[Solved] HP tx1308nr WLAN issue

Hey all,

I'm curious as to if anyone can solve an issue that I am having with an HP tx1308 (vista) WLAN internal card. I noticed a few days ago that the wireless LAN would not turn on via the switch on the laptop, nor would it show up in the device manager. I did the usual driver reinstall to now avail, so I contacted HP. After talking with HP, they suggested a system restore to isolate the problem. After a system restore, the issue was not resolved, so I concluded that the WLAN card was bad and removed it. After a day or two, I decided to reinstall the card just to ensure that it was bad. After reinstalling it, well, it magically worked again, at least until I put the laptop into hibernate mode. I restarted the computer as well, but to no avail.

So the question is, does it sound like the card itself is bad (potentially overheating) or could there be a potentially catastrophic issue with the motherboard? Does anyone have a suggestion to get it working again? If not, I believe I will forgo getting a new internal card and will buy an external express card for simplicities sake.

Thanks for the advice and time.