Re: Wi-Fi interface intermittently missing on HP laptop

[Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>]

Ramesh wrote:
> Hi Larry.
> 
> I have a HP DV6040US & I do see the same problem. Initiallly, when I
> hit this problem a year back, it was figured out to be a mother board
> issue and HP fixed it by replacing the motherboard. I am seeing the
> same problem for the past 10 days. The mini pci doesnt get detected,
> for every 10 reboots it gets detected once-in-a-while.  It looks like
> chronic condition with HP Laptops & my laptop went out of warranty & I
> luckily had it extended, not sure if this is a bcm chipset issue or
> HP's motherboard problem, planning to put a USB Wireless adapter to
> fix this problem.

Thanks for the info. Perhaps mine will fail 4 times in the next two years. My extended warranty has
a "lemon" clause. If the item needs hardware repair 4 times, you get the original purchase price
toward a new machine. My wife bought a new laptop in 2002 and has had it replaced twice. All it cost
us was the price of the new extended warranty.

Larry