The card looks okay. After taking off the screws on the bottom and lifting up the bottom as much as possible the
only area that looked like it had been involved was by the fan,
Jim K
Mr O wrote:
You could at least pop the cover off the bottom over the mPCI
card and see if anything is cooked. Find out if it is just the
card or not.


--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx
wireless card. When I tried to start the wireless connection I heard a pop and the laptop stopped working. There was a bunch of white crud on the hole over the fan after blowing out with compressed air the laptop works but the wireless is dead under windows and haven't tried under linux again. Everything else seems to work. Has anybody else had problems with ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx wireless?
  When I get some money I will take it down to Mr O. at work
and see what can be done.
Jim K
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