According
the the specifications linked below, wireless is a standard
feature and is on a miniPCI card.
Based on my experience with similar Compaq laptops I would say
look underneath the laptop for an access panel. Another
location to check is under the keyboard which isn't too
difficult to get at if you are careful. The card itself will be
about the size of a business card and will be slotted in like
memory and have two wires connected to it. These cards to go
bad on occasion and you can get a replacement on ebay for about
$5.
Just unplug the old and pop in the new and you should be good to
go.
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-------- Original Message --------
From: David Grenfell
Date: 2/3/2011 7:02 PM:
Dick:
Thanks for reply. I see nothing for wireless when I remove the
dongle so I assume that all wireless networking, when this unit
was built, was optional on a pc card. (there is a slot to plug one
in). So, I guess my decision to purchase a dongle (which works
fine), was the right one. Yes, I did a google search, and had
found this page, but didn't scroll down to see the options before.
I guess back in the good old days, pc cards for networking were in
the $2-300 range so, end users would opt in or out of the
technology. I know I still have a 8mb card somewhere that cost me
$80. Tried to sell it for $2.00 at a garage sale, but not takers.
Dave
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:50:17 -0600
Subject: Re: Totally off subject... question about wireless
networking
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Dave,
Did you try a Google search? I found this specs page: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11997_div/11997_div.HTML.
It implies that the wireless is either optional or different
options might be included. I would suggest looking at your System
properties (see Control Panel) then under the Hardware tab click
on Device Manager. Does it show anything under Network Adapters?
That is where you should find any detected hardware.
Good luck,
Dick
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:23 PM, David
Grenfell <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi guys.
Yes, I'm still alive. Here is a question.
I'm working on a hp compaq nx9030 laptop, and the wireless
lamp on the unit does not light when I push the button on
the case.
Does this old unit come with built in wireless network
hardware, or do I need to purchase a pc-card for wireless
connection to plug into the slot, then download drivers if I
need them?
I have solved the no connection problem, by purchasing a usb
dongle and using that for now, but am curious about original
equipment.
P.S. as I upgraded this old girl, it started to run slower
and slower and I discovered that it only has 256mb of
memory. I am going to install another 1gb to solve this
problem. I know, I should have told my client to simply
order a new laptop, but this one belongs to our church
(donated by some-one who out grew it). I'm basically
donating my time, and they will have a working laptop for
about $150.00 CDN. That's about $22 American. (Just joking,
our dollar is pretty good right now)
Any way, if anybody has any thoughts, they are welcome.
Dave
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