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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
Paul -
Can you come up with a URL that works to get the driver download for Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter FOR XP? I think it may fix my situation - worth a test anyway. I can't - Al I get are multiple bad-driver-scan apps. Thanks Big Fred |
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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:21:22 -0500, Paul wrote: Check in the BIOS, and see if there is a setting for it. Like, to turn it on and off. All I see in the BIOS related to a LAN is build-in LAN which is enabled Look with msinfo32.exe for Problem Devices. See if some VEN/DEV device is in there. For 'problem devices' it has Ethernet controller PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_7094144F&REV_01\4&253 A0906&0&10A4 the drivers for this device are not installed Suggest anything to you? Thanks Big Fred Some of those Wifi things, have more than one chip on them, and are "combo" devices. And that could be the Other Devices thing. Paul http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids 168c Qualcomm Atheros 001a AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] When I download this... http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont.../tm4wlanax.exe the AthInst.REG.txt has "InternalDevice22"="PCI\\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_ 7094144F" So that should have done something for you. ******* Using the hardware string for that Wifi, there are a ton of drivers with the same string. You don't have to download from here, but admire just how many re-packaging efforts for the same drivers took place. http://www.driversdownloader.com/har...ubsys_7094144f Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter Qualcomm Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter I had poor luck, starting with that list. ******* Now, this site has a driver, but it's sneaky. It's an "unofficial" download site, meaning it has nothing to do with Atheros. http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wirele...set=9&system=1 I actually had to go to another web page, to find out how to *use* the page. The page is divided into panes. The top pane shows: File: xp3264-10.0.0.260-whql.zip (1727 KB) If you click the small button one inch wide and rectangular that says "Click to download", the "Downloaded" status indicator in the upper right hand corner changes to "Searching for files...". You have to be patient, before your file shows up. The delay is meant to get you viewing the advertising links and so on. The file save box eventually shows up, and the file is actually coming from here. http://download3.dvd-driver.cz/ather...0.260-whql.zip Inside, is an INF style installer. The netathw.inf file is the one. It says: %ATHER.DeviceDesc.T001A% = ATHER_DEV_2054.ndi, PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_7094144F If you right click the .inf file, there will be an "INSTALL" entry in the context menu. And that's how you install the driver. The driver will copy athw.sys to the system folder (2142336 bytes). You may already have that file by now. It'll be set up as a service. If you installed no other file, you could then use Wireless Zero Config to manage the new Wifi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles..._Configuration "The drivers for the wireless adapter query the NDIS Object IDs and pass the available network names (SSIDs) to the service." The above athw.sys is an NDIS5.1 driver for the Wifi. And as far as I know, if a Wifi has an NDIS driver, then the WZC can manage it. Something like that. I would expect, if you installed a proprietary Wifi manager, it'll override WZC and do the management function instead. To use the Wifi, you need to select the router, use the correct encryption standard or whatever. The management function presumably collects all that info, so you can make a connection. The bare NDIS driver is "interface free" by comparison. Paul |
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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:28:11 -0500, Paul wrote:
http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids 168c Qualcomm Atheros 001a AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] When I download this... http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont.../tm4wlanax.exe the AthInst.REG.txt has "InternalDevice22"="PCI\\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS _7094144F" So that should have done something for you. I'll be darned. I installed the tm4wlanax.exe driver I had downloaded earlier today again because it was what I got from the above URL at that time. It worked! Wifi is established and is working. I can't explain this, except I must have done something wrong earlier. You did a lot of work for which I am grateful. Thank you much Big Fred ******* Using the hardware string for that Wifi, there are a ton of drivers with the same string. You don't have to download from here, but admire just how many re-packaging efforts for the same drivers took place. http://www.driversdownloader.com/har...ubsys_7094144f Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter Qualcomm Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter I had poor luck, starting with that list. ******* Now, this site has a driver, but it's sneaky. It's an "unofficial" download site, meaning it has nothing to do with Atheros. http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wirele...set=9&system=1 I actually had to go to another web page, to find out how to *use* the page. The page is divided into panes. The top pane shows: File: xp3264-10.0.0.260-whql.zip (1727 KB) If you click the small button one inch wide and rectangular that says "Click to download", the "Downloaded" status indicator in the upper right hand corner changes to "Searching for files...". You have to be patient, before your file shows up. The delay is meant to get you viewing the advertising links and so on. The file save box eventually shows up, and the file is actually coming from here. http://download3.dvd-driver.cz/ather...0.260-whql.zip Inside, is an INF style installer. The netathw.inf file is the one. It says: %ATHER.DeviceDesc.T001A% = ATHER_DEV_2054.ndi, PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_7094144F If you right click the .inf file, there will be an "INSTALL" entry in the context menu. And that's how you install the driver. The driver will copy athw.sys to the system folder (2142336 bytes). You may already have that file by now. It'll be set up as a service. If you installed no other file, you could then use Wireless Zero Config to manage the new Wifi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles..._Configuration "The drivers for the wireless adapter query the NDIS Object IDs and pass the available network names (SSIDs) to the service." The above athw.sys is an NDIS5.1 driver for the Wifi. And as far as I know, if a Wifi has an NDIS driver, then the WZC can manage it. Something like that. I would expect, if you installed a proprietary Wifi manager, it'll override WZC and do the management function instead. To use the Wifi, you need to select the router, use the correct encryption standard or whatever. The management function presumably collects all that info, so you can make a connection. The bare NDIS driver is "interface free" by comparison. Paul |
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