[PLUG] The laptop I finally decided on

[Alan Olsen]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:03 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On 04 Apr 2008 19:37:08 -0700
> Russell Senior <seniorr at aracnet.com> dijo:
>
> > Russell> If it's an Intel card, which is reasonably likely, it should
> > Russell> work okay.  Intel is actively working on the driver.
> >
> > Google and HP say it is the Intel Pro/Wireless 4965AGN radio.  I don't
> > have one, but I believe that should be working now.
>
> Not exactly working. I have the Intel 4965agn in my Thinkpad with Gutsy
> x86_64. The wireless connects reasonably well if you have a strong
> signal. But then it just hangs up on you at random. The fix is to
> upgrade your kernel or, as I decided to do, put up with it until Hardy
> comes out. Hardy comes with a kernel that makes it work.
>
> I understand 64-bit Windows also has similar problems with the 4965agn.
>
> If yours won't arrive for a couple of weeks yet, Hardy Final may be out
> by the time it gets here.


Except I will be installing Fedora 9 beta on it. The kernel on that is
seriously bleeding edge.

I did manage to fix my other laptop.  The heat sink was separating from the
processor.  (Either they did not tighten it down correctly or the screws
worked loose.)  I had to regrease the heat sink and tighten it back down.
Works well now.  (Though my wife is pissed I ordered the new laptop before
trying to fix the old one.)