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    T61 Bluetooth and wireless card.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by merijn, Jun 19, 2007.

  1. merijn

    merijn Newbie

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    I'm in the process of ordering the T61.
    My plan is it to order one with Vista Ultimate and change it at home back to XP Prof. ( so i can order it with the Turbo Memory )I will change it back to Vista when i feel it is getting time to do so.
    I only don't know if the Bluetooth and wireless are the same for Vista and XP.
    Dell for example has different bluetooth cards for Vista and XP.
    Does anybody have any experience with this ?
     
    merijn, Jun 19, 2007
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  2. ASaringer

    ASaringer Notebook Enthusiast

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    I received my T61 this morning:

    T7300(2GHz), 1GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn, Bluetooth,Vista Business.

    I blew off Vista and installed XP. So far I am unable to get the Wireless card to work. I don't think there are drivers for the new Intel wireless cards on the Lenovo download site. I downloaded the only wireless related drivers for XP, but it's for a Lenovo wireless card, not an Intel. There also doesn't seem to be drivers for the fingerprint reader.

    I'm frustrated. The fingerprint reader I could live without, but not the wireless card.

    I'll add to this post if I figure anything out. Anybody else having these problems?
     
    ASaringer, Jun 19, 2007
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Kdawgca, Jun 19, 2007
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  4. se7en

    se7en Notebook Consultant

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    intel has separate drivers, yup

    now to explain why my wireless connex gets cut off every now and then (not too often, yet still annoying)
     
    se7en, Jun 19, 2007
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  5. Grentz

    Grentz Notebook Evangelist

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    Lenovo is missing some generic drivers for the T61 in the T61 downloads category. Just go to the T60 category and you will be able to download the Fingerprint Software (its under security, not fingerprint reader), the security suite, and the backup and recovery suite.

    The wireless driver is slipstreamed into one of the wireless access manager downloads as well
     
    Grentz, Jun 20, 2007
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