Belkin F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter Problem

Here is a similar problem resolved by the person when QNA was running, but unfortunately it may be of no use to you, as it sounds as though you have already tried everything :

belkin F5D8053 wireless usb adapter disconnects in windows 7
here's the Answer (since I can't answer my own question, nor can I answer anyone else who asked this exact same question, as their questions are closed)
Here's what I did, it may or may not work for you.
Download the older Belkin Driver from their website 2.0.0.4:from here article
Uninstall whatever driver you have installed now from Add/Remove Programs
Once that is done, find the file you downloaded, right click on it and go to Properties.
Put a check mark in 'Run as Administrator' and change it to run in compatibility mode for Vista. (If Vista does work, retry all this with XP Svc Pack 2) Vista worked for me.
Now run the file.It should install and let you use your adapter.
Mine used to disconnect me about every 5-10 minutes and give an error that no drivers were installed. I would have to unplug and reinsert the usb adapter and it'd work again.
After doing this procedure, it's been up and running for about 2 days now with no disconnects!

Ok thankyou, i'll try what he says for the hell of it. worth another shot

Ok, I finally got it working with the help of a post from another forum i found. Just wanna say ty very much to this guy for his effort in figuring out something that belkin should have clearly sorted by now. Here is the post for all of you who are having the same issues..
This worked for me and I'm using Belkin F5D8053 N Wirless usb dongle v3:


After various testing configurations, I would like to confirm that the Belkin F5D8053 (a Draft-N adapter) works with the Ralink RT2870 chipset. It does not require any modified INF files or custom driver packs, but still requires some configuration adjustments and drivers directly from Ralink. My configuration has this running correctly under Windows 7 (64-bit). The following steps are required to get this operational:

0) Make sure you have uninstalled any existing drivers or software you have installed for this specific Belkin adapter. As there is no Windows 7 driver from Belkin yet at the time of writing, this shouldn't be a problem.

1) Visit the Ralink website:

Ralink corp. | Home

Head to the "Software" page, and on the Windows page download the "USB (RT2870 /RT2770 /RT307X /RT2070 /RT3572)" driver (currently dated 09/25/2009, the filename is "IS_AP_STA_RT2870_D-1.4.7.0_VA-2.3.7.0_W7-3.0.7.0_RU-3.1.3.0_AU-3.0.4.0_092509_1.5.5.0WP_Free.exe"). This driver package includes drivers for Windows 2000, XP 32 & 64-bit, Vista 32 & 64-bit and Windows 7 32 & 64-bit.

2) Right-click the installation file and set the Compatibility Mode to "Windows XP SP2". This step is required, as the Windows 7 drivers do not contain the "PSP Xlink Mode" option in the Advanced settings of your network adapter. The drivers installed when the installer is in compatibility mode still function properly under Windows 7 64-bit.

3) Run the installer (now set for XP SP2 compatibility).

- Click the "I accept the terms of the license agreement" radio button and click Next.
- When asked "Choose to install...", select the "Install driver only" radio button and click Next.
- Click Install.
- Wait for the "InstallShield Wizard Complete" dialogue box to appear.
- Click Finish.

4) Insert your Belkin F5D8053 N wireless USB adapter into a powered USB port on your computer. Given the size of its casing potentially obstructing other nearby USB ports, you may want to use the stand that comes with it.

You should get a notification from Windows 7 saying drivers were NOT successfully installed.

5) Go the Windows "Control Panel" and open up "Device Manager". Under the category "Other devices" will be "F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter" with a yellow triangle and black exclamation point (warning symbol) next to it. Right click the F5D8053 adapter and select "Update Driver Software..."

6) When asked "How do you want to search for driver software?", select "Browse my computer for driver software. On the following screen, select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".

From the "Select your device's type from the list below" listing, select "Network adapters" and click Next.

From the "Manufacturer", select "Ralink Technology, Corp." [DO NOT SELECT "Ralink Technology Corp." Make sure to select the one WITH the 'comma' in the manufacturer name.] From the "Network Adapter" list, select "802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card (Ralink Technology, Corp.)". Click Next.

You will receive a dialogue box titled "Update Driver Warning" stating "Installing this device driver is not recommmended because Windows cannot verify that it is compatible with your hardware. If the driver is no compatible, your hardware will not work correctly and your computer might become unstable or stop working completely. Do you want to continue installing this driver?" Click Yes.

Windows will beep a few times and the blue light on the Belkin adapter should flash. You will receive a dialogue stating "Windows has successfully updated your driver software" for the device "802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card". Click Close.

"802.11n USB Wireles LAN Card" will now appear under "Network adapters" in the "Device Manager". (It is possible that the device may have a number after it depending on how often you've installed/uninstalled the drivers and didn't take the time to clear out any leftover registry entries afterward. This is not harmful.)

Thats it

THKS for posting back, hope others will benefit :).

Busker991 - Thank you very much for showing the way on the pesky Belkin F5D8053 Windows 7 install. Like you, mine worked for a few days after a fresh install then just stopped. I don't usually sign up to these forums, but how else could I have thanked you?

And who's going to kick Belkin's a**e? They should be ashamed of themselves...

Thanks again!

got the belkin working, but is it possible to use the ralink utility?

im using ralink utility on other machines and like it very much

Zebbie you're welcome :)
Cixoos, from the post i found, the guy said not to install the ralink utility. But i haven't actually tried it. But now mine is working dont really wanna try install it incase something goes wrong lol. But i guess if you tried, you could always uninstall it again if it didn't work or just do a system restore

the ralink utility doesn't work. driver version says 1.3 something. windows says connection is 135mbps something.

thinking of replacing the old belkin because its very sensitive. Just putting a book in front of it and the router decreases the speed to 13,5

After installing the Belkin driver in compatibility mode (and I tried XP sp2, Vista, and Vista sp2) the adapter would work for a while and then disappear from the system. The Ralink driver worked but I discovered another problem (and solution). I noticed that when the Belkin adapter disapeared, so did my Pocket Media drive. When I took up that issue with HP tech support they told me to update the NVIDIA USB EHC1 Chipset. The URL for the update is ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software11/COL31608/pv-78469-1/sp44620.exe for those who have HP Pavilion desktops. Both the wireless and the drive are working fine now. Kudos to the HP guys for a quick response and a working solution.