Thinkpad T43 with uncogconize wifi cards ??

[jasonmiamifl]

I just got an used T43 perfectly working mainboard with my perfectly working T40
lcd screen. All worked together flawlessly and I was so happy & tighten all the screws.

Surprisely I got an error message and said " unregconized mini pci wireless card and remove it "

So I opened the laptop again and replaced another working one. The same error. I replaced
with following wifi cards and none work and same error message.

Philip FRU 91P7301
Intel FRU 91P7267
Intel FRU 93P3483
Cisco FRU 26P8496

I updated the latest firmware, system update, windows xp update downloaded from IBM.

I even cleaned the socket and nearby, still nothing. I was thinking the last solution to use a
pc mcia wireless adaptor. But I really want to find out the core problem and solution, in order to
benefit all readers on this forum for times to come.

[ajkula66]

T43s (given that's the board that you're using) are very specific on which wireless card they'll accept, and "1802 hack" doesn't work on them.

Take a look here, under # 14:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 58420.html

[jasonmiamifl]

T43s (given that's the board that you're using) are very specific on which wireless card they'll accept, and "1802 hack" doesn't work on them.

Take a look here, under # 14:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 58420.html

Thanks for your reply and valuable infos. From the IBM configuration utility, it said the board model was #1871Y11 .

I went back to IBM download section and entered exactly 1871, model y11 and it said Intel BG wireless card. So I searched
all wifi cards and found one B/G , plugged it in and it worked right away and now I installed proper driver and can surf Internet.

Problem solved and million of thanks to you.