On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Peter Stuge <[email protected]> wrote: > Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> I know there were some series of notebooks accepting only one kind of >> wireless cards. Not sure what vendor was that... Dell or HP maybe? > > HP and IBM/Lenovo both have BIOS checks for particular PCI IDs and > only allow cards with certain IDs to be plugged in. > > >> Do you have any idea if I should be somehow careful when changing >> wireless card in my Acer? > > Sorry, no idea.
Not sure about the 5024, but the 5720G has freely-interchangeable wireless cards. (However, it also comes with 2 full miniPCIE slots, something not many Acers have.) > > >> Also is this possible my notebook is just too old to handle new >> wireless 802.11n card? Maybe too old mini pcie, or something like >> that? > > Check that the expansion socket is compatible. The 4318 is probably a > mini-PCI card and .11n cards are usually mini-PCIe which is very > different and not at all compatible. The card you buy must fit your > socket. I've bought an Atheros miniPCI .11n card off eBay for my X40: > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400078624952 > > But I haven't received it yet so I can't review. It's supposed to be > supported by ath9k. I expect that I have to fiddle with the EEPROM on > this card to get my ThinkPad to boot with it. > > Also check the antenna situation. .11n often uses MIMO so it might > need an extra antenna to be installed in your laptop. Note how the > above card has three connectors, and comes shipped with one antenna. > Also note the MIMO arrangement so that it fits your needs. (In > simplified terms it can be optimized for receive or transmit.) > > > //Peter > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
