I have a D-Link wireless card and not only does the Vista driver not
have SuperG but the connection I get is only fair. The machine is
just across the room and when I have Windows XP PRO the connection was
always excellent.

Al


On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:34:48 -0800, Amir Javasoul <Amir
Javasoul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>I too get the same signal strenght problem on my Vaio laptop. I am running
>Visa Ultimate with the Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless card. I noticed
>there was a software update on the sony support website specifically for the
>wireless features (not sure if it actually updated the drivers) and i
>installed it. It didnt solve my problem.
>I read something about the power saving features in Vista that could affect
>the wireless card's behavior.
>but i m also still stuck at 60%..
>
>"Kato" wrote:
>
>> Sorry about the previous post I'm new to this forum.
>>
>> Anyways here is what I have experienced and found so far I have a Dell
>> Inspiron 640m and a HP Pavilion dv9000 both running Vista and both using
>> Intel Pro/Wireless 3945abg mini-card's. I too am getting a max signal
>> strength of 60% and have searched endlessly for a solution but yet to find
>> one. I think I have narrowed it down to a driver issue for either the
>> mini-card wan port or the mini-card, most likely the port because I have also
>> tried another manufacturer's mini-card with no luck.
>>
>> Now the reason why I think this is the issue is because my brother is also
>> running Vista on a gateway tablet PC and gets 100% plus a number of other
>> friends get that result too. After investigating a bit they all use an Intel
>> Pro/Wireless mini PCI card not to be confused with the mini-card I have.
>> Also I do have another friend that just got an ASUS laptop with the same
>> mini-card that I have and also gets 60% signal.
>>
>> So I guess I now have two choices:
>> 1: Live with it until Microsoft, Intel or whoever is responsible comes up
>> with a solution.
>> 2: Spend some money and attempt to resolve it with a USB wireless device.
>> I'm curious to see if this one works I pretty confident it will.
>>
>> So if anyone can find a solution for this one I would be very grateful
>> because I really don't want to use an external device.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kato