win98 boots to safemode with wireless network card

Am having difficulties with Belking 54G wireless card.
After installation of card software and inserting pci card
windows boots to safemode or closes down totally.
A dos screen prior to closing mentions IFSMGR and
insufficient memory -even though there is enough ram and
disc space.
Changing card to other pci slot does not help.
Belkin support are not able to help.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:46:34 -0800, "Ross Luelf"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Am having difficulties with Belking 54G wireless card.
>After installation of card software and inserting pci card
>windows boots to safemode or closes down totally.
>A dos screen prior to closing mentions IFSMGR and
>insufficient memory -even though there is enough ram and
>disc space.
>Changing card to other pci slot does not help.
>Belkin support are not able to help.

I had the same problem when trying to install a Belkin 54G wireless
card, and subsequently a Netgear 54G wireless card, into an older PC.
It turned out that these wireless cards will only work in PCI Ver. 2.2
slots, which have an extra 3.3 volt line wired into them. If you try
to use them in a pre-2.2 slot, they will send the PC haywire as you
describe.

By the way, only ATX motherboards have PCI 2.2 slots. AT motherboards
do not have them, because AT power supplies do not provide the
necessary 3.3 volt line.

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