No not in a R50. I replaced the MDC with the BMDC on my R40 which are very similar. The upgrading the Wifi card is where the bios conflict arises that people are referencing.

There isn't a bios issue for the BMDC, when you connect it the system windows see it and installs it. I prefer using XP SP2 but you can down the Widcomm drivers from IBM as well. According to ThinkWiki the BMDC is an option on some models so it should not be a problem. For the Widcomm software searc...

I've had this problem off and on and never seem to completely resolve the underlying issue. From time to time, the bluetooth will suddenly stop working and it will pop up with a USB Device Not Recognized message in the systray. Usually disabling the BT from Fn+F5 and re-enabling will resolve the pro...

I've had this problem off and on and never seem to completely resolve the underlying issue. From time to time, the bluetooth will suddenly stop working and it will pop up with a USB Device Not Recognized message in the systray. Usually disabling the BT from Fn+F5 and re-enabling will resolve the pro...

I've uninstlled and reinstalled several times but I keep seeing with this error intermittenly before I login to system. Anyone else seen this and more importantly found a fix?

Faulting application SvcGuiHlpr.exe, version 4.11.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0065006c.

It might be helpful to have Task Manager running, sorted by CPU and minimized to the systray so you can quickly check it when this happens. Sometimes, but not always, you can check the running processes and see which is take up the CPU cycles during this brief time. For such a delay I would expect a...

I don't know about how rare they are. When I bought mine a while back the going price was most like $150 and the going rate seems to have come down a bit. DVD Burners on ebay

Thinkpad Parts
All were taken from a R40 and are in great condition
Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b $15
Modem Daughter Card $20
Ultrabay 2000 CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo IV Drive $50

He's using a third party WWAN device (Sony Ericsson (SE)), and it has its own software. He'd like to use AC for it, since AC now has support for the Verizon WWAN devices that some Z's and T60s are coming with. But Access Connections, an increasingly bigger pill to swallow for some of us, doesn't wa...

bill bolton wrote:You install a ThinkPad device driver for WAN wireless device that you want to use.

I guess that's the problem the card is installed and it's still not enabled. The only driver I've ever had is the one SE provides. If IBM has their own I've never seen it.

bill bolton wrote:krazykritter,

You may know what you are talking about, but quite a bit more context is needed for others to understand what your concern is here regarding WAN wireless in AC!

Cheers,

Bill

Seems clear to me the functionalaity is greyed out under tools. How do I enable it?

I recently started using Vice Versa Pro. It works quite well and has the ability to schedule syncs using Windows' Task Scheduler.

Help says you have to activate Wireless WAN under Tools however Wireless WAN is grayed out. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Access Connections without any success. I can select Wireless WAN as a connection type when creating a profile. When I do that I have to specify my connection manager for the ...

I have an original cisco aircard (802.11b) and original dvd/cd-rw drive that I upgraded on my r40 I'd part with for a fair price.

I have the same handle on ebay for feedback purposes.

I have a 2wire router/modem setup in bridge mode so that my Xincom dual wan router can make the DSL connection and I frequently have this password error issue. As mentioned the problem is solved by power cycling the DSL modem. This issue has nothing to do with your Thinkpad. When this problem is act...

I'm using a Logitec V270 Bluetooth mouse and have been very happy with it. Whatever Bluetooth mouse you buy, make sure its has some way of definitively switching off the batteries. Both the Kensington and V270 have a real on/off switch, which is great! Cheers, Bill I also have this mouse and love i...

Going for the simpliest solution here. Does the drive show up in Disk Management in Computer Management?

Right click My Computer and select Manage.

IBM specs list it as only being capable of something like 36GB. I can't imagine that's true anymore but haven't been able to find out if this was a BIOS, hardware or software limitation. Surely IBM or someone has worked around this problem. Additional insight would be helpful.

You can download the update from MS directly. It's a large file so you'll want to be on a broadband connection when you download it.

Has your system ever seen it? I briefly had this problem with mine until I reinstalled SP2 to reinstall the MS drivers, which I prefer over the widcomm drivers and software. Mine was working fine and then suddenly it stopped working and could not be reinstalled until I reinstalled SP2.

Would prefer US or Canada sale. Let me know what you have.

Windows XP Pro SP2 would be ideal but SP1 would work also.

thanks,

The IBM recovery CDs were $50? I also needed a copy of those CDs. $50 seems like a lot for the discs.

I got the BMDC for my R40 and it works great. You'll the antenna as well. The card alone only had enough range to reach my phone is it was right next to the computer.

I'm 100% positive that the so-called Microsoft Windows XP SP2 drivers are the licensed Widcomm drivers (check out the driver details) so whichever you install you're stick with the widcomm :) I do prefer the UI provided by the "Microsoft" bluetooth stack, even tho it doesn't offer as many features ...

I did try to install the IBM software but I really do dislike the Widcomm software. After a few reboots the software did start seeing the device again. Don't know how but the drivers were corrupted. Once I deleted them all things started working again. I did uninstall the IBM software and reinstall ...

It seems the MS BT driver for the IBM Integrated Bluetooth II adapter has become corrupt. I tried to find the driver itself but haven't had much luck. I'd really rather not have to reinstall SP2 just to get the drivers. Would anyone happen to know where or how else I might obtain another copy?

Problem is it happens with both so it's not like I can use one over the other.

You can use any antenna. I didn't have the BT specific antenna so I used one connector on an extra set of wifi antennas that I had. Once connected I have excellent range, better than 30FT with my phone even through concrete walls and such. Even without the antenna as long as my phone sat next to the...

Not sure if this is a IBM or MS issue but whenever I come out of Standy or Hibernate my R40 (2682) will within a couple minutes return to Standby/Hibernate on it's own one time. After recoevering the second time everything is normal again. I can reproduce this problem 100%. Tried searching around an...

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-50822 that matrix shows only b cards :( b/g wifi cards for T40 wont work on R40, you will get bios error message. That's is true however in in the one that Wireless4laptops's refers to there is a a/b/g wireless card t...