Belkin F5D7050B USB Wireless Network Adapter

I have Windows 8 Pro installed and I am using a Belkin F5D7051uk model network adapter which had caused me a lot of grief when trying to install. A yellow exclamation mark would keep appearing against it in Device Manager regardless of which driver versions I installed but in the end I managed to get it working by using unsigned drivers from the following link,

http://download.modem-help.co.uk/mfcs-B/Belkin/F5D7051/Drivers/Version-1/Windows-Vista-64-bit/

You have to install the drivers under compatibility mode for Windows 7 (right-click setup.exe file and choose troubleshoot compatibility) and then turn off driver signing in Windows 8 to activate the drivers. This can be done by following the steps in the link below,

http://www.technipages.com/windows-8-disable-device-driver-signing.html

When you log back in to Windows, navigate to C:\Program Files(x86)\Belkin\F5D7051\ and right-click on the bcmrndis64.inf file (there's also bcmrndis86.inf for 32-bit) and then choose 'Install'. Hopefully you'll get a message saying the installation was successful. If you then open up Device Manager the yellow exclamation against the Belkin adapter should have disappeared.

Please remember these are the exact steps I took to fix my issue under a 64-bit OS using a Belkin F5D7051uk network adapter but I am hoping they'll work for any model and OS type.

Hope that helps :)

Hi,

Thank you for posting the question on the Microsoft Community Forums.

It could be issue with the network adapter drivers or Security Software.

From the description I understand that, you are facing an issue with Belkin Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network Adapter. It could be the drivers are not compatible for Windows 8 Operating System.

I checked the Belkin F5D7050 USB Wireless Network Adapter is compatible with the Windows 8.

Belkin website shows that the drivers are not available for the for Windows 8 operating system. I would suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the drivers in compatibility mode and check.

To Uninstall and reinstall the network adapter driver:

a)      Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc.

b)      Expand the Network adapters, click on the drivers.

c)       Click on properties, click on uninstall tab.

d)      Click OK.

Note: Download the latest drivers from the Manufacturer’s website and save it on to the Desktop.

Refer to the link to download the drivers,

F5D7050 Wireless G USB Network Adapter – Drivers

http://www.belkin.com/us/support-article?rnId=297

Click on the link and follow the steps:

“Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows”

**http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows**

You can contact Belkin support and check when will be the latest version of drivers will be released for Windows 8.

http://www.belkin.com/us/support

This information should help you. If you need further assistance regarding Windows, please let us know we will be happy to help.

Hi everyone, i have created a driver file from the self extraction file that belkin provided to fix the issue of no drivers found. Download here: 

https://www.filesplat.com/?p=d&id=BI4yTj8fp4eP0MsF