Wireless card not working in Windows 7

ArmoredCavalry · Aug 16, 2009

So I did a clean install of Win 7, and found out it seems to hate my wireless card:

http://www.rosewill.com/products/d_1123/productDetail.htm

It won't even recognize the drivers from the site, I had to use the 2 year old drivers from the disk. Then I get a "this device can't start (error code 10)". Any clues?

Static~Charge · Aug 22, 2009

Which drivers did you use? Since Rosewill doesn't have a Windows 7 driver for that card, the Vista driver v3.2.0.0 and v3.2.1.0 update are your best bet. Still no guarantee that it'll work on Windows 7, even though the two OSes are closely related.

Rosewill's product photos show that the card is using an Ralink RA2561T chip. Here is the OEM's driver download page:

PCI/mPCI/CB
(RT256x/RT266x)

http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html

They don't have a Windows 7 driver, either. If Rosewill's Vista driver won't work, give Ralink's driver a try. If none of them work, you're out of luck until official Windows 7 drivers are released.

95Viper · Aug 22, 2009

ArmoredCavalry look here, search around... click on it for a description, click add when you want one and keep looking... add, again and so on. When you are done click view basket and download. YOU NEED TO USE IE.

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=ralink+wireless

I hope this helps.

95Viper · Aug 28, 2009

Have not heard anything. Was just wondering if you got it fixed?

ArmoredCavalry · Aug 28, 2009

95Viper said:
Have not heard anything. Was just wondering if you got it fixed?

I tried quite a few drivers from the update catalog with no luck. Either the driver had an error installing, or I got the "device cannot start".

I'm probably gonna buy an ethernet cable and hook my desktop to my laptop to share the internet. Then run a windows Update. I noticed that when I installed Windows 7 on my laptop (where the internet worked) it went out and grabbed a bunch of driver updates. Maybe the same thing will work for my desktop if I provide it with an internet connection, at least that is what I am hoping... :rolleyes:

95Viper · Aug 29, 2009

Sorry, it did not work. Yeah, I read that at one of the forum thread, for somebody with a rt61 from belkin. He deleted the drivers and all from device manager and ran windows 7 update, it installed some other drivers he rebooted and viola; it worked. He said he had to try it two or three times.

Some sites say the old 2.0.3.0 driver works with windows 7.

Oh well, it looks like a lot of people use that card, so ralink or rosewill will probably come out with something soon, because they already have them for the 2771 and I believe other series.

Goodluck and if I run across any news I will post it for you.

Deleted member 67555 · Aug 29, 2009

Some time back I had the same problem i did exactly the same thing 95Viper suggested you do, but it worked for me, so I think you have the right idea, get it online for some updates, and yeah i know it's frustrating when the thing you need the update for is what gets you online to do the updates
(same chip different vendor btw) 3.0.3.0 is what i use now

ArmoredCavalry · Aug 29, 2009

jmcslob said:
and yeah i know it's frustrating when the thing you need the update for is what gets you online to do the updates

It feels like Ubuntu 6.10 :laugh:

Update: I got the desktop connected to the internet via my laptop. Windows downloaded driver updates for the card, and "device cannot start"....

This is sorta sad, this card has worked in multiple distros of Linux, XP, Vista 64 bit, but now it won't work in Windows 7? I'm suddenly not so impressed. :\ The card functions fine in Vista, which I am using right now.

Deleted member 67555 · Sep 12, 2009

ArmoredCavalry said:
It feels like Ubuntu 6.10

Update: I got the desktop connected to the internet via my laptop. Windows downloaded driver updates for the card, and "device cannot start"....

This is sorta sad, this card has worked in multiple distros of Linux, XP, Vista 64 bit, but now it won't work in Windows 7? I'm suddenly not so impressed. :\ The card functions fine in Vista, which I am using right now.

when i installed win7 pro I had the same issue except it said "the device could not start because there is not enough resources" so i moved it to another slot and it works now, give it a try, it's only slightly annoying to do it

ov2rey · Sep 16, 2009

intel wireless card also do not work on windows 7

Processor	Intel Core i3-8100
Motherboard	ASRock H370 Pro4
Cooling	Cryorig M9i
Memory	16GB G.Skill Aegis DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
Storage	Crucial MX500 512GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell S2316M LCD
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Corsair CX600M
Mouse	Logitech M500
Keyboard	Lenovo KB1021 USB
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

System Name	Melissa pc
Processor	Intel Core i7-2600K
Motherboard	GA-P67A-UD4 B3 F5 Beta Bios
Cooling	Corsair H60 water cooling
Memory	G.Skill RIPJAWS-X CL7 DDR3-1600 16GB [Dual Channel]
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX580 3Gb DDR5 x2 SLI
Storage	WD Caviar Black 1TBX2 Sata3 Raid 0 /WD 640G Black SATA-II
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23" IPS
Case	Lancool PC-K63 "First Knight Series"
Audio Device(s)	High Definition Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200 modular
Software	Microsoft Windows 7 Build 7601 64bits SP1

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