Broadcom 4311 went missing?

[Dale Dellutri]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Kevin J. Cummings
<cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 02:15 PM, Dale Dellutri wrote:
>
>> One of:
>> 1. It somehow got turned off in the BIOS.
>
> I already looked.  I couldn't find anything relating to the WiFi in the
> CMOS setup when I looked.
>
>> 2. The wireless switch is set incorrectly
>
> Yeah, it doesn't strike me as a high quality switch.  Its a slide switch
> on the front of the case next to an LED.  I've tried it in both
> positions with no change.
>
>> 3. Hardware failure: either the connector to it or the Broadcom chip itself
>>   or whatever feeds power to it or the motherboard is dying by parts or ...
>
> And that's the answer I don't want to hear about, and can't test for.
> But its been in the back of my mind.  I'm wondering if I can swap out
> the WiFi internal card for an Intel card from my broken laptop which was
> working just fine.  Are these cards standardized in any way?  The HP
> specifications web page for this laptop says its "user replaceable".

Look at the hardware manual for the laptop, probably available on
the manufacturers web site.  "User replaceable" probably means you
can replace it yourself with exactly the same kind of card.

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