Abit AirSpace Wi-Fi on x64  

Removing the fan from your graphics card would be an exceptionally bad idea trig - you would need a special passive cooler to get a fanless graphics card to work without overheating.

Have you got any other PCI-e slots on your motherboard? You can use the card in any of the slots on your board, not just in x1 slots.

[edit] Having looked at your motherboard you don't have any other slots.

Without actual physical contact the fan won't interfere with the card in any way, so it's not that. Unfortunately I fear the Atheros drivers and the a-Bit software are simply incompatible - if any extra functions were added to the drivers that a-Bit provided then the Atheros ones won't cut it I'm afraid.

You say the university won't allow >2 MAC addresses to connect - is it wired or wireless? If it's wired then why not invest in a cheap 10/100 router and connect through that? That way you just register the MAC of the router with your uni providers and the others shouldn't be passed through.

I had a Netgear RP614 for just that purpose at uni. They're going pretty cheap on eBay.

Anybody still in hope - incase you didn't know Abit went out of business back in '07, unless anybody can figure this thing out we aren't getting any new drivers.

I'm using the generic AR5006EG driver, it works, but I can't use any of the features (like access point etc).

I'll have a poke around at some point, but whenever I try to install the driver I get insta-reboot loop, not like the beta version where it'd crash randomly.

In the meantime, have a crash dump

Code:

On Thu 26/11/2009 10:33:41 your computer crashed <AIRPACE BSoD>
This was likely caused by the following module: ndis.sys
Bugcheck code: 0x1000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF880014DC853, 0xFFFFF88002FDBB98, 0xFFFFF88002FDB3F0)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\112609-20389-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ndis.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NDIS 6.20 driver
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit may be another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

potatohead said:

Very simple, this card is actually an atheros chipset card, simply uninstall any abit driver and install the driver for the card manually using Windows 7 default drivers under 'Network Adapters', pick either Atheros AR5006X or AR5006XS.

Ok im a tard where is this file?? I have done searches and find nothing.

Go to Device Manager in Control Panel (or wherever). Right click on the adapter, then click properties.

On the driver tab click on "Update Driver", then "Browse my computer for driver software". Instead of actually looking, click "Let me pick from a list...", then find "Atheros Communications Inc." from the left hand list, then you want "Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter". Then click next etc until it installs the driver for you.

I had a couple of crashing issues with the AR5006XS driver, but you could try that if you like.

Use the AR5006EG driver, this is the chip the card's built around. Used it for ages with no problem.

Just to let you all know, I'm working on a fix right now, but don't hold your breath - if I find one it won't be anytime soon.

Thanks a lot Potaohead! Great pointer! Just bought an Abit Airpace card as I may need to go wireless for a while. Did not work under Win 7 Pro 64 bit. The diver CD is useless as are the drivers on the Abit site. Your tip has gotten the card working very nicely thank you very much! Will have to see what happens when I place my PC in another room from my wireless router!

OK, so im currently going through an upgrade from Vista 64bit to 7 64bit and I have this card currently installed using the 64bit drivers from aBit's site. During the install, I am getting to the screen where its Transferring files, settings and programs and then a BSOD hits, kicks out the install and reverts back to Vista. Should I uninstall the driver to the card prior to the install of 7 and then do the Atheros trick?

thanks in advance.

None of you have the problem I do with the generic "AR5006X" driver? My computer crashes all the time while browsing. I can't close tabs or anything. At times music start skipping and stuff. Anyone with the same problem?