|
How to replace the adapter in your notebook?
some notebooks don't allow change of WiFi adapters, how to fix this:
Read more:
|
|
| Ed Durrant |
I know with my T30, I had to apply a patch to the IBM Thinkpad BIOS to
allow it to accept a non-IBM variant of the Intel 2200BG WiFi card - so
it looks like the Thinkpad BIOS is coded only to allow cards sold by IBM
(or in later models Lenovo). It's probably worth checking some of the
Linux forums to see if they have had the same issues.
|
| Thorolf |
you either need a card from IBM/Lenovo that is explicit supported by
this laptop or you have to look for an hacked BIOS for this model, that
does not check the IDs of the network card.
Maybe you even can replace/hack the BIOS of the network card itself to
get it running, there are people who made a Dell/Intel WiFi-card
IBM/Lenovo-compatible.
There are no other options for any ThinkPad after the T42-series!
|
| Lewis |
I haven't seen this with other notebooks, though admittedly, I only
really support ThinkPads. There's a good overview of the issue on
ThinkWiki:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card
It's not an insurmountable problem (usually), and I consider it to be
a minor annoyance (fix it once, and the problem is solved pretty much
forever, or until your CMOS battery dies... ;-) . If a particular
vendor-branded card doesn't work, these things are cheap enough to be
able to spring an extra $30 for one which *does*, and then dump - for a
similar price - the one which does not (to someone with a more
compatible machine).
As for there being "no other options for any ThinkPad after the
T42-series!," that is a rather broad statement, and as Diane's T61 works
fine with the included 3945 and the 4965 I swapped into it, and as my
T43 works fine with the Intel-branded (boxed) 2915, I think it's safe to
say that these things are not typically insurmountable problems with
machines after the T42...
|
| Doug Bissett |
UNSUPPORTED mode actually works best, when a similar (possibly even
the same) device already has GENMAC support, but with a different PCI
identifier. For instance, GENMAC supports the 1969:1048, but the user
has 1969:1026. Now, IF the two devices actually use the same windows
driver, you can simply copy the directory to the appropriate new name,
then change the informaton in the *.NIF file (in \IBMCOM\MACS), to
match the device. Also, change the line in the [OPTIONS] section to:
Default = "UNSUPPORTED"
Then, use Adapters and Protocols (AKA MPTS) to install the device. If
it works, great, if not, then you start to play with substituting
various windows drivers, to see if you can get it to go (win2K drivers
seem to work best, but winXP drivers are also good).
|
| Rodney Pont |
When I first installed my Attansic it would only run at 10meg. Looking
in the inf file (\genmac\driver\wrapper*\*.inf) the HKR_MediaType had
been defined twice, firstly as auto and then again as 10meg further
down. Removing the second entry fixed it and it now runs at 1gig.
|
| |
