acer 3680 wireless driver won't start under XP

I've got an acer aspire 3680-2576 laptop that came with Vista and I'm
installing XP Home SP2 on it. The wireless driver installs but windows
reports "device cannot start, code 10." I tried all the wireless drivers
listed for this computer on the acer site and this is the only one that
installs. It's the "atheros AR5600X" driver. Rebooting makes no difference.
Uninstalling and re-installing makes no difference. The wireless switch on
the front of the computer doesn't light when the switch is pushed. Also, the
machine freezes when the device is enabled. When I disable the device the
machine stops freezing. Any ideas what to do? Thanks.

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Gary Roach
ADB Services

uninstall the driver via device manager and reboot.

"Gary Roach" <jgroach@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> I've got an acer aspire 3680-2576 laptop that came with Vista and I'm
> installing XP Home SP2 on it. The wireless driver installs but windows
> reports "device cannot start, code 10." I tried all the wireless drivers
> listed for this computer on the acer site and this is the only one that
> installs. It's the "atheros AR5600X" driver. Rebooting makes no
> difference. Uninstalling and re-installing makes no difference. The
> wireless switch on the front of the computer doesn't light when the switch
> is pushed. Also, the machine freezes when the device is enabled. When I
> disable the device the machine stops freezing. Any ideas what to do?
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Gary Roach
> ADB Services
>

Installing an earlier Os than the one preinstalled often poses issues. Might
strick with Vista.

HH


"Chris Syn" <kobo65@hotnotsomail.com> wrote in message
news:Imozi.23$vb7.18@newsfe02.lga...
> uninstall the driver via device manager and reboot.
>
> "Gary Roach" <jgroach@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:yFkzi.523$k22.253@read2.cgocable.net...
>> I've got an acer aspire 3680-2576 laptop that came with Vista and I'm
>> installing XP Home SP2 on it. The wireless driver installs but windows
>> reports "device cannot start, code 10." I tried all the wireless drivers
>> listed for this computer on the acer site and this is the only one that
>> installs. It's the "atheros AR5600X" driver. Rebooting makes no
>> difference. Uninstalling and re-installing makes no difference. The
>> wireless switch on the front of the computer doesn't light when the
>> switch is pushed. Also, the machine freezes when the device is enabled.
>> When I disable the device the machine stops freezing. Any ideas what to
>> do? Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Gary Roach
>> ADB Services
>>
>
>