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SOLD to forum member: Two great upgrades for T60/R60/Z61t/Z61m machines - an IBM Atheros ABGN wireless adpater and an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz 4MB cache processor. (You still need to supply the skill and thermal grease for the CPU.)

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Reduced to $35 for either item OR $65 for both parts delivered in the U.S. PayPal, USPS money order or cash accepted.

IBM / Atheros N adapter
FRU: 42T0825
(This is an IBM/Lenovo part, no need BIOS issues on T60, etc. Works with two or three antennas.)

Intel Core 2 Duo T7200
2.0GHz
4MB cache
supports 64-bit operating systems
(Pulled from ThinkPad.)

Very nice upgrades.

The 3rd antenna on the T60 requires the bulge on the side, am I correct? Do you know of any practical performance differences in using the ABGN card with only two antennas?

dr_st wrote:The 3rd antenna on the T60 requires the bulge on the side, am I correct? Do you know of any practical performance differences in using the ABGN card with only two antennas?

Yes, and the third antenna can be added to any T60 lid, the Lenovo solution is a plastic bulge on the right side of the LCD lid. I suppose aftermarket antennas could be used, too. However, I've used this model N adapter with T60's and Z61m's that have had just two antennas and I'm not sure what I was missing. It certainly hooked up at N speeds and the strength was great. Perhaps you have even greater range with three antennas?

Drat!!! A week later and I wouldn't be sitting here waiting for that Atheros card to show up from China! Thanks for the lead though, Ed.

underclocker wrote:It certainly hooked up at N speeds and the strength was great. Perhaps you have even greater range with three antennas?

With many of the cards that I've seen, a third antenna allows for better performance in environments with a lot of RF noise (and for better throughput at a greater distance.)

Bump w/lower prices...