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    Wireless Card on Compaq Presario R3363 - Where?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Darrone, Jan 16, 2005.

  1. Darrone

    Darrone Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    Just a quick question.

    Does anyone know where the On-board Wireless card is on a Compaq Presario R3363 Laptop?

    Under the keyboard? Underneath?

    Thanks
    Darrone
     
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Underneath the keyboard. If you're thinking about replacing the card, please note that HP has locked out non-HP miniPCI WiFi cards in the BIOS. This is documented in the HP Hardware Guide. I found out about this the hard way.

    BTW, Linuxant has released 64-bit wrappers for Broadcom's 64-bit WinXP drivers, so 64-bit Linux users can now do wireless. I haven't had time to play with this yet. Props to jjoyner here for the heads-up.
     
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  3. Darrone

    Darrone Newbie

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    Damn!!!

    Thanks for the info Brian - much appreciated!

    Cheers
    Darrone
     
    Darrone, Jan 17, 2005
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    Darrone Newbie

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    On a side note!

    I WAS([ :(!]) going to upgrade the card from an 802.11b to a g. Do you know how much an 802.11g card would be from HP/Compaq?

    Thanks
    Darrone
     
    Darrone, Jan 17, 2005
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    IIRC, about $140. Way more than it's worth. HP has a Parts Guide on its website that you can browse:

    http://h20141.www2.hp.com/hpparts/default.asp
     
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    Cool.

    Thanks for all your help Brian.

    [ :D]
     
    Darrone, Jan 17, 2005
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