[TriLUG] Re: Dell Latitude D620 laptop

[Matt Pusateri]

Be careful of just buying on off ebay and replacing it.  They are easy
to replace, just loosen the keyboard and you have the necessary
access.  But Dell has changed the form factor of the internal wireless
cards in the D620, they are not the sodimm format of minipci cards. 
The new ones are a much smaller format, this is most likely because
they added a 3rd wireless option of a EVDO card, and they needed the
space. Dell also moved the bluetooth module from the battery bay on
the D610 to under the keyboard on the D620.  On a brigter note, I just
put FC5 on a D620 last night and it suspend and more importantly
resumes properly.

Matt P.

On Wed, May 24, 2006 10:58 pm, Pat Regan wrote:
> Yes, it came installed from Dell.  It was one of, I believe, 3
> options.
>
> Douglas Ward wrote:
>> Is that something that you purchased from Dell?  I wonder if I can
>> order that card and replace it myself?
>>
>> On 5/23/06, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
>> > Douglas Ward wrote:
>> > > Has anyone successfully gotten the wireless card to work on a
>> Dell
>> > Latitude
>> > > D620 laptop?  I would prefer to install it using Mandriva but am
>> willing
>> > to
>> > > switch distros if necessary.  My friend in another state and I
>> have done
>> > all
>> > > that we know to do with ndiswrapper but cannot seem to get the
>> card to
>> > > work.  We are working with the Dell Wireless 1390 internal card.
>>  If you
>> > are
>> > > reading this over the wireless card on your D620 laptop please
>> let me know
>> > > how you installed it...
>> > >
>> > I just received my Dell Inspiron 6400 last week.  I specifically
>> > upgraded to the Intel 3945 chipset because I didn't see any
>> success
>> > stories with the 1390.  :(
>> >
>> > Pat
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
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