re: [SLE] Airvast Taiwan USB prism 3
"I have a Airvast Taiwan USB prism 3 built in to my laptop. When i first installed suse 10.1 it worked like a charm. A few days ago it stopped. " ========= So, instead of swapping out the card (or trying a different one) you assumed the OS was at fault. Maybe it just broke and you need different hardware. It does happen. Fred
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 14:30, Stevens wrote:
"I have a Airvast Taiwan USB prism 3 built in to my laptop. When i first installed suse 10.1 it worked like a charm. A few days ago it stopped. "
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So, instead of swapping out the card (or trying a different one) you assumed the OS was at fault. Maybe it just broke and you need different hardware. It does happen.
Fred
I cant swap it out as it is built in, I have had other friends over with their laptops to make sure my wireless router is working which it is. I highly doubt its the hardware seeing as how it isn't even a year old yet. Thanks for your insight though. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===========~-._ (___________________) \_______/ I Want To Believe
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 15:15, lostson wrote:
I cant swap it out as it is built in, I have had other friends over with their laptops to make sure my wireless router is working which it is. I highly doubt its the hardware seeing as how it isn't even a year old yet. Thanks for your insight though.
"When you eliminate all other possibilities, whatever is left, no matter how improbable, is the answer" A year, a day, a month... the prime law of technology is "If it works, it will break". How would you go about eliminating the possibility of a hardware fault? How do you determine that it's a software issue? Assuming that the OS has suddenly died because your wireless stopped working is like buying a new fridge because it stopped cooling without looking to see if it is still plugged in. Have you tried to boot to a "live" cd with wireless support? There are even Windows "live" cd iso files on the net. Google is your friend. Ain't modern technology wunnerful. Just my 2 cents.
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 00:01, Stevens wrote:
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 15:15, lostson wrote:
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"When you eliminate all other possibilities, whatever is left, no matter how improbable, is the answer"
I wonder what Holmes would make of CSI?
A year, a day, a month... the prime law of technology is "If it works, it will break".
All well and good, but what about the 99.99% of all technology that doesn't really work in the first place? Besides, that's really just the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, which, stated colloquially, is "Things fall apart."
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Ain't modern technology wunnerful.
Almost as wonderful as the species that crafts it.
Just my 2 cents.
Likewise, of course. RRS
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 09:04, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 00:01, Stevens wrote:
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 15:15, lostson wrote:
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"When you eliminate all other possibilities, whatever is left, no matter how improbable, is the answer"
I wonder what Holmes would make of CSI?
A year, a day, a month... the prime law of technology is "If it works, it will break".
All well and good, but what about the 99.99% of all technology that doesn't really work in the first place?
Besides, that's really just the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, which, stated colloquially, is "Things fall apart."
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Ain't modern technology wunnerful.
Almost as wonderful as the species that crafts it.
Just my 2 cents.
Likewise, of course.
RRS
Ok seeing as how everyone thought it was hardware failure I decided to pull out a livecd of mepis that I know worked with my wireless. Inserted disc and booted and it worked right out of the gate. Automatically found my prism3 wireless usb and grab a ip from my router. I have ruled out hardware failure. Any other ideas? -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===========~-._ (___________________) \_______/ I Want To Believe
On Wed, September 6, 2006 8:35 am, lostson wrote: <snip>
Ok seeing as how everyone thought it was hardware failure I decided to pull out a livecd of mepis that I know worked with my wireless. Inserted disc and booted and it worked right out of the gate. Automatically found my prism3 wireless usb and grab a ip from my router. I have ruled out hardware failure. Any other ideas?
Switch to Mempis? In all honesty, that's what made me switch to SUSE from Mandrake. I'd been using Mandrake 6.0 and 8.0, but then I bought an Epson USB printer. Mandrake 10.0 wouldn't see it. SUSE 9.1 did, and I switched right then. -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 11:16, PerfectReign wrote:
On Wed, September 6, 2006 8:35 am, lostson wrote: <snip>
Ok seeing as how everyone thought it was hardware failure I decided to pull out a livecd of mepis that I know worked with my wireless. Inserted disc and booted and it worked right out of the gate. Automatically found my prism3 wireless usb and grab a ip from my router. I have ruled out hardware failure. Any other ideas?
Switch to Mempis?
In all honesty, that's what made me switch to SUSE from Mandrake. I'd been using Mandrake 6.0 and 8.0, but then I bought an Epson USB printer. Mandrake 10.0 wouldn't see it. SUSE 9.1 did, and I switched right then.
-- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com
remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request
I agree but why would it work the first time i installed it but not now ? -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===========~-._ (___________________) \_______/ I Want To Believe
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