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ohjrson:
Well Amazingly somehow, this "Bricked" Wireless started to work again. in Linux Lite 1.08, It was after an update of some kind but none the less magically it works now.

Go figure. Maybe the way I have been carrying it or its use or something I dunno.

Any idea how all of a sudden it now works?

UPDATE:
AS of this date, the wireless is working with a live DVD in the laptop. It has connected to the wireless as well. Seems to be stable at this time.

Update: As of edited date this internal wireless card suddenly started to work with LL 1.08. When I installed Beryl it continues to work. The connection state varies and it seems to lose connection and then get it back more often then being connected. I did nothing to get it to work for me. It just suddenly began to connect one day. I think it may be related to the driver that the wireless card uses.

Go figure.

N4RPS:
Hello!

I've never heard of a wireless card being 'bricked' before, but since Broadcom cards load card-specific firmware at startup, I won't say it isn't possible. Then again, it could have just picked this particular moment to die.

I dug out a similar laptop from the attic today and removed the wireless card. It's an Intel, which SHOULD be detected automatically by the Linux kernel.

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

ohjrson:
SO I wish to thank all those involved with this and as soon as I burn the ISO and check it out I will inform you all what the result was and go from there... Again thanks for the help.

ohjrson:
Yeah I tried and did get Window 7 loaded on this pc and it worked to an extent. But when I was trying to get the wireless to work I think I might have burned it out trying to load different drivers. At any rate then after that windows stopped working properly and would randomly shut down or freeze. So I just erased it and put on Linux.... That seemed to work, except for the wireless. So I think I might have burned up that card to a point that it might have stopped working. So yeah I think I did a number on the wireless card when I tried to get the Windows 7 to find the card and make it work. After that it kept shutting down when I tried to use it. So I may have fried it somehow. At any rate I do have the Zorn OS 7 lite ISO and will burn it again to see if it will work. Then I will know. If it does I will be probably asking for help to get that onto Linux Lite. But thanks for all the help.

Les

N4RPS:
Hello!

Glad you were able to get SOME kind of wireless card going in that pup. If you're still willing to continue troubleshooting your internal card, I'll do all I can to help you.

Funny how Zorin is no longer detecting your internal card, either. Either the card up and died on you, it needs to be reseated (after its edge contacts are cleaned), or it's somehow disabled, either by Fn-F2, the BIOS, or both...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

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