest versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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