Replacing Broadcom miniPCI with Atheros

[Brian Stretch]

I have a new HP zv5000z Athlon 64 notebook.  It came with one
of the hated Linux-hostile Broadcom wireless cards.  I tried swapping
in an Atheros wireless card, which fits... but the BIOS says:

"104-Unsupported wireless network device detect"

and I have to shut down and remove the card to get any futher.  It
sure looks like HP is deliberately disabling non-HP wireless cards,
given that explicit message. 

Yes, I know about the Linuxant wrapper drivers, they only work
in 32-bit Linux.  I'm running 64-bit Fedora Core Development. 

Any ideas?  Or am I as SOL as I think I am?  Do all notebooks
do this?  Does miniPCI just require more BIOS support than
regular PCI does on desktops? 

BTW: I have 64-bit Fedora Core Development running on this
notebook.  FC2 Test 2 didn't work, but I'd expect Test 3 to work
great.  The zv5000z is very similar ot the Compaq R3000z.