Thanks for the help! I think ndiswrapper is already installed and I was under the assumtion that it already was using the windows drivers somehow (not sure how cause I wiped it and installed Ubuntu). I was under the impression that The...
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Originally Posted by abf
for me, the wifi always just sorta worked out of the box w/o any configuring. the gnome networking applet should be powerful enough to get hyou going....
lspci -v output, among other...
I have a emachines M6811 with Ubuntu 6.06 64 bit version installed. Iwconfig sees the built in adapter. There is generally a light on the keyboard that tells you when the wireless is active but it doesnt seem to work. Used to think that...
Is there any issues doing this? I am consdering swapping a Sempron 3000 into my lappie. It is the same socket size as the CPU that is in there (754). Seems to run a bit slower (1.6 vs 2.2 ghz) and it should be much cooler. I would...
Oh I think I have a solution. Im thinking of just installing a non oem version of XP. The only thing is that the damn lappie keeps over heating and shutting down while installing. I mayu end up taking it apart and reseting the heat sink...
actually no. I restored first and then did the bios update first and then windows started saying I had to register windows. I finally gave up and tried to install XP pro and the damn thing overheated and shut off before it was done...
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda
eMachines site still has the BIOS images
http://downloads.emachines.com/drive..._Shadow-K8.exe
has 0F08 and the NSF BIOS as well, and WinPhlash
Thats it!...
