Mini-PCI Wireless Cards from Desktop to Laptop?

phyrebyrd asks: "I have been known to pry things apart to see how they work now and then - Especially when I feel something is being deliberately hidden from me. I was rather amused to see that, inside my shiny new NetGear WG311 PCI card for my desktop, was actually a Mini-PCI card! The release clips were soldered onto the adapter, but otherwise extractable. Just for grins, I un-soldered the release tabs, popped it out of the adapter and put it into my Dell laptop, which was ready to receive a Mini-PCI wireless adapter already. This is where I ran into a problem. The drivers loaded, and the monitor popped up, just like it did on my desktop, but all of the configuration tabs had disappeared, even though the status screen showed that it was still scanning for an open network. The model number stamped on the card is T60H677, with a sticker next to it reading T60H677T04. Has anyone actually gotten one of these desktop PCI/MiniPCI cards to work in their laptop successfully?"

Comments

now that it's been removed..

[ksheff]

Does it still work when you put it back into the desktop machine?

The "Configuration" tab is missing...

[akejay]

... because Digital Restrictions Management has kicked in.

Since you have opted to change the hardware of your laptop (which wasn't in the manual), you have proven yourself to be a hacker! Therefore, you are not Trusted to Configure anything anymore.

Trusted Computing is still Trusted though. Relax, sit back, and let the Mini-PCI Wireless Network Setup Wizard take over.