Drivers for Sierra MC8780

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Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#1 Post by mika_0 » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:23 am

Hello

did anyone have drivers for the Sierra MC8780 Card or have a download destination

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Try the one for MC8775

#2 Post by Tseng » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:14 pm

I am not 100% positive, but would have guessed that MC8775 diver from lenovo includes support for MC8780.

Give it a try.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67955

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Re: Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#3 Post by Peak2Peak » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:35 pm

Take a look at this link: MC8780 / Aircard 880U GPS from Oz forum whirlpool.net. - There are links in the forum posts to the Fujitsu Siemens Sierra Wireless 3g Watcher software (v3.0.0.9 Build 1822) which includes drivers for this module.
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Re: Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#4 Post by bill bolton » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:31 pm

mika_0 wrote:did anyone have drivers for the Sierra MC8780 Card or have a download destination
The MC8780 is the Mini PCI-E card that is incorporated in the Sierra 880U USB device.

The 880U device drivers and connection manager on the Sierra web site should work with the MC8780.

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Re: Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#5 Post by GomJabbar » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:29 am

While I would certainly give the Sierra Wireless drivers and Sierra Wireless 3G Watcher a shot first, if that doesn't work, you can get the drivers from Lenovo.

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Re: Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#6 Post by bill bolton » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:30 pm

That is a driver for a Sierra MC 8775 card, which isn't the same as the MC 8780.

The Sierra 875U drivers don't work with an 880U, so I wouldn't expect that the Lenovo MC 8775 driver will work with an MC 8780 card.

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Re: Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#7 Post by GomJabbar » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:19 pm

I stand corrected. Should have checked the readme file for specific embedded modules supported.
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Re: Drivers for Sierra MC8780

#8 Post by perfecblue » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:59 pm

Actually, I've used the above stock Lenovo drivers on my MC8780. The driver version is a little old, but it does work with MC8780.

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