Thinkpads Forum

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:53 pm**

I was given a laptop at school last fall and I reformatted yesterday to start fresh again for school. When I started XP, drivers were missing of course so I went to the T60p's website and downloaded the needed drivers.

However, I cannot get my wireless driver to work! In the Devices manager window, Ethernet Controller has a yellow icon next to it. I installed the Wired controller without too much of a hassle.

I downloaded the wireless driver, opened the EXE and everything was fine. But no wireless card can be detected, and the device manager still says "Ethernet controller" with the yellow icon.

I just re-install XP again to see if that would fix it, but nothing worked. I have only installed the Wired driver until I have some suggestions from you all.

T60p (version 2007)
Windows XP Pro

I wasn't sure this was t60p specific or not...sorry if wrong forum!

Any ideas?

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:01 pm**

There are two wireless driver : one for Intel ProWireless and the other for Thinkpad Wireless. Try the other one ! A clue : If you have Centrino logo sticker, it's the Intel one.

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:24 pm**

Pascal_TTH wrote:... A clue : If you have Centrino logo sticker, it's the Intel one.

Well maybe my system was a fluke but i have a Centrino sticker but mine was built and shipped with a Atheros card.

i'm not complaining, just saying

Anyways, as stated above - you probably just installed the wrong driver. There's lots of wireless cards for the T60, well maybe only 3 or something.

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:35 pm**

I tried the other installer...yet the device manager still has the yellow icon next to "Ethernet Controller"

This is driving me nuts, I never had a problem with drivers before.

...maybe a few, but this is getting annoying.

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:17 pm**

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 8#Wireless

You have try Intel PRO/Wireless 2200bg, 2915abg, 3945bg, 3945abg, 4965ag, 4965agn Mini PCI adapter and ThinkPad 802.11ab, 802.11bg and 802.11abg, 802.11abgn wireless LAN ?

Did your T60 have WWAN ? If you got a 4 or 5 mm *box* on the right side of the screen, it's WWAN from Cingular, Verizon or Vodafone.

I think the Intel PRO/1000 LAN adapter is directly recognize by Windows XP.

Posted: **Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:58 pm**

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/ ... hernet.jpg

I have attached an image...I do not have a card or "box" installed. Windows XP sees it as just a controller. I had no problems prior to reformatting.[/url]

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:20 am**

Can you take another shot with the Network adapters section expanded.

Thanks

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:22 am**

Use a debian live cd and do an lspci in a terminal. Paste the result here so we can help you.

(or better, just install Debian directly, no need for win xp ;p )

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:00 am**

why use a live CD, when Ubuntu is on the other partition

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lee@lee-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [ATI Mobility FireGL V5200]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
lee@lee-laptop:~$

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:07 am**

Leemac wrote:why use a live CD, when Ubuntu is on the other partition :D
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02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller

This is the NIC

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03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

This is the wlan adapter, so atheros one :)

Cheers,

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:13 pm**

Thanks! I did a search for ar5212 however I couldn't find a driver. I know this is the chipset, but does anyone know where to find the driver?

I have tried several ar5212 downloads with no luck.

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:50 pm**

I noticed Ubuntu can use the wireless. I install Ubuntu on the other partion for a Dual boot OS setup...

Not sure whats wrong with XP. I may try another XP disc to see if that may solve it.

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:53 pm**

What's the model of your T60 ? It's like 2008-87U.

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:35 pm**

2007WLY is the model number...

I just installed all the windows updates, then tried reinstalling the drivers. No luck.

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:45 pm**

Leemac wrote:2007WLY is the model number...

I just installed all the windows updates, then tried reinstalling the drivers. No luck.

Hello - I'm sorry if this was an oversight, but when you said you downloaded and installed the software, did you locate the directory where the software was extracted to? Most, if not all, the software extracts to a directory, i.e. c:\drivers\winxp, etc., but normally does not "kick off" the setup process. If you have not tried this, locate the directory and run the setup or installation program.

Another quick thought would be to disable your NIC from the BIOS upon boot so the OS does not see it, and uninstall any network software used. Then Enable the NIC and once in Windows run the setup program again. You may want to run a registry cleaner before this. I would recommend www.ccleaner.com's registry cleaner.

Good luck!

John
*Use this link to download software to identify your NIC
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/detail_ ... uctID=1847
*I believe this is the software you are looking for.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_ ... bmit=Go%21
Also, under Services set the Wireless Zero to Manual and stop this service if you want to use Intel or Thinkpad software to manage your connections.

Posted: **Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:49 pm**

I ran the NIC identification app, and it does not detect anything. I also disabled the NIC via the BIOS, and re-installed the Thinkpad NIC software.

I tried the Intel Software too and windows doesnt have a driver still for the device.

I'm glad its not a hardware problem, Linux can use it without a problem. Might have to wait to get back to school so they can re-image my thinkpad

Posted: **Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:50 pm**

wow - what a PITA. I'm sorry you are going thru this.

Do you have a LAN connection working on this notebook? If so, would you want to connect via instant messaging? I could give you my IM credentials for MSN Messenger and take over remotely. Not saying I can work magic but I have just not been stumped on something like this before, and would be happy to help you out.

In any event, best of luck and keep at it!

John

Posted: **Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:24 pm**

hehe thanks...I think I'm gonna wait 2 weeks until I move back to school. They give out these Thinkpads to every student, and hopefully they can re-image it and fix the problem. I can plug in and connect to the net...but I'll just use my Ubuntu until then if I need wireless.

Posted: **Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:36 pm**

Have you tried running the Software Installer or System Update? They might be able to pull the drivers for you.

Also, this was the one you downloaded, right?

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:34 am**

I am having a similar problem with my Thinkpad A/B/G installing after a fresh install of XP Home OEM. I can get my ethernet to install the driver, but windows will not install the wireless driver. It goes through the found new hardware wizard, but will not find a driver even though I've installed the proper driver from lenovo.com and ran the setup. I've tried numerous reboots/reinstalls of the drivers, but no go. The card worked fine with Vista.

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:58 pm**

I finally got this working thanks to Harryc and Deforest.

See thread posted in windows forum for more details if you having similar issues:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=48343

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