How do I enable wireless

jamesjuls

Thanks for all your help. Would I be better with the card or dongle. Or would it not make much difference?

ckerrd

Easy enough to fit a card and leaves the usb ports for other peripherals

tomsutton529

jamesjuls wrote: »

Thanks for all your help. Would I be better with the card or dongle. Or would it not make much difference?

not much differnce in data rate,... if any.. but a card is takes longer to install, but it wont get knocked when you move the pc. you can loose a dongle...

if your not very techie and dont fancy opening a brand new pc then go for the usb option.. its as simple as running the CD and following the instructions on screen. at some point you will have plug then dongle into one of the many usb slots.

momoyama

Without being patronising but if you're so un-techie as not know if your PC has wireless or not, then you'll struggle to install a PCI card. Plus you'll almost certainly invalidate your warranty. Go with USB; it's what it's there for.

Donnie

In conclusion This will do what you need, for £8.20.

macman

Donnie wrote: »

In conclusion This will do what you need, for £8.20.

Except no mention of Windows 7 support on that card.

momoyama

computershack wrote: »

A trained monkey could install a PCI card.

I agree. Said trained monkey could also identify if the PC has wireless or not (sorry to the OP).

Now, i'd like you to explain to us all how to identify ISA, PCI, AGP and PCI Express slots.

computershack wrote: »

Again wrong. Even if it has seals, you will not invalidate the warranty by breaking them to upgrade it. PCs are modular and designed to be upgraded. This whole issue was tested in court donkeys years ago - I don't know why people keep perpetuating this myth.

actually, most warranties will have claus that states that it's voided if the hardwAre is tampered with in any way, except by the company's own tech's. It's another way that they make their money and reduce giving away money.

computershack wrote: »

USB wifi dongles typically have very poor range compared to PCI.

momoyama

computershack wrote: »

USB wifi dongles typically have very poor range compared to PCI.

yes. But it's so much easier for non-PC experts to use USB. that's what it was designed for

RobertoMoir

momoyama wrote: »

actually, most warranties will have claus that states that it's voided if the hardwAre is tampered with in any way, except by the company's own tech's. It's another way that they make their money and reduce giving away money.

A warranty for a PC that says that your warranty is void if you fit an expansion card/memory upgrade would be unfair. I think you could get this overturned easily enough. As the person you were replying to said, PCs are designed to be upgraded and there is a lot of support for that point of view legally IIRC.

Are you sure you're not thinking of a clause that says the warranty doesn't cover someone breaking the computer by fitting something incorrectly? That would be a different situation entirely and quite a reasonable point of course.

momoyama

RobertoMoir wrote: »

A warranty for a PC that says that your warranty is void if you fit an expansion card/memory upgrade would be unfair. I think you could get this overturned easily enough. As the person you were replying to said, PCs are designed to be upgraded and there is a lot of support for that point of view legally IIRC.

Are you sure you're not thinking of a clause that says the warranty doesn't cover someone breaking the computer by fitting something incorrectly? That would be a different situation entirely and quite a reasonable point of course.

In principle I completely agree with you. The pertinent question is therefore why do the seals have printed on them words to the effect of "warranty void if seal removed or broken".

The risk of breaking a PC by trying to install a PCI card would put most people of trying, though our trained monkey would know that that's virtually impossible. Still, the point remains