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notebook dont´t boot after upgrade wifi mini pci-e

post #1 of 5
5/26/09 at 10:44pm
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Well

I had a RTL8187L mini pci-e in my notebook and, i upgraded to this Atheros AR5BXB6(Apple original wifi card).

When i tryed to boot, it just did nothing! ...even turn on.

the thing is that i already tryed with nother card and i had the same problem.

One important thing is that my notebook has only 1 antenna (black) and this other card, has 2 antenna conections.


could be the missing of 1 antenna doing it?

IMPORTANT: IF i use Intel 3945 wifi card, EVEN with only 1 antella connected, it works just fine.
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post #2 of 5
5/26/09 at 10:53pm
No, but it is possible that the card is being "black listed", so not to be recognized by your model.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 5
5/27/09 at 6:00am
Yeah its nothing new for notebooks to not support certain WIFI cards. There is a rather sophisticated BIOS hacking method for some computers but your situation seems a bit different. I actually have that exact same Atheros card in my Dell M1710 and it works fine (I have 3 antenna pigtails and the card only has two antenna hookups).
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post #4 of 5
5/29/09 at 9:02am
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Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
Yeah its nothing new for notebooks to not support certain WIFI cards. There is a rather sophisticated BIOS hacking method for some computers but your situation seems a bit different. I actually have that exact same Atheros card in my Dell M1710 and it works fine (I have 3 antenna pigtails and the card only has two antenna hookups).

now, i opened the aluminim cover of the card and i saw 2 burned chips...

could it happened in my notebook? i mean... could the "black listed" card be burned because is not compatible?
i think that this card already came crashed to me.

this is kind a hope, because if the seller send me another one, i´ll definitely make sure right?

because, if this card was burned by my laptop, it should not work anymore right?
but, i did swap back to the original one (RTL8187L) and it´s everything fine, no signs of damage or anything else...
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post #5 of 5
5/29/09 at 7:16pm
Lucky

The card was probably defect, or you want to be careful next time inserting the card.

cheers ...
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