So, I received a new wireless card today and it works perfectly. I am now almost certain that the first card I got was for HP/Lenovo machines.
Thanks for all the help.
I don't see any markings that indicate that my card is an engineering sample. My guess is that the ebay seller shipped me the Lenovo/HP version of the card. I found a few people that mentioned constant blue screens when using the wrong card. The HP and non-HP versions appear to be physically...
Hey Joe, thanks for the suggestions.
I have tried getting the driver from Windows Update but there doesn't seem to be one available. Also, I have tried the ProSET version of the driver as well as the bare driver. Additionally, I have tried reseating the card and also installing it in a...
I recently purchased a barbones MSI laptop, ms-1651, from ebay. It doesn't come with wireless so I added an Intel 5300 card. The problem is that as soon as I install the drivers for the wireless my system instantly blue screens. I have had this issue with Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64. The...
You should check the HP support pages. The dv6 series has a special extended warranty that covers a problem that sounds a lot like what you described.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3376893&lang=en
My dv6308nr just started doing...
This makes me think that your cooler wasn't mounted properly on the original board. Coretemp should be reading the temp straight from the die so I don't think the change in motherboard should make a difference. I know with the stock cooler I had a hard time getting it mounted well.
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When asking CC employees to check if the monitor is in stock you may have to give the model number L246WPBN. I went to two stores and they couldn't find L246WP at either. At the second store one of the guys working knew what I was looking for and he looked it up with the BN model number. Just...
I grabbed the last two in Greece, NY.
As I was walking in the door a guy was walking out carrying the display. I thought I was going to be screwed but it turned out that they still had some left. I bought two and they were holding the last one for a guy who was driving in from Syracuse.