Hey Daniel, Interesting thought to go to the Intel site for drivers, which never crossed my mind. I was doing everything from the Lenovo site, as I needed to dismantle the laptop to change the wireless card, and found the Hardware Maintenance Manual there that described the entire FRU process. Origi...

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the "Eureka" moment!! That was what I had been missing and now the laptop is connecting to my home network wirelessly as before except it is noticeably faster with the new card. Yahoo!!

Cheers,
Ken

Hi Ray,
No I did not run the autorun.exe from within ...\WLANINT. Am doing that now as I type - with fingers crossed. Quite a trick actually. Thx.

Ken

Would I need to go into the BIOS at bootup and make it aware of the new 2200 card first?

Thanks Neil/Harryc, but that's exactly the driver I grabbed and unzipped and is the one that the Install Wizard ignores and asks if it can go online to look for a driver. The executable puts the driver in C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLANINT which is where I point the Wizard to, but it's like leading a horse to w...

Hey Harryc, I just received a new (used) Pro Wireless 2200bg card from an Ebay seller, installed it in the laptop and when I boot it up (Win XP SP3) it says Found New Hardware - Network Controller, and tries to go through an install. I downloaded Drivers for the new card, but when I point the Instal...

Hey Nichevo, I was reading your posts about taking apart your Thinkpad and it put me in mind of having disassembled my daughter's laptop (since this is a Thinkpad Forum, I will not mention its Make/Model). I found instructions and digital photos (not from the manufacturer but an owner) on the Net al...

Great! Actually since I last posted I found and downloaded the Hardware Maintenance Manual (looks like the shop manuals I buy for my GM vehicles to do work on my cars) and I see the Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG specifically listed. Going to hunt one down on Ebay per your first post. Thanks a million. C...

Hi Harryc, Thanks for the quick reply. Just an FYI that my T42's model info is 2373-4WU. I am forwarding this info as I have read in various other postings that if you don't have a compatible replacement unit you end up either having to do a BIOS upgrade or worse yet some kind of hack to prevent a s...

Hello All, I'm new to this forum and relatively new to the Thinkpad. I recently bought my wife a refurbished Thinkpad T42 as she had to have surgery and a laptop would be more accessible than the desktop in another room. She just uses it for Email and Web surfing but the wireless card only connects ...