ABG card for A31

[proaudioguy]

Is there a list of compatible Atheros ABG or BG cards that will work in the A31 without BIOS mods?

I bought a Broadcom card from a forum member that seemed to work but randomly caused the computer not to find a bootable disc drive. Removing the card has eliminated that problem. I have no idea what causes this type of error, but I figured it must be some sort of hardware conflict.

[ajkula66]

That's a hit and miss...you may want to give Intel 2915 ABG a shot...

In my experience, all cards apart from Broadcom and Intel 2200BG require a hack.

Good luck.

[schen]

Is there a list of compatible Atheros ABG or BG cards that will work in the A31 without BIOS mods?

I bought a Broadcom card from a forum member that seemed to work but randomly caused the computer not to find a bootable disc drive. Removing the card has eliminated that problem. I have no idea what causes this type of error, but I figured it must be some sort of hardware conflict.

I'll have to look later when I can get to it, but I have an A31 that has an Atheros B/G card in it that worked fine as my wife's previous primary computer. I want to say it was that AR5004, but I'll let you know.

[proaudioguy]

Thanks, I'd appreciate that. I can try the intel 2915 since I have 2 installed in other computers, but I'd of of course prefer an Atheros card.

[virge]

I'm pretty sure the wifi card in one of my A31 machines is an Atheros AR5005... I'm not positive but I will take a look tonight.

The reason I'm not positive is because I've never had to download a driver for it-- XP Pro picks it up automatically. Its very convenient.

Edit: I'm on the A31 now. The card is an AR5005G. Hope that helps.

[proaudioguy]

Any updates guys? I want to buy something that works the first time.