[Eug-lug] ubuntu 7.10

[Mr O]

You could at least pop the cover off the bottom over the mPCI
card and see if anything is cooked. Find out if it is just the
card or not.


--- "kjim9 at clearwire.net" <kjim9 at clearwire.net> wrote:

>   I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx
> wireless 
> card. When I tried to start the wireless connection I heard a
> pop and 
> the laptop stopped working. There was a bunch of white crud on
> the hole 
> over the fan after blowing out with compressed air the laptop
> works but 
> the wireless is dead under windows and haven't tried under
> linux again. 
> Everything else seems to work.  Has anybody else had problems
> with 
> ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx wireless?
>   When I get some money I will take it down to Mr O. at work
> and see 
> what can be done.
> Jim K
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