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| Belkin f5d7000 WiFi card doesn’t like Windows 7 Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:17 PM PDT  I got called about a PC that suddenly wouldn’t connect to the internet once it had Windows 7 (64 bit) installed. Since it was a WiFi connection, I thought: it probably doesn’t have the correct drivers… it should be an easy fix. Well, I soon found myself connecting the PC to the router via ethernet, then having to (unexpectedly) wait over 40 minutes for updates to complete… grrr Normally, Windows 7 is really good at automatically finding drivers… but this was one of the few times it didn’t work. The WiFi card is a Belkin f5d7000 version 3000au So, my next step was to go through the Belkin website, and find an appropriate driver. I eventually find the correct area but I see no Windows 7 drivers. The closest driver is a vista 32-bit driver… I try it but that doesn’t work. Not wanting to spend any more time I eventually conclude that the f5d7000 v3000au is not compatible with W7 64-bit, and install a WiFi card from a different maker (ASUS), which works perfectly. Since then, I have stumbled actross a website (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprohardware/thread/102a8764-1e02-4dbc-ab79-2a46f3a04b91), where there is some mention of a solution, but nothing specific to this version of WiFi card, and W7-64bit Mcnamara Related posts:
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