Thanks very much thread starter, I'd been struggling to install the nVidia drivers on my ion based mini311 for hours till I found your instructions.

And in case anyone is interested here's how it fits in with the other adaptors we have in the office.

Taking in to account receive sensitivity, injection ability, power drain etc.
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OK, so I finally got this adaptor modded.

I carefully removed the diversity chip with a pair of small snips and some tweezers. After a little clean up I was left with this:
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Barry

Just so we're both on the same page, I've taken another picture and marked it up:

hxxp://f.imagehost.org/0329/CutCutCut.jpg

Are you saying cut at point (C), solder the at point (D) and...

Hi Laffing man

The board is from a "Cable & Wireless" 802.11g adaptor. Model no: CWUSBAMIMO(2006/05) based around the RA2573 chipset. Funnily enough it still works ok using the diversity antenna...

Hi

I found an old USB wifi adaptor laying about the office and noticed that it is well supported in BT. I also had an old RPSMA pigtail laying around and decided to marry to the two.

This where...