Linksys WMP54G Driver. Is there one?? I need it!

Tomrdiedrich

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I have Linksys WMP54G wireless PCI adapter. When I bought it I was told there was Windows 7 support. I cannot find any win7 drivers for it. Their site only has vista 32bit drivers. Tried them and it causes BSOD on my pc. Is there any other way to find drivers for this? I talked with linksys and they said they are working on it. But they could not tell me when they will be out. Since it has been a long time since win7 has been out I think they are never coming out.

This is fairly new and it would be real nice if it could be more than an expansion slot plug! I have read things about getting drivers from the chip manufacturer, but have been unable to find them or even chip maker.

Please help me if you have some info. I am unable to use internet on my desktop until I can make this work due to shared router.
 

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AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0Ghz OC to 3.51(22hr stable prime95)
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MSI 785GM-E51
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22 deg C Idle; 36 deg C full load; mobo 26 deg C under load 18 deg C idle

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Something I threw together
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Intel Core i7-2600K
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Asus P8P67
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16 GB G Skill F3-10666 CL9D-4GBRL
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ATI Radeon HD 6870
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ATI Radeon HDMI / Realtek ALC892
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Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
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I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
Ralink does not offer a driver on their site for the particular chip. I tried a driver for a chip that had a similar number and no go. I will try this one and let you know how it goes. Thanks Pooch!!:)

What really makes me mad is that linksys is so far behind that they dont have a driver for 7 64bit, Then to top it off they had enough nerve to offer me model numbers for a new card that would work! I will NEVER buy another linksys product for as long as I live. Even if they are making the only available product that I need. Go #$@k yourself linksys!

Now that that is out of the way.... I was able to find a link from a thread in seven forums for a driver, but that one did not work either. So I am without a network card for my HTPC. It is a real bummer I tell ya! I hope this driver works.
 

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Black and Blue Beast
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0Ghz OC to 3.51(22hr stable prime95)
Motherboard
MSI 785GM-E51
Memory
PNY XLR8 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz 2x2GB Crucial 2048MB DDR
Graphics Card(s)
MSI R5770 Hawk 1GB GDDR5 OCed to 935MHz 1335MHz Mem
Sound Card
Realtek® High-End Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
46" Sharp 1080p LED, Vizio 42" 1080p LED
Screen Resolution
1080p via HDMI cable
Hard Drives
Seagate 1.5TB 32mb cache SATA
WD Caviar Green 1TB 64MB/SATA-3G
WD Caviar Green 2TB 64MB/SATA-3G
PSU
Thermaltake TR2 RX 650-Watt Modular PSU
Case
Apevia X-Master Black Desktop/HTPC Case
Cooling
Corsair H50 liquid cooled
Keyboard
Cideko Wireless 3D keyboard
Mouse
Cideko Wireless 3D Mouse
Internet Speed
6 MB/s Download 2 MB/s Upload
Other Info
Sabrent USB 2.0 Internal Multi Card Reader
LG 10X Blu Ray Burner
3x 80mm fans
2x 120mm fans

22 deg C Idle; 36 deg C full load; mobo 26 deg C under load 18 deg C idle
Ralink does not offer a driver on their site for the particular chip.
Does this download and install recipe for the Ralink driver work? [Actually, just noticed this is the identical link that Pooch posted above... sorry, didn't see that before.]

Sounds from the writeup that this guy got it to work, but you have to force the install according to his screenshots and step-by-step procedure.

Of course the thread started in 2009, so no guarantees it's usable today.

In fact, the thread ends recently with:

"I guess it's worth repeating that I ended up dumping the WMP54G because of all this hassle with crappy drivers early on. I bought a D-Link DWA-552 and never looked back."
 

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Home-built, two systems (1) and (2)
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Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2)
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i5-3350p 3.1Ghz/6MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6MB-cache (2)
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ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (1); ASUS P5Q3 (2)
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8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2)
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ATI HD7750 (1), (see TV cards); ATI R7 250 (2)
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Realtek ALC892 HD Audio (1); Realtek ALC1200 HD Audio (2)
Monitor(s) Displays
Eizo HD2441W LCD, Eizo S2433W (1); Eizo 24" S2433W (2)
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1920x1200, 1920x1200 (1); 1920x1200 (2)
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(1) 1TB SATA-II (7200RPM), 2x2TB SATA-III (7200RPM), 250GB SATA-III (10000RPM) for OS; 2x2TB external USB 3.0

(2) 320GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 750GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 150GB SATA-II (10000RPM) for OS; 2TB external USB 3.0
PSU
Nesteq ECS-6001 600W (1); Nesteq ECS-5001 500W (2)
Case
Acousti-Case 360 (1) and (2)
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 for CPU, 2x120mm case fans (1) and (2)
Keyboard
IBM PS/2 (1) and (2)
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution wireless (1); Microsoft wired (2)
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100mbps down / 10mbps up
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Microsoft Security Essentials; Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Pro
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Firefox
Other Info
Ceton InfiniTV 4-tuner cablecard-enabled TV card as well as Hauppauge HVR-2250 OTA/ATSC 2-tuner TV card in (1), running under Win7 WMC
Actually, just noticed this is the identical link that Pooch posted above... sorry, didn't see that before.
no problem :D
Sounds from the writeup that this guy got it to work, but you have to force the install according to his screenshots and step-by-step procedure.

Of course the thread started in 2009, so no guarantees it's usable today.

In fact, the thread ends recently with:

"I guess it's worth repeating that I ended up dumping the WMP54G because of all this hassle with crappy drivers early on. I bought a D-Link DWA-552 and never looked back."
That is a fact of life in the PC world Old hardware may still work ok but the manufacturers are doing there best to keep us buying the new stuff :(
 

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Something I threw together
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Intel Core i7-2600K
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Asus P8P67
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16 GB G Skill F3-10666 CL9D-4GBRL
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 6870
Sound Card
ATI Radeon HDMI / Realtek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 22" standard monitors / LG32LC56v TV to watch films
Screen Resolution
1920 x1080
Hard Drives
2 x OCZ Vertex2 111.79GB
3 x Samsung103SJ
1 x Samsung103UJ
1 x WD3200BEVT
1 x Hitachi5K320-160
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Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
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Antec 300
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Noctua NH-U12P SE2 and 5 120mm Case fans
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Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
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Hama M3110 / Logitech M305
Internet Speed
16000
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I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
Looks like only the version 4.1 hardware has a 32-bit Vista driver option, along with the XP driver. This might well be usable in a 32-bit Win7 world.

The 4.0 and earlier hardware versions all have drivers from 2006 and earlier, which I'm guessing are strictly for XP and unusable for Win7.

For an item of this low price, my own approach would be that it's just not worth my time to try and utilize a legacy hardware item into a modern environment. MS and the hardware vendors have "emerged victorious" and I'm simply forced to upgrade to "modern hardware" that is now all that is supported by "modern software".

I'd normally be annoyed at this manipulation, but generally there is so much true price/performance benefit that I don't mind paying what inevitably is a small price in the long run to truly get past the obstacle forever and not have to fight with it again.

I faced this myself when converting from XP to Win7 about 1/12 years ago, only to discover that Creative Labs did not support my long-favorite sounding Audigy/2 PCI sound card in Win7. I was devastated. As my solution, I opted for a new X-Fi Titanium PCI-e card which of course was supported by Win7, and in fact sounded just as good to me as the old Audigy/2.

Before deciding, I did audition the built-in Realtek ALC1200 chip on my motherboard, but for some reason it didn't sound as good as an older ALC883 chip sounded on another machine of mine... where I DO use onboard sound. However on my ASUS P5Q3 board, the ALC1200 just didn't sound right. So I decided to go with the X-Fi Titanium, and was very very happy. Still in use today.

Reasonable price, available, usable immediately, supported by Creative for Win7. My time is valuable too, and this is an easy and cheap solution. Purchased. Case closed. Move on to other challenges.
 

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Home-built, two systems (1) and (2)
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Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2)
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i5-3350p 3.1Ghz/6MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6MB-cache (2)
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (1); ASUS P5Q3 (2)
Memory
8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2)
Graphics Card(s)
ATI HD7750 (1), (see TV cards); ATI R7 250 (2)
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892 HD Audio (1); Realtek ALC1200 HD Audio (2)
Monitor(s) Displays
Eizo HD2441W LCD, Eizo S2433W (1); Eizo 24" S2433W (2)
Screen Resolution
1920x1200, 1920x1200 (1); 1920x1200 (2)
Hard Drives
(1) 1TB SATA-II (7200RPM), 2x2TB SATA-III (7200RPM), 250GB SATA-III (10000RPM) for OS; 2x2TB external USB 3.0

(2) 320GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 750GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 150GB SATA-II (10000RPM) for OS; 2TB external USB 3.0
PSU
Nesteq ECS-6001 600W (1); Nesteq ECS-5001 500W (2)
Case
Acousti-Case 360 (1) and (2)
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 for CPU, 2x120mm case fans (1) and (2)
Keyboard
IBM PS/2 (1) and (2)
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution wireless (1); Microsoft wired (2)
Internet Speed
100mbps down / 10mbps up
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials; Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Pro
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Ceton InfiniTV 4-tuner cablecard-enabled TV card as well as Hauppauge HVR-2250 OTA/ATSC 2-tuner TV card in (1), running under Win7 WMC

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Vista and 7 32 bit
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Centrino Duo 2 Ghz & Intel Quadcore 2.4GHZ
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Unknown
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4 GB in both
TRK516:..thank you very much, I use windows 7 Ultimate x64.100% working well
 

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Intel
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windows7 Ultimate x64
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Intel
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Intel
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ddr2 2gb
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Geforce 6100
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WDC 500gb
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Kapersky
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google
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