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[Sunny Dubey]

On Wednesday 14 February 2007 13:34, matt b wrote:
>   Can anyone point me to a really good step by step guide to swapping out
>  my old wireless b card on my laptop for a nice new wireless g ?  

Many BIOSes (especially thinkpad ones) lockout non IBM/Lenovo OEM wifi cards.  
So buying your own and slapping it in there may prevent you computer from 
booting entirely.

You can look at the cards IBM is offering, figure out whats actually behind 
the card instead of just the marketing name and buy it on ebay.  (ie:  IBM 
A/B/G card is really an Intel/Orinoco/Etc 1234 A/B/G card.)

A device might be rebranded 50 bazillion times, but the unique FCC ID's never 
change.  (Well, once in a while they do, very very rarely.)

The above is your safest bet.

Alternatively you may wish to check out the following pages AT YOUR OWN RISK:

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/wireless.html
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/bios.html
http://www.thinkwiki.org/

Or just opt for a PCMCIA, which is nearly hassle-free.  (I recommend the 
Orinoco 8470-WD.)

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Sunny Dubey

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