FS: Internal THINKPAD SIERRA MC8755 wwan card for Europe

jagine · **Posted:** Sun May 18, 2008 11:59 am

FINISHED

jagine · **Posted:** Sun May 18, 2008 12:28 pm

all of them are unlocked to any network. I did it.

jagine · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2008 4:37 am

up. i will get unlocked sierra MC8775 with FRU very soon

jagine · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 8:13 am

seems like noboby needs it.

crashnburn · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 4:46 pm

You need to check if they would work on US or other Non-UK networks.

minc3d · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 6:56 pm

How do we know if they will work with say, an X61t on Sprint or Verizon here?

jagine · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 7:56 pm

crashnburn wrote:

You need to check if they would work on US or other Non-UK networks.

yes, it works in most EU networks. It also works with other countries running same frequence network

minc3d · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 7:59 pm

A PDF refernece sheet for the cards shows this as being HSDPA. Doesnt sound like what Verizon/Sprint use with EV-DO.

Dominican · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 11:24 pm

may be able to work on ATT network, but someone would have to check that. If it works on the ATT network, it will work on the Tmobile netowkr also. They both use HSDPA.

Zender · **Posted:** Wed May 28, 2008 1:42 am

Unfortunately MC8755 is European version which only supports 2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA, so even though it will work on North American 2G networks (only 216kbps max.), it won't connect to the 3G networks, which operate on 850/1900MHz. That's what MC8765 was for.
Later came MC8775 supporting all three frequencies...

Also MC8755 will work without BIOS patch in *60 series, not sure by heart about *61 (think not) and definitely won't in X300.

Specsheet.

jagine · **Posted:** Wed May 28, 2008 12:28 pm

Zender wrote:

Unfortunately MC8755 is European version which only supports 2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA, so even though it will work on North American 2G networks (only 216kbps max.), it won't connect to the 3G networks, which operate on 850/1900MHz. That's what MC8765 was for.
Later came MC8775 supporting all three frequencies...

Also MC8755 will work without BIOS patch in *60 series, not sure by heart about *61 (think not) and definitely won't in X300.

Specsheet.

Zend knows much more about wwan. Great!
I do have unlocked MC8765 cards as welll. Coz I am UK based, i am not sure if any body wants it.

I have done the test MC8755 with *61. It doesnt work at all.
I will get MC8775 cards very soon. But the cost will be much higher than MC8755.

MC8775 will be much more popular.

jagine · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:49 pm

i got non-thinkpad mc8775 and mc8780

netrider · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:21 pm

Interested in Sierra Wireless Cards for my Thinkpad X61s they just have to work out of the box, thats all i want..
U got a card for EU HSDPA networks with an downstream up to 7.2mbit ?

jagine · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:04 pm

netrider wrote:

Interested in Sierra Wireless Cards for my Thinkpad X61s they just have to work out of the box, thats all i want..
U got a card for EU HSDPA networks with an downstream up to 7.2mbit ?

mc8780 can support 7.2, but i haven't got lenovo MC8780 yet, just universal one

Zender · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:33 pm

The only 3G/GSM card whitelisted in X61s BIOS is Lenovo-branded MC8775, which is rumoured to support 7.2Mbps through firmware update, but no such update exists, so you can't have 7,2Mbps (and 2,0Mbps HSUPA upload) out of the box. You'd need to patch BIOS.

netrider · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:24 am

Okay, are u able to patch a card, so that it will work with lenovo thinkpad?
if not can u offer me a sierra wireless card for my thinkpad with 2bmit downstream and tell me how much it would cost shipping to germany included?

jagine · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:50 am

netrider wrote:

Okay, are u able to patch a card, so that it will work with lenovo thinkpad?
if not can u offer me a sierra wireless card for my thinkpad with 2bmit downstream and tell me how much it would cost shipping to germany included?

Sorry, MC8775 and MC8780 are sold out now,only MC8755 cards left. MC8755 suits thinkpad 60 not for 61

netrider · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:40 am

ohh..perhaps if u get new ones in stock, u could contact me?

Zender · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:43 am

I would like to thank jagine for working with me to resolve issues of bought MC8755 card - very nice experience!

netrider: I'm not sure what you're after, but MC8755 can work with your machine - alas only at max. 1.8Mbps/384kbps - if you patch your BIOS.
If you are strictly against BIOS patching, you need to search for and only for Lenovo-branded MC8775. That card supports 3.6Mbps/384kbps.
But you already have UMTS in your signature?

netrider · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:40 am

Right, I got one, but it was an not original Lenovo card with patched bios and it broke down. Actually I am using a PCMCIA Card, but that is not the solution I want to.

jagine · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:12 pm

Hope I can get LENOVO MC8775 soon.

netrider · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:09 pm

Sounds great, just contact me and tell me ur price.

xAlexx · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:21 am

Tell me your price for LENOVO MC8775.

Thanks,
xAlexx

jagine · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:30 am

i am back again. I aslo have 2 mc8775 wwan cards

jagine · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:08 pm

Still have 10+ of MC8755

Peak2Peak · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:10 pm

jagine: Do you have any Sierra Wireless MC8790's for sale?

Jason404 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:27 pm

Does anybody know if the Sierra MC8755 card works on the X200s? Does it have GPS?

It seems that the Gobi 1000/2000 and Ericsson F3507g cards are an option on the X200, but I am not sure if other cards will work with the X200/X200s BIOS.

Also, are any of these cards better than the others (GPS as well as WWAN performance/reliability)?

I need an answer in a hurry! Thanks.

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