Windows 7 and AR5007EG issues. How easy to replace wifi card

rpeters83 · 2010-10-07

I'm having random connection loss issues ever since I upgraded (well, clean install) from XP to Win 7 HP. It works for a while, but then it seems to lose the connection (it'll show the red X with the signal bars). I can't get it to re-connect and usually have to reboot. Sometimes it'll come back on after suspend and waking it a couple times. Seems like a power issue. I tried both the default XP drivers as well as the ones downloaded via Windows Update. Anyway, I'm all for replacing the card with a wireless-N or better wireless-G card. The problem is, I really don't feel like taking the screen apart to replace the antennas. Is there a drop-in version I can put in place with minimal overhaul to work in the antennas? Thanks. ALSO, can someone post a link or video to instructions on how to do this? Thanks.

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I'm having random connection loss issues ever since I upgraded (well, clean install) from XP to Win 7 HP. It works for a while, but then it seems to lose the connection (it'll show the red X with the signal bars). I can't get it to re-connect and usually have to reboot. Sometimes it'll come back on after suspend and waking it a couple times. Seems like a power issue. I tried both the default XP drivers as well as the ones downloaded via Windows Update.

Anyway, I'm all for replacing the card with a wireless-N or better wireless-G card. The problem is, I really don't feel like taking the screen apart to replace the antennas. Is there a drop-in version I can put in place with minimal overhaul to work in the antennas? Thanks.

ALSO, can someone post a link or video to instructions on how to do this? Thanks.

rpeters83, Oct 7, 2010

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