SOLUTION: I had the exact same problem, but.I solved it! Albeit quite painfully! D-Link DWL G520 (rev.

B) Note: DO NOT install wireless card in PCI slot until AFTER installing the D-LINK software and drivers (per the included instructions). If you have already done so and had problems you will need to uninstall the D-Link software and pull the card from the slot and when you reinstall the card put it into a different PCI slot this time. I actually did a clean reinstall of windows to get all the D-Link stuff off my machine first and then started fresh and used a different PCI slot. PRIOR TO PHYSICALLY INSTALLING CARD IN PCI SLOT: 1. Obtain the Vista x64 driver from the D-Link website ( should be version: 20081210 posted on 7/9/2009 2. Copy all the files from the old install CD into a folder on your desktop 3.

Find the folder that includes the driver files and replace the files with the new driver files for Vista 64 (should be 3 files) 4. Eject the setup disk, Run the autorun program (included on the CD) from the new folder and install the drivers. (This will also install D-Link utilities on your computer which will not work due to compatibility issues-doesn't matter though because you do not need the D-Link software anyway, just leave it on your machine though). Physically install card into PCI slot (of course AFTER turning off machine and de-powering the motherboard!) 6. After Windows starts, navigate to the device manager, right click on the wireless card adapter and choose 'uninstall' 7.

Now, while still in the device manager, under network adapters, right click and choose 'scan for hardware changes' = Viola! It should now detect your wireless card and it will be correctly installed (DO NOT attempt to 'update driver' as this does not work).-DO NOT RESTART WINDOWS YET- 8. After connecting to the internet for the first time, there should be an optional atheros chip update for your wireless card in windows update, install it. Now for the catch, my whole problem was that after installing the card unsuccessfully previously, windows would hand on startup, so. The workaround here is to disable the wireless card in the device manager BEFORE restarting windows, then each use session you should reenable the device (kind of a pain, but otherwise windows will hang at startup until you remove the card from the slot and repeat the whole process with a new PCI slot!) 10.

I HAVE NOT verified whether the update fixes the problem, I have been too scared to restart without disabling the wireless card first! I am waiting for a definitive user experience on this note before restarting the lazy way! Also, I don't know if the new downloaded driver is necessary or not, it could be that the updated driver is included in Windows and that after installing the d-link software from the CD (with old drivers) you can follow the rest of the instructions to insert the card and then the uninstall, reinstall (in device manager) is the real trick. Windows 7 lists this device as compatible, certainly it is because it works for me, but the startup is the challenge.

SOLUTION: I had the exact same problem, but.I solved it! Albeit quite painfully! D-Link DWL G520 (rev.

B) OK so i'v had this same problem for 3days now iv been batlling it out, i managed to use the card in safe mode with networking. All was ok except ofcourse you cant install or run everything in that mode. In normal mode the PC just freezes, i uninstalled everything to do with the Dlink card, restarted, used the other PCI slot.

And still same issue, i've run out of PCI slots!! Only have two on my VIA P4M800 mobo. Isnt there a windows update to fix this? Im running windows XP pro service pack 3 this is really frustrating.

Got the file ok, thanks. FTP sites above are still not responding. Already had PCI card installed, then installed this utility. It needed a reboot, but works fine now.

Here is section of the release notes. DWL-G520 B4 Wireless 108 G PCI Card Firmware Release Notes Firmware: V4.70 (s0030) EU Hardware: B4 Date: 2009/10/09 Driver: Windows 2000/XP –V5.3.0.46(WHQL Passed) Windows XP 64bit –V4.2.2.51(WHQL Passed) Windows Vista 32bit – V7.6.0.1721(WHQL Passed) Windows Vista 64bit – V7.6.0.1721(WHQL Passed) Windows 7 32bit – V8.0.0.177(WHQL Passed) Windows 7 64bit – V8.0.0.177(WHQL Passed) Problems Resolved: 1.

Support Win7 Known Issues: None. If you can't get the card to show up in device manager at all, we're talking not even the basic 'Ethernet Controller' listing, try using another PCI slot. If you can't get the driver to install off the CD try the latest off the website, or the ones listed here. If all else fails try this driver: That is a generic Atheros driver that has a driver for the AR5002 chipset, which the DWL G520 uses however SuperG(108Mbps) will not be usable. It will show up as 'Atheros Wireless Network Adapter' but should work just fine.

Dwl 520+ Driver Windows 7

For those who managed to get as far as pantherjad, i.e. Disabling the device before shutting down and reenabling after starting up, there is an easier way. Check devcon You'll need to dump it in a convenient location such as 'C: Devcon' or a similar spot, try not to put any spaces in the folder name.

Make sure you have the folder with devcon.exe in it and hold shift and right click in a blank area in the folder, then release shift, and left click 'Open Command Window Here'(or just open a command prompt in the devcon.exe folder if you already know how to do this). In the command prompt type: devcon.exe find. This should list all devices in your system, look for the one for your wireless card. The right side of the: will list the name of the device, the left side has the hardware ID, it should begin with 'PCI.' Note the part of it that says 'VENXXXX'. Now in the same folder create a new text document called disable.bat(name doesn't matter, but the extension does).

In the text document put: C: Devcon devcon.exe disable.VENXXXX repeat in a new file called enable.bat but this time put: C: Devcon devcon.exe enable.VENXXXX Then fire up gpedit.msc (Start, Run(or Search), gpedit.msc). In the tree listing(left hand side) go to Computer Configuration Windows Settings Scripts(Startup/Shutdown). Open Startup and click Add, browse to the 'enable.bat' and add it. Do the same with Shutdown and 'disable.bat'. Close it and try to restart. You should be able to boot without locking up, if you do lock up restart, boot into safe mode(mash F8 when booting up)(without networking enabled), disable the wireless card, restart, boot into windows normally, and then re enable the card. Now check to make sure you don't have the bat files mixed up, such as disable on startup and enable on shutdown(check inside the.bat files as well).

If it's still locking up then post in here. If all else fails install linux(or get a new wireless card). Jk, but seriously on some motherboards this card is very finnicky in windows 7, so good luck.