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WWAN card not being detected
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WWAN card not being detected
I am using W500 with middleton's bios, so I assume it has black/white lists removed.
I took apart my Kindle 3g and got out form out a WWAN ePCI card, and a SIM card.
The WWAN card is AnyDATA, DTP-600W, as can be seen on this video around 5:10 mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD-wPmowR-Y
I put it inside ThinkPad and booted. The laptop booted without a glitch. However, it looks like the card remains totally invisible.
In Linux, lspci nor lsusb list anything that could remotely be it.
In windows, there is nothing in Device Manager.
Any ideas?
I took apart my Kindle 3g and got out form out a WWAN ePCI card, and a SIM card.
The WWAN card is AnyDATA, DTP-600W, as can be seen on this video around 5:10 mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD-wPmowR-Y
I put it inside ThinkPad and booted. The laptop booted without a glitch. However, it looks like the card remains totally invisible.
In Linux, lspci nor lsusb list anything that could remotely be it.
In windows, there is nothing in Device Manager.
Any ideas?
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
Long shot, but worth a try:
BIOS>Config>Network>Wireless LAN and WiMAX Radios is it ON?
Ref http://service.lenovo.partner-managemen ... adW500.swf
BIOS>Config>Network>Wireless LAN and WiMAX Radios is it ON?
Ref http://service.lenovo.partner-managemen ... adW500.swf
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
AFAIK Middleton's BIOS only works for T/R/X61 and X300 series. I've never tried to flash it on anything else.
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
Thanks for the suggestion, but yes, it is on.ilakast wrote:Long shot, but worth a try:
BIOS>Config>Network>Wireless LAN and WiMAX Radios is it ON?
Ref http://service.lenovo.partner-managemen ... adW500.swf
On a side note, I am curious, whether it would be possible to put another WiFi card in place of that GSM module. Would ThinkPad detect it? After all, it is the same type of slot.
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
Middleton has modded the BIOS for several other TP models (incl. the W500), this is just not generally known...Cigarguy wrote:AFAIK Middleton's BIOS only works for T/R/X61 and X300 series. I've never tried to flash it on anything else.
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
Try taping over pin 20.
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
Thanks, but could you be more specific? I do not know what do you mean.twistero wrote:Try taping over pin 20.
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=101447Lockheed wrote:Thanks, but could you be more specific? I do not know what do you mean.twistero wrote:Try taping over pin 20.
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Re: WWAN card not being detected
Thanks. That did it. Or at least looked like it did.
Covering Pin 20 resulted in the card not being disabled, so now I could see the WWAN LED on all the time.
However:
1 - the card remain undetected in neither Linux (lspci nor lsusb), nor in Windows 7.
2 - the laptop was unable to stay off. After powering it down, it was turning itself on, again (the same behaviour existed before covering pin 20)
So, what I think is happening is that this particular card is made specifically for Amazon Kindle, and is not compatible with other devices.
Covering Pin 20 resulted in the card not being disabled, so now I could see the WWAN LED on all the time.
However:
1 - the card remain undetected in neither Linux (lspci nor lsusb), nor in Windows 7.
2 - the laptop was unable to stay off. After powering it down, it was turning itself on, again (the same behaviour existed before covering pin 20)
So, what I think is happening is that this particular card is made specifically for Amazon Kindle, and is not compatible with other devices.
T420s - i7, 16GB RAM, Samsung 850 EVO + 1TB Hitachi 9.5mm, Nvidia, Oleh Bios.
W500 - C2D P9500, 8GB RAM, Samsung 830 SSD + 750GB Hitachi HDD, Intel+ATI GPU, bright WUXGA, FP-reader
Arch Linux, BTRFS+ZFS on LUKS
W500 - C2D P9500, 8GB RAM, Samsung 830 SSD + 750GB Hitachi HDD, Intel+ATI GPU, bright WUXGA, FP-reader
Arch Linux, BTRFS+ZFS on LUKS
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