picklesinmyears

I am a Linux newbie and having the same problems on an HP notebook that I recently set up for dual boot. I have tried several solutions (though I probably have screwed up a few dues to my inexperiance) and nothing has even produced a flicker on the wireless card. The only promising soltuion involed Linuxant. However, I don't want to pay to activate my wireless card. I have tried the above suggestions to no avail. Does anyone have any further help to offer?