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    Intel Wifi Link 5100 freezes on Win 7 64 Beta

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by robbirzell, Feb 2, 2009.

  1. robbirzell

    robbirzell Notebook Consultant

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    I am having difficulty with my wireless connection under Win 7 64. The adapter seems to freeze up every 2-20 minutes and I have to disable and then enable the adapter to refresh the internet connection. I have reinstalled the driver a couple of times, but that hasn't fixed the problem.

    I am liking most of what I see in Win 7, but this internet connection problem makes it almost unusable for me. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Thanks
     
    robbirzell, Feb 2, 2009
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    go_ahead_ed Notebook Consultant

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    I'm having some similar problems with Win 7 on my SR290 with the Intel 5100 AGN WiFi chipset. Although for me it seems to be just fine as long as I don't let the notebook go to sleep, or stop using the network for a while.

    You mentioned that you reinstalled the driver. Did you use the Vista compatibility mode to see if that helped?
     
    go_ahead_ed, Feb 3, 2009
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    I can't remember if I used compatibility mode or not. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion.
     
    robbirzell, Feb 3, 2009
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