Hi Peter,
I am wondering if this adapter is drawing to much power on the USB port on the laptop for it to stay powered on.
If you go to the Device Manager on the netbook and laptop and look at the USB ports POWER tab it will tell you how much milliamp each port will sustain and how much milliamp each device is pulling from the port. There are some computers that have USB ports that are not capable of suppling very much power to the attached devices, they are designed for USB mice and keyboards. On my Dell 6000 all of the USB ports will supply up to 500 mAmps of power.
Since the adapter works on the netbook, I would have the adapter as the only device attached to an USB port and check the amount of mA that it is pulling and then check the laptop USB ports to see if they will sustain that amount of amperage. Also have the laptop plugged into AC to check if it is a power management issue while running on battery.
Bob
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> Hi All.
> I bought the above USB Wireless adapter after the discussions in this group. Its good on my Netbook but I really prefer to use my Laptop, which has a problem with the adapter's USB connection.
> The Laptop USB will recognize the adapter then within a couple of seconds "disconnect" the USB, then recognize it, then disconnect it etc. etc. etc.
> Windows XP SP3
> Built in WiFi disabled
> Was using a Cantenna - I have removed the driver for it.
> Installed the ALPHA properly per. its CD.
> It will not run the ALFA "utility" unless the adapter is recognized by the USB - this doesn't stay on long enough to click "windows zero configuration" - which worked for the Netbook
> It also appears and disappears from Windows Networks and settings.
> Any ideas ??
> I'm on the road so will check for replies when I can
> Many thanks
> Peter
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