Re: laptop upagrades...

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Author: Alex LeDonne
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: laptop upagrades...
On 2/26/07, Josh Coffman <> wrote:
>
> i'll think about the mem upgrade. i don't want to put to much money into
> this.
> What do you think about swapping the broadcom wireless card out for an Intel
> wireless minipci?
>
> -j
>


Careful... some brands of notebooks have some sort of hardware DRM
where you can only use their brand of internal miniPCI wireless card.
I recall HP being on that list.

Here's one example
http://www.ampersand.com/nx6110_fc6/
stating that:
"Wireless

Warning: the HP BIOS locks out non-HP mini-PCI cards, so don't expect
a non-HP mini-PCI card to work. Someone claims there is a workaround."
(linked to a purported EEPROM overwrite workaround)

Good luck.

-A
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