Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:39:13 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Linux driver? Message-ID: <CAHHBGkq0Jt7Bx6G50rNVwjLh=Bux=UMtY6T9Z_Ntg5_bDEza1w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F04AFFC.7090203@onetel.com> References: <CAFpTYWM3ppJsVo-qZC=OXWHW1U5zAt3y5m==6hFw3JQNH%2B5NAg@mail.gmail.com> <4F02A3CE.7020404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120103071028.4964dd33@scorpio> <4F030E00.5020806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1201031101580.7621@age7.nber.org> <4F038F8F.3090701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.LFD.2.00.1201031922400.26468@nber4.nber.org> <CAFpTYWPccGeFChROCZaqz7DH0jG6igHRzwMoq4nzo9aqDd1Abg@mail.gmail.com> <4F045445.3020101@onetel.com> <20120104162114.GE8500@hemlock.hydra> <4F04AFFC.7090203@onetel.com>
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On 4 January 2012 15:01, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > On 04/01/2012 16:21, Chad Perrin wrote: >> >> As someone who has actually done laptop technician work, professionally, > > > You don't by any chance know where there is a service manual for OP's laptop > in pdf format (or html)? I did a bit of googling but didn't find it. It's a > Toshiba U505-S2950. Or maybe you could advise how to replace the wireless > card in this particular machine... > It's a user's guide for the general u500 series of lap-tops: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7QsFu5wGXIiODc2NWI1ZDAtYTBmYi00NGQyLTljODItMGYwMjI5MDc4ZWQ1 (or http://bit.ly/zygnZV if that's too long) But it does show a door on the underside covering the wireless card, so it's likely a simple matter of unhooking the antennae, gently prising it free and installing a new card. (also, I have no idea if Toshiba does hardware whitelisting on any of their lap-tops, but you might search around a bit before you buy a new card) -- --
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