decent pci express/ pci express mini wireless card

[Matt Price]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Mini as in mini-PCI for a laptop? You may want to make sure that your
> laptop actually supports alternate cards. My last HP had a BIOS
> setting which locked it to crappy realtek cards. An unauthorized card
> (in my case an decent Intel one) brought up an error on the BIOS
> screen and wouldn't allow the machine to boot.
>
>
> i just got off the phone w/ thinkpad support & they assure me it's not
bios-locked.  but i guess that assurance may or may not be absolutely
reliable...


> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Matt Price <moptop99-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > hey folks,
> >
> > after months of delaing with an unbearably crashy realtek driver
> > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/585938), I've
> pretty
> > well had enough & am ready to buy a replacement.  I just wondered if
> anyone
> > had suggestions for chipsets or, even better, products I cna purchase,
> with
> > absolutely bombproof linux support.  I am pretty well appalled at how bad
> my
> > realtek is and if i'm putting out extra money for a different product,
> would
> > like to be sure that the linux support is sterling.  thanks,
> > matt
> >
> >
>
>
>
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