ok so i took my laptop apart to fix the power jack. this was my first time taking a laptop apart, got instructions off the internet so i didnt screw it up.
anyway, while i was in there, i noticed the 56k modem in there hooked through a mini PCI slot. so i did some digging to see if i could swap in a wireless card (since i just broke the notebook card from dropping the laptop on that side, and an internal card would look much cleaner)
im looking at these:
eBay: COMPAQ HP 802.11 54G MINI PCI WIRELESS CARD 326685-001 (item 270053818881 end time Feb-08-07 16:31:14 PST)
Dell IBM Compaq Laptop notebook 802.11b/g Wireless Card: 326685-001 laptopbroker
now im sure they will work physically (may have to do some trimming they look a little taller then the 56k modem) but im not sure what else i would need. do these things have antennas? or is the antenna built into the card? what about software? im new to "modding" computers, lol
planning on putting this into my compaq Evo n600c laptop.
anyway, while i was in there, i noticed the 56k modem in there hooked through a mini PCI slot. so i did some digging to see if i could swap in a wireless card (since i just broke the notebook card from dropping the laptop on that side, and an internal card would look much cleaner)
im looking at these:
eBay: COMPAQ HP 802.11 54G MINI PCI WIRELESS CARD 326685-001 (item 270053818881 end time Feb-08-07 16:31:14 PST)
Dell IBM Compaq Laptop notebook 802.11b/g Wireless Card: 326685-001 laptopbroker
now im sure they will work physically (may have to do some trimming they look a little taller then the 56k modem) but im not sure what else i would need. do these things have antennas? or is the antenna built into the card? what about software? im new to "modding" computers, lol
planning on putting this into my compaq Evo n600c laptop.