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Question About Flashing Wifi Led Light On My Inspiron 9400??

post #1 of 8
12/25/07 at 4:21am
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Hi,

I just yesterday upgraded the original Intel 3945 ABG WLAN mini pci express wifi card for a Intel 4965 AGN wireless card.

Since the uograde,I noticed the"WIFI"status led light above the power hinge cover would flash on and off at times.I remember it never doing this flashing when I had the original 3945 card in it and want to know if this normal or if it indicates a issue??

Thanks,

Ko
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post #2 of 8
12/25/07 at 3:27pm
Are you 100% positive your connections are good and you've uninstalled the old driver and installed the correct new driver? Does your Wi-Fi work correctly?
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post #3 of 8
12/26/07 at 12:08am
Thread Starter 
Hi,

I even formatted the hard drive and did a clean install.Card is pulgfed in good.Yeah,the wifi is working good so far.

Ko
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post #4 of 8
12/26/07 at 2:52am
I know for a fact that in Ubuntu the driver flashes the LED as a status indicator - slow flashes mean its not associated with an AP, fast flashing indicate transfers, etc. It's a feature! I haven't seen that on Windows though, but I have the 3945 and don't have the intel software installed.
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post #5 of 8
12/26/07 at 4:56pm
mine does it all the time after I upgraded to the ATHEROS ABG
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post #6 of 8
12/26/07 at 9:52pm
Can someone recommend a seller for this WiFi card?
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post #7 of 8
12/27/07 at 3:20pm
hellowifi on ebay
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post #8 of 8
12/28/07 at 3:49pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks to all for their input to my question.So it seems that the blinking led is normal.

regards,

Ko
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