I attempted a wifi card swap in this HP Compaq Mini 700. I removed the stock Broadcom BCM94312HMG and added an Atheros AR5BHB92 (as the AR9280 chipset is supported by #OpenBSD and can do dual band).
Much to my surprise it refuses to boot now. Vendor lock-in is a terrible thing.
Any hints for bypassing such checks?
Close-up of of a MiniPCIE AR5BHB92
Wireless Network Card installed in a Compaq Mini 700.
HP Compaq Mini 700 BIOS boot screen saying "104-Unsupported wireless network device detected. System Halted. Remove device and restart."