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    Replacement WLAN card for T42

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by daphatgrant, Jun 17, 2010.

  1. daphatgrant

    daphatgrant Notebook Guru

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    Hello, I'm doing some upgrade work for a co-worker who has a T42 that currently has a miniPCI Intel WM3B2200BG WLAN card. I need to replace this card with one that supports WPA2 security. I'm wondering what suggestions there are on what to upgrade to?

    I'll also be doing a RAM upgrade to 2GB of PNY PC2700. I have installed aftermarket wireless cards in Thinkpads before so I know that some bios updating needs to be done, or at least this was the case on an R40 that I worked on. I have used this card before in an HP (I believe?) and it worked great.

    Thanks for the help :).
     
    daphatgrant, Jun 17, 2010
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  2. daphatgrant

    daphatgrant Notebook Guru

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    Nobody eh?
     
    daphatgrant, Jun 22, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    you should post this message in forum of lenovo.com, Ajkula66 and some of the Mods are extremely knowledgeable in the WLAN cards.
     
    lead_org, Jun 22, 2010
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    How about the Intel 2915, which I believe supports WPA2 and was sold with the T42. I'd also make sure you get a ThinkPad branded card so you don't run afoul of the whitelist.
     
    ZaZ, Jun 22, 2010
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