Living with wires... upgraded my drives and lost my wireless (for a while)...

By Aaron Tersteeg (Intel) (65 posts) on February 8, 2007 at 11:18 pm

You really don't know how good being mobile is until it's gone.

I recently installed updater software on both my PC and Mac that both resulted in me loosing wireless connectivity to my Dlink DI-624 base station. I've had the base station for a few years and thought that maybe it did not support the new updated technology.

As a result of losing wireless, I found myself hording and managing information in a disconnected state. Most of the technical people I know tend to keep a lot of there "bit in the cloud". And the more bits you have the more you need alternative storage strategies. Media is a typical example. Before I lost my wireless I streamed most of my music and video. For example if I wanted to watch the NBC Nightly News I'd just go to the web site and watch the stream. But since I lost my wireless connection I needed to figure out a way to get the information to be stored locally. I found that pod casts are a great way to do this and the amount of video pod casts are just exploding. The same NBC program is available for free download to watch off line. I subscribed to the content and a band-aid has been applied.

But the root cause of my problem still lingered. Did I need to get ride of my Dlink and buy a new wireless access point? If my wife's laptop internet connection had died at the same time as my two other laptops did then I'd have a new access point AND it would have new WLAN online storage (for more media bits). But her connection continued to work fine. So it looked like I had to spend time rather than money to solve this problem.

In the old consumer electronics world when things get old you upgrade the hardware. I can't image that 10+ years ago if someone wanted a new feature of the ability to connect an amplifier to a DVD player they would contact the amplifier company and get the system update to accept DVD connections. But in today's world you can pretty much count on at least a couple software upgrades to improve the compatibility and functionality of your gear. So I went hunting on the Dlink web site. And like I thought"? there are firmware updates for the wireless access point that I have. I download, updated and was back in action. (lesson learned, if you can't get a DHCP IP address, clone your MAC address, woked like a charm.)

This got me thinking... I'm a technology guy. Part of my job is knowing about the software and hardware. How do users that don't know about firmware have even half a chance solving these types of issues? What is the solution?

Categories: Mobility

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By Lien Pham on August 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 am
Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533). Because I lost my sound card on board when I updated anything which I did not know the result.
Thanks so much.

By yaser shahzad on August 5th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Hi EveryBody .... I have D845GVFN motherboard and i install windows vista but vista do not install motherboard drivers like Graphics , Chipset , Intell Application Accelerator , LAN , USB . but audio successfully installed .. i need drivers of D845GVFN motherboard for windows vista .

By faisal on September 24th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
plz help me . I have Intel desktop board d845gfvn and i install window vista

successfully .but i have a problem with window graphic driver .because vista do not install motherboard drivers like Graphics , Chipset , Intel Application Accelerator , LAN , USB . but audio successfully installed .. i need drivers of D845GVFN motherboard for windows vista .

By Prabin on September 28th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I also need graphic driver for windows vista.
D845GVFN

By shishir on September 30th, 2007 at 5:03 am
prescott 533 board drivers

By Nguyen Minh on October 14th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Hi.
Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533). Because I lost my sound card on board when I updated anything which I did not know the result.
Thanks so much.

By Ali on October 23rd, 2007 at 8:55 am
I also have Problem

By Intel Software Network Support on October 23rd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
A note to any previous commenters experiencing end-user hardware issues:

To obtain end-user technical support for hardware products such as desktop boards, processors, wired or wireless network adapters, etc., please contact Intel Customer Support using their email form located at: http://supportmail.intel.com/scripts-emf/welcome.aspx

To obtain driver updates, please visit: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/

By vasu on December 27th, 2007 at 4:02 am
i want PRESCOTT 533 mother board drivers p4

By denise on January 7th, 2008 at 8:28 am
i keep getting error messages i need to install
either intel graphics driver or microsoft graphics driver
however where do you find a free download for either one?

By MMBZ on January 29th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I have formatted my hard drive and i need the complete drivers for my motherboard which i have misplaced : prescott 533 / asrock / p4 i45gv
Thank you

By Alavudeen on February 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 am
I need MS Vista VGA & Sound card driver for Intel 845 GL motherboard. Please help me at the earliest.

Thanks,
Alavudeen.

By logesh on February 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Hi,
Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533)(p4i45gv). Because I lost my sound card on board when I updated anything which I did not know the result.
Thanks so much.
Logesh.s

By sai on February 25th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I have formatted my hard drive I need the complete drivers for my mercury mother board and chipset number is Intel 845 GS/GL

By mark on March 11th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I lost my motherboard....Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533)..thanks.....

By ayub on March 24th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
super

By Pradheeban on March 25th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I Lost my mother Board CD. Please send me the Driver for PRESCOTT 533 Mother Board

By Intel 845 GS/GL on March 27th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Sir
Kindly Send Intel 845 GS/Gl mother board driver because i lost my Pc sound.

Salim Kh

By snigdha on March 27th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
i lost my motherboard cd intel/VIA/ALI chipset M/B S/NO:02011074C4 will u please send me !!!!!!! please

By ahmed on March 29th, 2008 at 5:26 am
thanks alot for all works :)

By Betty on March 30th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I need a diagram of the E210882 board to find out the correct placement of the memory cards (I understand that a pair of matching cards is required.)

By camelia on March 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533).

By deepa on April 2nd, 2008 at 8:15 am
Sir
Kindly Send Intel 845 GS/Gl mother board driver because i lost my Pc sound.

By ankit on April 12th, 2008 at 12:00 am
please i want all the drivers for prescott 533

By MOHAMED on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
I need MS XP VGA & Sound card driver for Intel 845 GL motherboard. Please help me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Thanks,

By quadir ahmad on April 26th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533). Because I lost my sound card on board when I updated anything which I did not know the result.
Thanks so much.

By satinder on April 27th, 2008 at 3:29 am
I have prescott 533 mother board
with p4i 45gv chip sett

By Alfred on April 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I need drivers complete for prescott 533 mother board with p4i 45gv, Please send me the driver, help me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thanks so much.

By nasir on May 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 am
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By nasir on May 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 am
hi register me please

By zxc on May 6th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Hi.
Please send me the driver of Main board (PRESCOTT 533). Because I lost my sound card on board driver when I updated anything which I did not know the result.
Thanks so much.

By sword on May 7th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Please, i need chipset,audio,graphics and network driver for prescott 533 ASAP. Thanking You.

By Rene G. Datulayta on May 11th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Good day...

Kindly send me drivers motherboard of Prescott 533. The cd installer was damaged due to heat.

May this be given favorable action.

Thank you and more power.

By john west on May 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
i trying to find specs on motherboard E210882

By shriram on May 18th, 2008 at 1:37 am
send me the driver of mainboard prescott 533 ver 1.10 plz.........

By alex on May 24th, 2008 at 4:06 am
pls send me the driver of mainboard via vt8233 pls

By newtandn on May 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Please send me chipset,audio,graphics and network driver for prescott 533 Kenao. Thanking You.

By bachir on May 31st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I need MS XP VGA & Sound card driver for Intel 845 GL motherboard.

By s.edward on June 16th, 2008 at 7:30 am
I have formatted my hard drive I need the complete drivers for my mercury mother board and Intelchipset.Mother board number is PI 845 GLM-AGP

By Tayyab Naveed Umer on June 17th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Sir,

I need to dowlaod driver of VGA of motherboard D845GVFN

By Kindly send me drivers motherboard of Prescott 533 on June 18th, 2008 at 3:18 am
i lost my mother board c d

By Kindly send me drivers motherboard of Prescott 533 on June 18th, 2008 at 4:23 am
my software cd is breaked

By NILESH KAPOOR on June 20th, 2008 at 5:04 am
hi am computer h/w & n/w eng.

By vineet on June 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
hi Plz let me knw how can i get 2 knw dat which motherboard i hv in my PC coz i need d graphic as well as sound card drivers as i lost dem Coz dere's a huge variety of drivers available.Plzzz Help me.

By frankudo on June 27th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Please send me chipset,audio,graphics and network driver for prescott 533 Kenao. Thanking You.

By Waseem Abbasi on July 5th, 2008 at 1:58 am
I Need D845GnFN Mother Board Drivers For Window Vista.


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