When I power up the laptop from cold with the wiFi switch on, the wifi light turns on and the connection works for 5 minutes, then it disconnects and no networks are found.
After a couple of hours, the wifi might reconnect during a few minutes, then disconnect again until a few hours later.
If I power up the laptop once it's warm and with the Wifi switch on, the Wifi light doesn't usually doesn't usually turn on and in Device Manager the adapter does not appear. When it does appear, the adapter properties dialog indicates the device is working correctly.
I've tried disabling and uninstalling the adapter driver, the current one is the latest from Intel. The one on the FS site is version 10.
Firmware version: 1.14C
XP Home Version 2002 SP3
Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection driver version: 13.3.0.137
Thanks in advance for any assistance.