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New Intel 4965 802.11n card - upgrade from 2915 possible?
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:55 pm
by jeremy_norbury
I appreciate it's not out yet and was only just announced, but do you think that it will be possible to upgrade to 802.11n with this new wireless mini pci card - swapping out a 2915?
http://www.engadget.comwww.engadget.com ... -official/
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks ... entrino/p1
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My R52 has a 2915...
Jerry
Amsterdam
Re: New Intel 4965 802.11n card - upgrade from 2915 possible
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:43 pm
by bill bolton
jeremy_norbury wrote:but do you think that it will be possible to upgrade to 802.11n with this new wireless mini pci card - swapping out a 2915?
It seems quite unlikely!
The form factor appears to be different to the 2915 and you may notice it has three (3) antenna connectors for a MIMO capable antenna rig, so even if it does physically fit, full 802.11n throughput probably wont be achieveable in a two antenna laptop .
Cheers,
Bill
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:20 pm
by GomJabbar
You might be interested in this thread which is discussing the same issue.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=33434
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:38 am
by kulivontot
In short, no. 2915 is mini-PCI. 4965AGN is a mini-PCIe card. Thus, unless IBM or Intel create a mini-PCI version you're probably out of luck. Best chance for you is a PCMCIA draft-n card.
