Ok, Heres the problem. I have a HP WLAN 54g W450 Network mini pci card in my laptop. I got this card off of a computer that shorted out. Now this card works great when I am 2 to 3 feet away from the wireless router ( I have tried linksys and microsoft wireless g and b), but as soon as I am like say...5-8 feet I have little or no signal. Now I have a WAP in my bedroom which is roughly 15-20 feet away and i have great signal, so I know its not an interference issue. I also turned off the wap and that did nothing for the adapter. Do you think it could be just that the hardware is faulty or is there a way to boost these cards? I can't find much info on them, let alone a firmware update. Any help would be greatly appreciated! - computer is a compaq presario 2190us 2.4ghz 650 +/- ram.....Built in 10/100 ethernet card
2007-08-06 15:25:00 · 1 answers · asked by smokinjoe2122 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
I also did an hardware pass/fail test built into the networking software and they all pass...Not sure if that means anything at all
2007-08-06 15:34:18 · update #1
Sounds like a hardware failure in the card. Could have been caused by that same shorting of the computer.
2007-08-06 15:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋