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Title: Locks up your computer. Incompatible with Windows or Ubuntu.
Review: I tried this card with Ubuntu and Windows XP SP3. Both have the same issue. The system will begin cycling, attempting to connect to your wireless network over and over, even after it has been connected awhile. This will cause your system to lock up and freeze for 2-10 seconds periodically. Eventually your system will hard freeze completely or just reboot itself.Unfortunately this behavior is well known online. This card will definitely not work on Windows XP SP2 or newer (XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7). Check out a simple Google search for "RTL8185L freeze." RTL8185L is the chip on this card, at least the latest series as purchased from here. I'm posting a link to one such forum: [...]As others have written: avoid this card like the plague. The only way to get your system working again is to uninstall everything, pull the card out of your computer, and go "Office Space"-style on it in the backyard with a baseball bat.
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