[Eug-lug] ubuntu 7.10

[JimKahn12 at clearwire.net]

  The card looks okay.  After taking off the screws on the bottom and 
lifting up the bottom as much as possible the
only area that looked like it had been involved was by the fan,
Jim K
Mr O wrote:
> 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.
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> --- "kjim9 at clearwire.net" <kjim9 at clearwire.net> wrote:
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>>   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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