Wireless Card Mystery

[ni5l]

Hi all. My R-61E has developed an odd behavior that I cannot seem to pin down with researching the forum so I am deferring to the forum members to help me solve this mystery.

Occasionally and without any rhyme or reason, my wireless card just "disapears". Trying to use wireless gets me a message saying there is no wirelss card installed.

If I shut down the switch on the front, reboot a couple of times and then power on the main switch and reboot again, eventually the card is found and all is well. Sometimes I have to go through this procedure several times, but it always comes back.

I will also lose connectivity if I put the machine into standby. The signal strength icon stays green, but I lose connectivity until I reboot. This thing has me about to pull what's left of my hair out.

The card is an Atheros b/g (according to windows) that came in the machine and it works perfectly.

Any ideas as to what might be the problem?

[sjthinkpader]

Remove then reinsert the wireless card. It is underneath the keyboard and attached with two screws. You may not need to detach the antennae.

Failing that, send EZServe a service request.