I spoke with a tech from HP late last evening. They had me do the same thing you just mentioned. There are only 2 things listed under Network Adapters: 1394 connection & Nvidia Nforce Networking Controller. The guy had me do a couple of driver downloads and install. Did that with no luck. Told me that if that didn't fix the problem that I would have to use the service manual and remove and reseat the wireless card. I guess I'll take it in to the shop and have someone do that. Is that a difficult job?