The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Newer Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN driver

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jxtx, Feb 4, 2006.

  1. jxtx

    jxtx Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    189
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    After installing 1 Gb RAM and a brand new and formatted 7200rpm hard drive in my HP Pavilion zx5078cl, I did not want to install hardly any of the HP extras that came with the notebook from the factory. It just runs too fast now; I hate to see all those HP things loaded at startup.

    So I went looking for a driver for my Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN built-in wireless card. Windows Update installed a driver dated 12/??/2005; however, when I used that driver, the light on the wireless on/off button would not stay lit. It was hard to know if the card was on and the network was down or if the card was off and the network was up. Frustrating.

    So I searched HP's website for a driver for my Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN device, hoping to find a driver newer than the 06/01/2005 download listed for my notebook. What do you think I found? A newer driver for this device is available, but listed only for newer notebooks. I downloaded it, installed it, and have been using the newer driver for the past two days with no problems to report. This was good news. Best news: the light stays lit on my wireless on/off button now.

    The most current Broadcom driver on HP's website is dated 7/21/2005. The driver version is 3.140.16.0. HP made this available and dated it 10/28/2005; HP calls it version 4.00 E. This driver is older than the driver Windows Update suggests installing, but it works better with my wireless device.

    Jeremy
    __________
     
    jxtx, Feb 4, 2006
    #1
  2. W.I.C

    W.I.C Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    16
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    When the "Minimum Power Consumption" property/option of the Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN adapter is set to 'enabled' the LED for the wireless toggle button will not light up. Disabling this feature should result in the LED status indicator being lit when expected.
     
    W.I.C, Feb 4, 2006
    #2
  3. mretif

    mretif Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    21
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    by any chance did you see bluetooth drivers for 64 bit windows
     
    mretif, Feb 5, 2006
    #3