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scuba264 · 12-21-2007, 09:16 AM

Hi all...my first post on this forum.

I have an old 5105-s501 Toshiba laptop that didn't have an internal wifi card but was wifi ready. I added an atheros wifi card I ordered from ebay but had problems with the system freezing up (which seems to have been quite a problem for alot of people from posts all over the internet I've seen).

Most suggestions were to get new drivers, but it seems to me that it's a physical problem, as when it freezes I can push or hit(depending on how mad I am) below the keyboard and the pc will unfreeze again. I think the problem is a poor connection in with the card.

I'm wondering what exactly are these contacts on a mini-pci card I have circled? I noticed some movement that would allow contact to stop possibly on these points. If that happened, could it cause a loss of connection and make the system freeze?

I bent some pieces slightly and went from losing wifi/freezing up every 20 minutes to a fine connection for a few weeks until I packed up the laptop and moved it a lot. Now I'm having issues a bit more frequently.

Maybe I could solder those points to the holders and be ok for good?

Sorry for the long post, but I wanna give all details I can...thanks for any help!

12-21-2007, 09:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
scuba264 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 OS: winxp sp2	Toshiba 5105-s501 satellite and mini-pci problems Hi all...my first post on this forum. I have an old 5105-s501 Toshiba laptop that didn't have an internal wifi card but was wifi ready. I added an atheros wifi card I ordered from ebay but had problems with the system freezing up (which seems to have been quite a problem for alot of people from posts all over the internet I've seen). Most suggestions were to get new drivers, but it seems to me that it's a physical problem, as when it freezes I can push or hit(depending on how mad I am) below the keyboard and the pc will unfreeze again. I think the problem is a poor connection in with the card. I'm wondering what exactly are these contacts on a mini-pci card I have circled? I noticed some movement that would allow contact to stop possibly on these points. If that happened, could it cause a loss of connection and make the system freeze? I bent some pieces slightly and went from losing wifi/freezing up every 20 minutes to a fine connection for a few weeks until I packed up the laptop and moved it a lot. Now I'm having issues a bit more frequently. Maybe I could solder those points to the holders and be ok for good? Sorry for the long post, but I wanna give all details I can...thanks for any help!