Posts by PhillyB

the wlan card works fine for me (or it did till i sent it back for backlight issue) but i had to tweak all the settings and remove one wire from the card (greY?)

upgrading cards should be easy, before i sent back my lappy they wanted to try to solve my problem (backlight switch) by reseating the video card. unscrew the 10-12 screws holding the large plate on, then 3 screws on the middle plate...

i got a usb 2.0 maxtor 160GB drive. spent 200$ (rip!) but i needed it, and BB had nothing else at the time. got it to back up my 51M before i sent it in, save all my stuff. comes with backup software that will back up your computer as...

also before i sent my lappy back i messed with some of the settings in the WLAN program. doing this took me from a unusable 75-80% signal to a usable 90+ in my room (THREE FLOORS, wireless router (dlink 802.11B) is in basement, my room...

go to netstumbler.com and read their forums. the orinico (sp?) cards are the best. most of the high end netcards are actually remarked orinico cards. some AP's use internal pcmia cards, and most are orinico from what i read. i think...

my wireless works fine. i have thought about buying an external card but only so i can have an external amplified antenna... i get 100% signal anytime im on the same floor with router (dlink), and 95-100 one floor up, anywhere on that...

nikon what? model number? shew that stinks about no dead pixel...have to watch for that.

fairly sure that your entire network will then operate at B speeds, 11mbs not G speeds 54mbs...all cards and access points will run at B speed. otherwise not a problem with B and G, since both operate on the 2.4ghz band.