Hi

If the switch is not available then it’s not possible to switch the card on ;(
It looks like the unit is not minPCI WLan upgradeable!!!

In such case you have to use an external solution like USB WLan stick or PCMCIA WLan card

There is a hardware workaround for your problem: You will just have to manually disable the contact of one specific pin on the MiniPCI card in order to make the Laptop believe the switch is permanently in ON position.

The relevant pin should be the pin 13. Please note, that the pins are numbered on both sides where odd numbers (1,3,5,6,7...)are up and even numbers (2,4,6,8,...) are facing down. Counting of the pins starts from the "alignment cut" to the left. In order for you to easily locate the required pin 13, you should count "7" metal-fingers on the odd side. See the picture on the link for better understanding:
http://www.minipci.biz/pin7.jpg

Put a tiny piece of cellophane tape (or anything else that would ISOLATE that pin) and insert the card into the Notebook.

This should make your Wlan card work.

Regards,
electrochain

I'd be very grateful, if you come back to report success (or not) with this method. We need some feedback to confirm these "tweaks".

Thank you very much for your support. I'd installed an intel pro wireless 2915 a/b/g in my toshiba p10. All worked normaly except that the system told me the wifi card was not active.
I was even ready to send my card back to my reseller. After reading your message, my wifi card now works perfectly.
Thank you again.
Regards
From Bordeaux, France