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The recent death of my NEUTRON machine prompted the purchase of a new case and motherboard. Today I got the new system installed and running great. No problem whatsoever until I installed my Netgear WG311T Adapter EXACTLY as prescribed in the driver download section. Just like my old system, any network activity above 2Mbps caused a blue screen and system reboot. Fortunately this new system had a slightly more robust BIOS and didn't die completely. Still unsure, I searched google and found this post which confirmed the problem. Apparently Netgear denies the problem exists despite over 50 people having the same issue in this post alone. Even though there is no problem with the card they decided to change to an entirely new hardware design for the adapter that does not cause the blue screens. I plan to head to Best Buy today and try my luck at getting this new version. In case you find yourself with this problem, look for the number on the card near the antenna:

• FAULTY Netgear WG311T Adapter: U12H009.0 Rev4
• REVISED Netgear WG311T Adapter: U12H019.1 Rev1

An obvious identifier is the large metal box on the faulty adapter. The revised one has the chip flush with the circuit board. I can confirm the revised one has no issues because it's currently in my ELECTRON media machine which runs constantly with moderate network traffic and has yet to blue screen. Oh yeah, happy birthday to me.