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   Posted by: Wheely34
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   I have an Acer 11.6" Aspire One AO751H netbook. I want to upgrade the wireless-G to N. This model takes the half size mini pci-e cards. I just recently purchased the Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 card. Installed it yesterday, booted the computer, and so far so good. It recognized the card right away and the driver installation was successful. The wifi activity light works, the card is recognized, but it is unable to detect any networks. It just flashes that little balloon at the bottom saying "wireless networks unavailable". Try to refresh the network list, and i still get nothing. I tried turning the card off, then on again, but nothing. I checked on the driver in Device Manager, and it says it is functioning properly.

   I have the most up-to-date BIOS and I am running 32-bit XP Pro (downgraded from the factory installed VISTA). I was wondering if maybe there was an issue with the antennas? The 5300 card has 3 antenna inputs, but the laptop only has two antennas. I was told, on this forum actually, that it would still function fine with only two antennas however. I obtained the most up-to-date driver for the card right from intel's website and it installed without any issues at all. Does anyone have any input on to why this card seems to have installed fine, but cannot detect wireless networks? Should I try an older driver? I know many people have upgraded the wifi in this Aspire Ones, so I can't see it simply being incompatible.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: TechieDiva
   Moderator

   use the intel utility to make sure the cards radio is turned on. if it is, might be a bad card.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Wheely34
   Member

   ok i'll give it a try. Also, wat configuration should the antennas be in? There is a 1, 2, and 3 input on the card, but only two antennas in my unit. There is one white and one black antenna wire. Is there only one order with which to hook the antennas up? I tried putting the black wire in input 1, the white wire in input 2, and vise versa, but no luck...

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Posted by: Wheely34
   Member

   Ok, so the intel utility is telling me that the radio is on. When booting up, the computer POSTs fine, everything seems perfect except for the fact that it just cannot detect networks. This has to be an antenna issue, but there is no literature or anything around that explains anything about antennas and if the card actually can function with just two. The only thing I can think of is to call Intel, but I know that will prove fruitless...

   I have posted pictures on this forum if you want to take a look at them. It will give you a better idea of whats goings on:

   http://forums.tweaktown.com/f16/cannot-get-intel-5300-mini-pci-e-wifi-work-36402/#post333076

   Posted 2 years ago #

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