Good news ensues. Sorry for the delay in returning to this, got very busy over the weekend.
I applied the A03 BIOS update and SUCCESS, 32-bit live enabled the wireless and I made successful connections. I had trouble upgrading the BIOS on this model, here's what I didn't do: This applies to .exe in Vista. - You need external power plugged in. - If the executable doesn't work first time try running as administrator -- Karmic BETA: Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 always disabled in nm-applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441768 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
