FAQ
D-LINK DFE-650TX

1. What if resources are not available?
2. What if the drivers are not recognized?
3. What if the laptop locks up?
4. What if the coupler light is on when the cable is disconnected?
5. What if the card is not recognized?

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1. What if resources are not available? (Back to top)

Verify there is a free IRQ using the Device Manager. If all resources are in use, disable or remove any unused device to free an IRQ. Once this has been done you can add the adapter back into the system, making sure the card uses a free resource.

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2. What if the drivers are not recognized? (Back to top)

1. Download the latest drivers from D-Link Technical Support.
2. Check the Device Manager to verify that the PCMCIA sockets do not have a yellow exclamation mark or red "X."
3. Run Diagnostics on the card. To run the Diagnostics you will have to restart the computer into Safe Mode Command Prompt Only. Restart the computer. Press F8 on bootup when the message "Starting Windows 95/98…" then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only. Type in CD A:, with the driver disk in the A: drive, then type CD diag to get to the diag directory. Run the DFCD.exe program to initialize the PCMCIA sockets. This will give the card an IRQ and I/O address. Then run the Diag.exe program. Choose Adapter Diagnostics once you are past the welcome screen. Verify the card passes all tests. Loopback failure is OK since there is no loopback cable connected to the adapter.

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3. What if the laptop locks up? (Back to top)

This is usually caused by unavailable resources. Try deleting the PCMCIA sockets in the Device Manager. Then boot up with the adapter in the machine. The PCMCIA sockets should reinstall themselves and then the adapter will be found. If the adapter is not found let the machine reboot. This time it should install the adapter without a problem.

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4. What if the coupler light is on when the cable is disconnected? (Back to top)

This is caused by a bad coupler. Replace the coupler.

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5. What if the card is not recognized? (Back to top)

1. Check the PCMCIA Sockets in the Device Manager. Be sure there are no exclamation marks on the adapter and no red "X".
2. Try a different PCMCIA slot.
3. The laptop may have a Cardbus (32bit) slot. Most of the time this can be configured for PCMCIA (16bit) cards and should be backward compatible. If other solutions do not work, check the BIOS for a setting to DISABLE Cardbus or set the Cardbus slot to PCMCIA. Then restart the computer.

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