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June 30th, 2006 23:00

Turning Wireless Card off?

I am flying to Florida on Monday and need to know how to turn my wireless card off. Does anyone know how to do this? I have looked through the owners manual and that was no help, and looked through the control panel, and still got nothing. Your help would be appreciated.

Message Edited by preddy03 on 06-30-200607:31 PM

  • NemesisDB

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    Posted June 30th, 2006 23:00

    FN F2 will likely turn the card off if it's internal (you will see a radio tower with a slash through it on the screen when you try this).  If it's an external or slot type card, simply remove it.
  • NemesisDB

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    Posted June 30th, 2006 23:00

    why do you want to turn it off?  what kind of wireless card?  what kind of computer?
  • preddy03

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    Posted June 30th, 2006 23:00

    I have an Inspiron 9300. I want to turn it off because I have been told/have read that it needs to be turned off during the flight. I don't know what card it has, it came with the computer when I bought it and was the reccommended one from this site.
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    Posted July 1st, 2006 00:00

    ok, thanks.
  • Jerry Park

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    Posted July 1st, 2006 10:00

    If the function key combination does not do it (won't, for example, on Inspiron 8200), right click the connection in the connections window and choose Disable from the pop up menu.
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    Posted July 1st, 2006 17:00

    That's a good call -- probably the better way actually (or you could press F2 at the dell screen and disable it in the bios).
     
    For what it's worth, there is zero good evidence that these things can effect airplanes at all.  I'd say you have a higher chance of killing someone next to you who has a pacemaker
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    Posted July 3rd, 2006 01:00

    yeah, probably true, but I'd rather not chance it.