T30 WiFi switch?

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T30 WiFi switch?

#1 Post by 128keaton » Sat May 07, 2016 12:48 am

My WiFi card inside isnt finding any WiFi networks. Is there an external switch, or am I missing something? Thanks!
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Re: T30 WiFi switch?

#2 Post by ajkula66 » Sat May 07, 2016 1:11 am

There is no physical switch on T30.

In order for us to help you more efficiently, please provide the OS that you're running and the model of wireless card that is in the machine
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Re: T30 WiFi switch?

#3 Post by danikayser84 » Sat May 07, 2016 1:46 pm

Have you installed the Hotkey driver from Lenovo? (to make the Fn+F8 work)

Also, keep in mind if you are using Windows 7/Vista, the later versions of the hotkey driver do not work properly on machines older than the T61 or T60 under Windows 7/Vista (I believe when I had 7 on my T30 and my T43, I had to use 8JVU23WW.EXE because I tried later versions and they were not supported or did not work)
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Re: T30 WiFi switch?

#4 Post by 128keaton » Sun May 08, 2016 5:01 pm

danikayser84 wrote:Have you installed the Hotkey driver from Lenovo? (to make the Fn+F8 work)

Also, keep in mind if you are using Windows 7/Vista, the later versions of the hotkey driver do not work properly on machines older than the T61 or T60 under Windows 7/Vista (I believe when I had 7 on my T30 and my T43, I had to use 8JVU23WW.EXE because I tried later versions and they were not supported or did not work)
No, I just got around to playing with it yesterday, I put XP on it since Its only seeing 256MB of the 512MB in it. 7 and Vista wouldn't run on that (obviously). Seriously considering just running 98SE or just plain ol DOS on it for games.
I also collect Apple gear http://128keaton.com/hardware
A31 (first) (dead, and gone)
T60 (gifted to a friend, 2.0 Core2Duo, 128GB SSD, 3GB)
X41 (1.6Ghz Pentium, 2GB, 80GB PATA (argh))
X61 (??? haven't tested yet, needs a new screen)
T30 (ALOT like my sad/dead A31, 256MB, P// 1.6GHz)
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Re: T30 WiFi switch?

#5 Post by ajkula66 » Sun May 08, 2016 5:07 pm

128keaton wrote: Its only seeing 256MB of the 512MB in it.
That sounds like one of the RAM slots is bad, something that these machines are infamous for.

Get a single 1GB DDR DIMM, put W2K on it and call it a day. You'll love the results. Seriously.
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