[RndTbl] Summer project

[Colin Stanners]

In this forum they state they got the XP x64 version of the Realtek drivers
to work on Win7:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/313539-realtek-rtl8185-troubles-with-windows-7/

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Mike Pfaiffer <high.res.mike at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 13-03-29 02:25 PM, Colin Stanners wrote:
>
>> I couldn't find SMCWLAN-G but I found SMCWPCI-G; there's apparently 2
>> versions of the card, one with Atheros 5005G chipset (well supported
>> under all OSes incl Win7) and one with RTL8185L chipset - support of
>> that under Win7 is debated. Which cards do you have? Also since most
>> drivers are supplied as .INFs they shouldn't be able to ask for a
>> specific OS?
>>
>
>         Now that I think about it you are correct with your version of the
> name. The one I was having trouble with is likely to be the RTL chipset.
> That driver actually installed but did nothing. We'll have to check next
> Friday to see if we have a mix or just a single chipset... Worst case we
> just remove the ones which don't work and have a wired connection to those
> machines until replacements arrive.
>
>         I'll pass this info along as well. We have two volunteers living
> in the area who sometimes drop by during the week. They can check it out
> during the class breaks.
>
>                                 Later
>                                 Mike
>
>
>
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