T60 Wireless, Atheros 11 a/b/g Express BSOD Fixed

Updated 8/15/09 - The latest drivers published by Lenovo for the wireless a/b/g card work fine now. No need to use the driver mentioned below. This will be my last update.
Update 2/21/09 - Finally Fixed after almost two years of BSODs happening regularly on my wireless connection! I found a more recent Atheros driver on the www.atheros.cz site. Version 7.6.0.154 (June 30, 08). It worked, and after heavy use for several days I've not had a single BSOD. No more being tied to an ethernet cable.
Update 11/12 - Bought a USB Wireless adapter (I'm not using the integrated wireless card any more). Still gettting Blue Screens occasionally (every couple days) Windows Problems/Solutions utility says it is a recognized problem and recommneds turning off Windows Auto Tuning. Haven't tried that yet. Will report back. Never got an resolution on this. Using the USB adapter makes life tolerable, but still frustrating.
Update 9/23 - The latest Lenovo Driver (available Sept 08) did not help. If I turn the power off on my Atheros card, it will run forever w/o BSOD. Turn the Atheros wireless on (switch on the front of the T60) and it blue screens a couple times a day (if not more often). The latest Lenovo driver seems to have the problem no matter the signal strength now. After a year of this, I'm ready to try a different wireless adapter.
Original Msg - My system BSODs when using wireless signal. Otherwise the system works fine (connected to ethernet).
Message Edited by dcalder on 09-23-2008 05:44 PM
Message Edited by dcalder on 11-12-2008 07:56 AM
Message Edited by dcalder on 02-21-2009 02:53 PM
Message Edited by dcalder on 08-15-2009 04:48 PM

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