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Rockabilly Spike · 12-11-2007, 14:59

hi all
got wor lass a hp ze4258 with 768mb ram and a 60gb hard drive (upgraded from original spec).
it doesnt have built in wifi and though it does have the mini pci slot, i couldnt bothered to clart about fitting aerials inside too.
bought a tplink pcmcia extended range wifi card and it installs and runs fine..till it needs to work off the battery.
without the card it works champion off the battery, as soon as the card goes it, within seconds it locks up and needs to be manually restarted via the button.
tried reformatting twice, all drivers up to date, cannot see any problems at all with any hardware.
it still does it even when just sitting idle.
tried the card in another laptop and it ran fine with the battery.
the HP's battery is brand new.

any ideas?

12-11-2007, 14:59	#1
Rockabilly Spike Inactive Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 373	laptop freezes with pcmcia wifi hi all got wor lass a hp ze4258 with 768mb ram and a 60gb hard drive (upgraded from original spec). it doesnt have built in wifi and though it does have the mini pci slot, i couldnt bothered to clart about fitting aerials inside too. bought a tplink pcmcia extended range wifi card and it installs and runs fine..till it needs to work off the battery. without the card it works champion off the battery, as soon as the card goes it, within seconds it locks up and needs to be manually restarted via the button. tried reformatting twice, all drivers up to date, cannot see any problems at all with any hardware. it still does it even when just sitting idle. tried the card in another laptop and it ran fine with the battery. the HP's battery is brand new. any ideas?