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R51 and Intel 2200bg

Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by uabericm, May 16, 2009.

uabericm Notebook Enthusiast

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Woke up this morning and started up the Thinkpad R51 (WinXP Home). Everything started fine expect the wireless connection. Bummer.

I have spent a good part of the day trying to troubleshoot the issue. The device manager states that "the device cannot start (code 10)". I have made sure I have the current drivers, un-installed, re-installed, re-started cpu, lada lada lada.

Still nothing. So now I have a few questions:
1-Can these internal wireless cards go bad? What would be some common causes?
2-Is it best to replace the broken card with the same internal card or a different brand? Recommendations?
3-Can someone provide some quick install instructions for the new card?

Thanks.

uabericm, May 16, 2009

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Any thoughts?

uabericm, Jun 6, 2009

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Yes, they can.
Post over on ThinkPads.com in the MarketPlace forum you're looking for a card.
R51 Hardware Maintenance Manual.

ZaZ, Jun 6, 2009

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Thanks. I will post up a WTB thread.

uabericm, Jun 6, 2009

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