ZOTAC H67-ITX-C-E Wifi won't connect properly. Fuck.

[Trekintosh]

Went to boarding school for 10 months and when I came back and turned on my desktop my power supply ate it and took my mobo with it. Co-opted a mini PC and stuck its mobo in my case with a spare power supply and my GPU. It works great except the wifi is extremely dodgy. While my laptop will get full bars and download at upwards of 2.5MB/s, I often get upwards of 2000ms delays when test pinging google on the desktop. Then it just drops out altogether after about 15 minutes and won't connect until I reboot. I've tried reinstalling the drivers and wifi card, looked at forums, but I can't get any real answers. Figured I'd ask you guys since you people can talk with your heads out of your asses.

Full specs are:
Silverstone TJ-08-e case
ZOTAC H67-ITX-C-E mobo
Intel i3-2100
ZOTAC GTX 560 448-core edition
4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1333mhz
Cougar 760w PSU
Dell U2410m
Older Dell 24" monitor

I'm probably going to pick up a USB replacement adapter tomorrow and order a mini PCIe one later. Any suggestions for the mini PCIe one if I can't fix this one?

[VikeeVeekie]

What is the signal strength on your computer?

Also, did you put BOTH antenna's on the rear,
and are no cables of the WLAN adapter system properly attached or
damaged / broken?

This may be a bad case of signal loss.

[Killervalon]

Do keep in mind, you need U.FL adapter / antenna if you get a Mini PCIe card.
Just bought a Intel Extreme 6300 for my HTPC (when I bought it). Sadly I don't have a antenna and have a problem finding one. Think I'm gonna try pulling one out of a extra laptop tommorow.

[Trekintosh]

[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40523834]What is the signal strength on your computer?

Also, did you put BOTH antenna's on the rear,
and are no cables of the WLAN adapter system properly attached or
damaged / broken?

This may be a bad case of signal loss.[/QUOTE]

I was using two big fuckoff antennae from my previous desktop. First thing I did was reseat the wifi card and double check the internal cables. I picked up a $20 USB wifi adapter with two tiny non-upgradable antennae and now it gets full bars and downloads average the same as my laptop: 2.4MB/sec. So now this thread is about suggestions for a new wifi card. Apparently the card on the ZOTAC board is known to be problematic. I need the USB adapter for my repair work and I prefer an internal card anyway.

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=Trekintosh;40533596]I was using two big fuckoff antennae from my previous desktop. First thing I did was reseat the wifi card and double check the internal cables. I picked up a $20 USB wifi adapter with two tiny non-upgradable antennae and now it gets full bars and downloads average the same as my laptop: 2.4MB/sec. So now this thread is about suggestions for a new wifi card. Apparently the card on the ZOTAC board is known to be problematic. I need the USB adapter for my repair work and I prefer an internal card anyway.[/QUOTE]

Go for a Intel card BUT double check reviews for your OS since a few of them are troublemakers. Or just the exact same card model in your laptop