My T30

[a7ecorsair]

Hi all,
I have a T30 that I bought used through the EPP. It developed the noisy fan syndrome , see other posting, and my wife couldn't stand it so I ordered a T43 for her. This T30 has been idle for awhile, but I'm getting back to usable condition. I found this forum
This T30 has a 2.2ghz processor, that's the way it came, and right now it has a 512 and 256 stick in it. I added the 512 but now I'm thinking of a tad more memory. From some of the posting on this forum it appears that 1 gig sticks will work. Is this correct? I could buy a 1 gig stick and then have either 1.25 gig or 1.5 gig.
The next thing I'd like to do is add back the internal wifi card. I pulled the 802b card out and I'm currently using a USB wifi adapter that came with my router. It's just somewhat of a PITA having to plug it in and have it on the desktop. I saw some entries in another post about this. What are my choices?
Craig

[RealBlackStuff]

The T30 can take 2x 1GB RAM, either PC2100 or PC2700 Sodimms.
Any MiniPCI wifi card in 802.11ABG or 802.11BG will work.
A good one would be an Intel 2200BG in the version specifically made for IBM and which has an IBM P/N or FRU (e.g. on eBay).
Most others will work also, but might require a (very simple) so-called NO-1802 BIOS hack.

[Mornsgrans]

Sometimes it can happen, that one of the RAM slots is out of order. In that case you only can work with 1 GB RAM max.

[a7ecorsair]

Hi again,
I ordered an Intel 2200BG wireless card but I get the 1802 message. I've been looking for the No 1802 BIOS patch but so far I haven't found it. Since this is a forum, I would suspect the patch is stored somewhere in the clouds so I need a link to find it. I'll keep searching the T30 forum but I'd appreciate it if someone had the link.
Craig

[jronald]

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=20365

Ron

[a7ecorsair]

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=20365

Ron

Hummmm,
I can't find anything in the above link that works. There is a link on the first page but it only opens a page that says:
Sorry, the page you were looking for could not be found

Showing related results for: http://www.student.ru.nl/p.brederveld/m ... m_wifi.zip

I found two more links on page 5 but they don't work either so right now I'm at a loss as to were to look for this 1802 fix.
Craig

[a7ecorsair]

I found the file on rapid share. It is an .iso file and some of the old link are referencing a .com file.
Craig

[a7ecorsair]

First I want to be sure those who have provide feedback realize that their efforts are appreciated.
Now...
The no-1802 patch installed just fine and I am typing this reply using the T30 , however, I am still using my USB wireless connection. Windows wants a driver
The wifi card I found on ebay is an Intel WM3B2200BG but the new hardware wizard hasn't been able to come up with a driver.

[uberT]

I went thru this scenario with my T30 when the original card quit. I bought a card that was virtually identical to the IBM card, but it was branded for DELL, IIRC.

I ended up registering at the Intel website and was then able to get the driver to get the card working. I also applied the 1802 hack. Life has been good ever since!

[a7ecorsair]

I'm good to go
I found the driver on the Intel support pages. Downloaded it, ran the .exe and didn't even have to reboot. I disable my USB network device, added the encryption key for my router, and here I am, adding this wrap-up reply. Thanks again everyone

[uberT]

Congrats! Enjoy