Just replaced my crappy 2230 w/ a Killer Wireless-N 1103

Does it matter how I plug the antenae in? Does a certain antena go to a certain plug on the card?

I think I went white/black/gray from left to right becuase of the length of the wires.

Thanks

 

Yes, it matters. Match the wire color to the triangle color on the 1103 or, from left to right from the top, white-gray-black. See http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/651078-installing-bigfoot-killer-1103-a.html.

 

There weren't any color triangles, thats why I was asking! =)

Looks like I have the black and gray switched.

Thanks!

 

I ordered my R4 with the standard card, didn't have the cash to get the Killer card up front, but where did you guys buy it aftermarket? I'd like to know that I can upgrade sometime down the line..

 

If you have any latency/lag signal dropping issues like I did, use the Atheros reference drivers and ditch the network manager altogether.

 

Where does one find said reference drivers?

I've been seeing this suggestion everywhere, but don't know what drivers i'm supposed to download.

 

Can you be more detailed on that post. Where i can download them? I have lag spikes in diablo 3

 

the correct cable order is from left to right:

White/Black/Grey
that is how dell it put in my R3.
if that isnt correct dell failed that build

 

Lol, my card worked as White/Black/Grey and White/Grey/Black no difference... still have lag spikes

 

I got my m17x yesterday, and tonight the wireless connection just keep dropping every now and then.
I got the Killer card, so did you have similar issue before?

 

I have lag spikes / latency issues trying now atheros drivers. Will report soon

EDIT: seems like my killer 1103 is defective - im still getting lag spikes...

 

Using the Killer 1103 with driver 9.2.0.320 (Dell Bigfoot_Win74_A03_Setup_2J8N4_ZPE) ( Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]) with minimal latency. Might be something else, including server lag?

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I too have the Killer-N Wireless 1103 card in my M17x R4 and was experiencing lag spikes in Diablo 3 while on Bigfoot's official Killer-N drivers.

Did some reasearch, switched to Atheros reference drivers and not one lag spike since.

I'm currently using these http://www.station-drivers.com/tele...s_wifi_10.0.0.52(www.station-drivers.com).exe

The latest version 10.0.0.52 drivers for Windows 7 32/64-bit

Download these drivers, uninstall the Network Manager, uninstall your wireless card, reboot, reinstall w/these Atheros drivers.

The page of lists of driver versions is here: http://www.station-drivers.com/page/atheros.htm

Our 1103 chipset is the 2nd last one from the bottom, the one that starts with: "Atheros : AR5001X"

For anyone with the 1103 Killer-N card, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend installing these Atheros drivers if you're experiencing latency/lag issues.

 

going to give them a try!

EDIT: seems like D3 is going without any lag spikes... interesting why oficial drivers wont work

 

i have same result, drivers from bigfoot self causes lag during a second a peace in bf3, using latest dell works fine and no "lag"

 

You are using 9.2.0.320 from dell? (which is designed form R4 and R2)

 

who says theyre not official drivers? I would have to find the thread but a few users show how the killer IS an atheros card with different vendor ID's in the firmware. they just modded killer's drivers and use $20 atheros cards from e-bay

UPDATE:
here you go

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/660398-killer-mod.html

the 1103 is an atheros AR5BHB112

 

i use these:
Killer1103_Bigfoot_W74_2M39F_A00-Setup_ZPE

drivers from the r4 page.

 

With dell drivers i have lag spikes. With atheros one all is ok...

 

Yeah, it's weird huh?

I have the same thing.

 

But we both bought from the same reseller. Maybe their cards is defective?

 

Can't be, or the card wouldn't be working at all.

I'm on my 5Ghz band at home, nice flat speed curve on speedtest.net, maxes out my FiOS 50/20mbit.

I think it's just Bigfoot's own software and drivers.

 

i transplanted my killer 1103 from R3 to R4 and used first the exact same drivers. where it worked perfectly on the R3 if got bugged on the R4.
so drivers? might be a combination with some other tech in R4.
like i said few post back, using drivers from r4 page works for me, no more glitches in BF3.

ftp://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER00367309M/2/Killer1103_Bigfoot_W74_2M39F_A00-Setup_ZPE.exe

 

On my wife's R3 it works even with bigfoot drivers (not dell) and all is ok. But on my R2 is different story... with atheros drivers its better at this moment.

 

Try getting the drivers from the Bigfoot website.

 

They're not working as well. What is the right plug connection?

1. White
2. Gray
3. Black

 

when i install the atheros driver i get screwed for 20GB ram..



reinstalling killer driver gives it back..

 

I had a major issue with atheros driver..It throws some display drivers of the grid too.

Advisable to set restore point prior to installation. I am using Bigfoot from their website.

Clean your registries prior to installing Bigfoot or you will have a quirky mess.

 

thanks , it worked for me , however , my wifi got dc sometime , do you have any idea what causing this ? and can i still use killer wireless software ? it is pretty useful .