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    Wireless not Turning on After New Card

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by neezee, Oct 24, 2009.

  1. neezee

    neezee Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey,

    i have a DV2000 (DV2020CA) and i noticed the wireless was not so good (ie weakest signal strengths), a quick google and i found out the issue was the card... so i pulled one out of my ASUS F3SV (WM3945ABG) and i put it in THANKFULLY, there was no 104 error, but i cant turn the wireless on anymore. the actual physical switch that turns on the wireless doesn't turn blue it just stays orange...

    would i have to cover one of the pins?
    http://www.interfacebus.com/Mini_PCI_Express_Bus.html

    any ideas?
     
    neezee, Oct 24, 2009
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    Alex, Oct 24, 2009
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    neezee Notebook Enthusiast

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    no luck but i used tape to do it, so i dont know... i hope theres a fix
     
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    Scotch tape will work
    You saw that the pin was on the bottom of the card, the second over on the wide side
    Did you check you bios settings

    Alex
     
    Alex, Oct 24, 2009
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    qhn Notebook User

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    Some cards might not be compatible due to internal electricity signals/pulses, and sometimes due to HP white-list constriction. I would recommend you stay with the OEM part or a replacement that is flagged as 100% to work, and not just "compatible" advert.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Oct 25, 2009
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    neezee Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for all the input... but it seems to me that its whitelisted and its disabled... and i think the only way around that is to bios mod which i dont feel like attempting... so im thinking now of selling it and getting a netbook (asus/lenovo/samsung) hopefully i can use the WM3945ABG in a new netbook
     
    neezee, Oct 25, 2009
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