I swapped my intel card for a Senao Prism 2.5 minipci wireless card in 
my Thinkpad R51. There is a way to disable the card check and I have 
done it. It must be done before the unsupported card is put in the 
machine. http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/hacks.html





Chris Schumann wrote:

>It depends on the machine. This works just great in my 600X, as I wrote
>before. Newer ThinkPads do indeed have PCI ID code lists that restrict which
>cards can be installed.
>
>Not all ThinkPads do, and not all brands of other laptops do... and this
>card is on the OK list for many machines.
>
>And of course, there are ways for enterprising folks like the TCLUG readers
>to get around the attempt at vendor lock-in, on ThinkPads in particular.
>Hurrah indeed that we even have to.
>
>Chris
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>>From: Matthew S. Hallacy [mailto:poptix at poptix.net] 
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>>FYI:
>>
>>This is a rebadged Atheros card with the specific hardware ID 
>>necessary for ThinkPad laptops. You can't buy any old miniPCI 
>>wireless card, you have to buy them from IBM. (If you try to 
>>use another, it refuses to POST)
>>
>>Hurrah for vendor lock-in.
>>
>>On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 04:19:54PM -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
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>>>I have for sale one Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection 
>>>MiniPCI card in perfect condition for sale.
>>>
>>>I installed it in my ThinkPad 600X, which does not normally have 
>>>internal WiFi, so I installed antennas, and in the process 
>>>      
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>>of fitting 
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>>>it to my case, broke the connectors off one of those 
>>>      
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>>antenna. So I'm 
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>>>stuck with one antenna and using my laptop in the house. 
>>>      
>>>
>>But now it's 
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>>>warm (well up until today it was), and I want to surf the 
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>>web from my deck. Blasted aluminum siding!
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>>>Intel provides a Linux driver for it, and I have used it 
>>>      
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>>with FC2 and FC3.
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>>>First $20 can come get it, or I will deliver it to you in 
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>>person or by 
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>>>mail for $25... or make an offer.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Chris Schumann
>>>(who can't be bothered to look up his tclug classified password)
>>>      
>>>
>>-- 
>>Matthew S. Hallacy                            FUBAR, LART, 
>>BOFH Certified
>>http://www.poptix.net                           GPG public 
>>key 0x01938203
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