Does netgear have any firmware up dates for this card?
If you run the test utility from
www.memtest.org when all slots are
populated does it run without err's?
"CatChase" <CatChase@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B7864665-519A-4935-AA05-C28B37EDB3ED@xxxxxx
Quote:
> We did all of that.
>
> "Bob F." wrote:
> Quote:
>> The NetGear card probably shares some RAM and got confused when you
>> installed the new RAM. When the Netgear card's driver was first
>> installed
>> it automatically configures its work space (RAM sharing). So. You can
>> do 1
>> of 2 things. 1. Go into Device Manager, find the driver and update it.
>> It
>> will reconfigure when you do. Alternatively, you can delete the driver,
>> turn your machine off and on and the machine will find and install a new
>> driver, or at least it will be refreshed. Or 2. A more ruthless
>> operation.
>> Shut you computer down, Remove the Netgear card. Turn you computer on,
>> let
>> it boot up. It will configure with NO card. Then shut it down, install
>> the
>> card, turn your computer on, it will find the card, drivers and
>> reconfigure
>> itself once again. Everything should work then. In both of these cases
>> it
>> should be after you have installed all the RAM.
>>
>> --
>> BobF.
>> "CatChase" <CatChase@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:37F76926-5215-4D20-93C1-AE6F697F30A5@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > My Dell 8400 had XP. We upgraded to Vista a month ago. No problems
>> > with
>> > the
>> > wireless network card. (Netgear WG311 v.3)
>> >
>> > HOWEVER - we decided to purchase more RAM for the pc. We called Dell
>> > to
>> > purchase the RAM so it would be compatible. We had two 512MB cards in
>> > dual
>> > slots. We ordered two 1GB cards to place in the remaining dual slots.
>> > That
>> > gives us 3GB of RAM. Vista maxes out at 4MB according to what was sent
>> > to
>> > me
>> > by NetGear.
>> >
>> > The problem is that if we use all four slots, the network card stops
>> > working. If we use two 1GB cards in dual slots, the network card works
>> > fine.
>> > If we use all four slots, the network card stops working. We changed
>> > the
>> > cards around so the 1GB cards were in one set and the 512MB cards in
>> > another
>> > set. We had them paired each time, so that was not the problem.
>> >
>> > We ordered two more 1GB cards with the thought that because the four we
>> > had
>> > were not quadruplets, that might be the problem. It isn't. Dell took
>> > back
>> > the extra RAM.
>> >
>> > Dell support blames the problem on NetGear. NetGear blames the problem
>> > on
>> > Vista. The technician at NetGear sent me a kb of Vista limits for RAM.
>> > When
>> > I replied that we hadn't maxed out on RAM, I got an email that the
>> > email I
>> > sent in reply couldn't be delivered.
>> >
>> > So, any suggestions? I did as much troubleshooting as I could and I
>> > researched the problem extensively for two weeks prior to asking you.
>> > (The
>> > card worked fine with Vista prior to the upgrade in RAM and it only
>> > stops
>> > working if all four slots are used.)
>> >
>> > Thanks! 
>>