I just picked up a Panasonic CF-72X Pentium 4 to take with me to Iraq. It has an Internal mini PCI slot with a Cisco Mini PCI 350 wireless card installed. I want to upgrade to a newer wireless card and have tried 2 different cards in the system but neither work.
I currently have an Intel 2915 card I am trying to get working but when the card is installed the option for wireless lan in the bios diappears. If I reinstall the Cisco card it comes back as an option.
I am guessing that there is something in the bios that only allows certain mini pci cards to be used, and I am hoping that this can be changed. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this ??
Thanks
Craig
Panasonic CF-72 Problems!
Ya it came with the Cisco Card installed, in the advanced tab in the BIOS I have an option to enable or disable the Wireless LAN. However when I replace the Cisco card with any other card the option disappears and I cant use the card.
PCMCIA works fine but I really dont want a card hanging out the side of my computer while its in the HMMV, I dont need my Gunner stepping on it.
I'm guessing Panasonic in thier infamous wisdom blocked the use of other cards in the BIOS programming.
I have checked with all the Bios upgrade companies and noone can help, Panasonic support is basically worthless.
PCMCIA works fine but I really dont want a card hanging out the side of my computer while its in the HMMV, I dont need my Gunner stepping on it.
I'm guessing Panasonic in thier infamous wisdom blocked the use of other cards in the BIOS programming.
I have checked with all the Bios upgrade companies and noone can help, Panasonic support is basically worthless.