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Trouble with UPC broadband on old laptop

  • 31-01-2010 01:38AM
    #1
    Raekwon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭


    My parents recently got UPC 15Mb broadband in their house and while I hooked up my mothers new Windows 7 laptop without any problems my fathers old Dell Inspiron 8600 is giving me awful trouble.

    First off I got him online but within seconds he got a blue screen saying "irql_not_less_or_equal". Then when ever the laptop got restarted this message come up right after the XP welcome screen. I did a couple of check disks & system repairs but the stop message/blue screen kept on coming up, I did it so much that I decided I'd reinstall the operating system from scratch.

    I reinstalled the OS and installed the appropriate drivers (from the Dell resource CD) but now when I want to access a wireless network the WEP key (or password as it is called on the router) will not give me access. If I decide to put in no WEP key then I get a pop up telling me that the strength is excellent but I obviously don't have an IP address so cannot access the internet.

    Has anyone else experienced anything like this before?

    The built-in wireless card is an Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 3A LAN miniPCI Adapter& the wireless router is a Cisco EPC2425.


Comments

  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Moved from Broadband.

    Since there's nothing wrong with your broadband or wireless router, this is obviously a hardware or software problem on the laptop itself. You may get better responses here.


  • #3
    roberthurley14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭roberthurley14


    that specific blue screen code is usually related to a hot CPU or dodgey RAM, ild run a healthcheck (memtest86,OCCt) just to make sure evrything is somewhat working


  • #4
    Raekwon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    Well the I reinstalled the OS again and the bluescreen problem seems to have vanished, but that wasn't my main issue, my main issue is that I cannot get my fathers laptop online.

    I brought down my laptop that is running Windows 7 and I got online in a matter of seconds so I'm guessing that the new UPC wirless router only supports newer OS's (ie Vista/7) or newer wirless cards?

    I got by typing in the 8 digit code when prompted on my laptop and mothers laptop but my fathers laptop rejects the code. I checked again and look a screen shot (attached) and XP only gives you an option to enter a WEP key while as far as I can see the UPC router has a WPA-PSK key.

    Is there anyway around this so I can get the XP laptop online???


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