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    Can I switch the wireless card in my DV5000?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Abit667, Aug 20, 2006.

  1. Abit667

    Abit667 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I want to remove the broadcom card from my dv5000z as the linux support is terrible and it really makes it unusable for me. I've found an intel 2915 card which should work great in linux, but does HP restrict what cards can be used in the machine? If they do, is there any workaround to this? I've seen there are hacked bioses for some older IBMs that allow you to do this, is there anything like this now?
     
    Abit667, Aug 20, 2006
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    beachesandmusic Notebook Consultant

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    I suppose if you want to physically take apart the system and try to remove the card, you could.

    But you have two other options.

    1) Find a USB wireless dongle (not adapter with a base and a wire) that works under Linux.

    2) Don't use Linux.

    You can use a Broadcom card in Linux. Plenty of people over at the Ubuntu/Kubuntu forums have got their own running. That and the flaky ATI drivers (big surprise there) are what keep me from using Kubuntu.
     
    beachesandmusic, Aug 21, 2006
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    The Broadcom card is easily removable. It's right in the memory compartment. Why not just buy a PCMCIA wireless card?
     
    z5sharp, Aug 21, 2006
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    If the intel card is in HP's white list, you should not have problems swaping the cards.
     
    vassil_98, Aug 21, 2006
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    Abit667 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah it works...but not well enough to be useable. You dont even get 11mbps off of it and they haven't got the transmitter thing working right yet so you have to be really close to the base station to keep a connection. But, that's not for this forum..and ubuntu is garbage.

    I don't want a pcmcia or usb wireless card because I don't want stuff sticking out of the side of the computer, I rather just replace the internal one so it's always there and working.


    Where can I find HP's white list that lists this stuff?
     
    Abit667, Aug 21, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    miner, Aug 21, 2006
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    Great find Miner, obviously HP's list has been ..'managed'. The second article is the funniest, problem solving computer article I've ever read :)
    Bookmarked.
     
    vassil_98, Aug 21, 2006
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