Re: Warning !!!! HP Pavillon

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

Samuel Jose Pereira Carneiro Macdowell <macdowell.smd@dpf.gov.br>:
>  I have an HP pavillon tx1420us bought less than one year ago.
>  It does not detect wireless networks and the wireless adapter is not
>  detected in the Device Manager and at last didn't boot at all.
> 
>  When I lost the wifi I searched the internet and found out that this
>  problem is commom to a lot of HP lap-top and is a bad project issue.
> 
>  The worst note is that HP, at least, in Brasil tells you to look for help
>  at the country where you bought it. The original country didn't fixed it
>  any way.
> 
>  HP are doing a recall to some series of notebook as you may confirm at
> 
>  http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

You don't say what model your adapter is, but try this:

   http://blogfranz.blogspot.com/2009/06/netbook-broadcom-43xx-cards-with-debian.html

I've an HP Pavilion dv4.  I've not bothered with wifi yet, but it's an
otherwise terrific machine.


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