belkin wireless g adapter unknown device

[betg1492]

so i have searched the internet back and forth for an answer to this so i thought i would ask here! So i have an Belkin wireless g adapter f5d7050 version 4XXX drivers i have two computers one is a desktop and another a laptop both running windows 7 64 bit home premium! i plug in the adapter on my desktop it said cannot load drivers on WLAN 2.0 i install the drivers and restart and it works perfectly! Not the case with my laptop i plug it in it says can not find drivers for unknown device! I load the drivers and restart and nothing still the same message i go to device manager and there it is unknown device under universal serial buss controllers! so the device works that i know so does anyone know what the problem is?

 

[UsernameIssues]

Welcome to the Seven forums.

On the laptop, find the folder in the applicable program files area
Belkin\USB F5D7050\Wireless Utility\Win7_32 (probably Win7_64 for you)

Double click on InstallDriver.exe and see if that works for you.

If that fails, you can contact Belkin directly:
Belkin : Support : Support Options

 

[betg1492]

i did that a cmd screen quickly popped up and went away! i have been in a live chat for 3 hours with belkin and they are blaming my laptop ports but that is not the case since every usb device i use does not have this problem!

 

[UsernameIssues]

The cmd window flashes by for me too.

You can try this:
Remove the USB Wireless adapter from the laptop.
Uninstall the Belkin drivers (program?)
Restart the laptop

Use USBDeview to remove each entry that shows Belkin
(There might only be one or maybe none.)
Restart the laptop if you removed anything

Reinstall the Belkin drivers.
Attach the USB Wireless adapter only after the install program asks for it.

 

[betg1492]

okay well i ran into an issue my laptop recognizes the adapter as an "unknown device" so there was no belkin to remove in the USBDeview anyways i just removed all the unknown devices from there and the ones that were important just re installed themselves! anyways before i get on to much of a ramble here i realized something on my desktop when windows tried to install the drivers it said that the WLAN 2.0 drivers could not be found on my laptop it says unknown device drivers could not be found dont know if this will help or not but thought i would put the info out there! btw the USBD method did not work still unknown device

 

[UsernameIssues]

I'm not sure what to make of the desktop's WLAN 2.0 vs. laptop's unknown hardware...

You can try this tutorial:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/99402-driver-install-add-hardware-wizard.html
When you get to step 7, point it to the folder mentioned in post #2

 

[betg1492]

on step 11 nothing shows up

 

[UsernameIssues]

Let's make sure that we are working with the same files, I got a copy of the 4xxx drivers from here:
Belkin : Support F5D7050 Wireless G USB Network Adapter - Drivers

 

[betg1492]

we are

 

[UsernameIssues]

Okay - one last straw to grasp at:
Go into device manager and right click on that unknown USB device
What are the options on the context menu?

 

[betg1492]

well here is the weird thing i went to my college and tried all the computers in the computer lab and it showed up as wlan 2.0 but only on my laptop does it say unknown device! i dont know if this will help but i thought i would put this in!

 

[UsernameIssues]

When you get a chance - let me know what you find from this post.

 

[betg1492]

general driver and details along with an error code 43

 

[UsernameIssues]

Okay - one last straw to grasp at:
Go into device manager and right click on that unknown USB device
What are the options on the context menu?

general driver and details along with an error code 43

I'm sorry that I was not clear. The context menu is the options that comes up when you first right click on the item of interest.

I was wondering what the context menu shows once you right click on the unknown USB device entry within the device manager. I do not have such an entry so I'm guessing that my menu will not be the same as the one that you see.



What I was hoping to do - was to try something like the option to "Update Driver Software" [not sure if you will have that option]. Then find a step that lets you point it to the folder where that INF file is. You might end up just like you did on step 11 of that tutorial, but I thought it was worth a try.

 

[betg1492]

when i try to install the inf it says it is not a valid x64 driver

 

[UsernameIssues]

Just out of curiosity, is the path to that inf:
....Belkin\USB F5D7050\Wireless Utility\Win7_64
or
....Belkin\USB F5D7050\Wireless Utility\Win7_32