Comment 20 for bug 102982

i use a HP compaq nc 6230. it has Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG

it was working well for the past 1 month. recently there were glitches and the system hanged. i had to restart the system and it went fine. For the past 2 days my wireless is detected but not started.
here is the part of dmesg.

[ 22.716000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0kmprq
[ 22.716000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 22.876000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 24.060000] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZR (14 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
[ 30.060000] ipw2200: Failed to send SCAN_ABORT: Command timed out.
[ 31.068000] ipw2200: Failed to send CARD_DISABLE: Command timed out.
[ 31.584000] ipw2200: device failed to boot initial fw image
[ 31.584000] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -62
[ 31.584000] ipw2200: Failed to up device

[ 17.367242] 00:03: SMCf010 not responding at SIR 0x3e8, FIR 0x100; auto-configuring
[ 17.370158] 00:03: responds at SIR 0x3e8, FIR 0x100
[ 23.560000] smsc_superio_flat(): fir: 0x100, sir: 0x3e8, dma: 01, irq: 5, mode: 0x0e
[ 23.560000] IrCC version 2.0, firport 0x100, sirport 0x3e8 dma=1, irq=5
[ 29.156000] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x12, buttons: 0/0
[ 31.584000] ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -62

i am not sure if my device is gone or wat happened. please help me as i dont have any other OS with me(Ubuntu maniac). Also how will i find if my device is working or not?? :-(. i use Gutsy Gibbon.