Addendum to the post above - my card only worked intermittently now, and so searching the web for similar tape ideas, I found a forum that mentioned to tape BOTH pins 11 and 13. It works better now, although the card still takes...
I am a bit blown away by the fact that this works. I just volunteered to help my neighbor with her computer, and after wiping the OS and reinstalling, and spending a couple hours just finding the right wireless driver (Great...