Intel 5100AGN vs 5300AGN

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alewis · #1 Post by **alewis** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:51 pm

Any particular advantage of one card over the other, in regards to using in a T60?

AIUI, the 5100 uses two antenna, the 5300 three. The T60 only as two antenna. Is there a means of fitting a third, or is it unnecessary/impossible, and one may as well buy a 5100?

Many thanks

alewis · #2 Post by **alewis** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:57 am

Anyone? Any clues?

SHoTTa35 · #3 Post by **SHoTTa35** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:15 pm

All you can do is just buy the 3rd antenna and then put it underneath the keyboard but you wont get much benefit of it either.

alewis · #4 Post by **alewis** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:21 pm

Okey dokey. £12 for a 5100, so one can't go wrong.

Shame I only have one PCI-e mini slot

Will have to use a USB stick for WWAN

Peak2Peak · #5 Post by **Peak2Peak** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:36 pm

alewis wrote:Shame I only have one PCI-e mini slot Will have to use a USB stick for WWAN

Picked up a fully working T60 MB (ATi X1400 GPU), which has the WWAN PCIe connector for £45 inc P&P for a client from eBay - But had to keep checking for approx 3-months though.

I have also installed an Intel 5100 on a colleagues T60 and can confirm all is well - hooks up ok to their BT Home Hub N-Router (Broadcom chipset) - Note that the BIOS mod was required as this Intel card is not on the T60's BIOS whitelist.

screenshot · #6 Post by **screenshot** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:14 pm

what/how is a bios mod and is that 3rd wire the gray mimo wire then? and what are the tr1-tr3 connectors on the intel cards? or tr3 just stands for the gray mimo wire?

alewis · #7 Post by **alewis** » Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:31 am

Apparently there are new posts in the topic... after 10 years! But none I can see.
From 'screenshot' and 'cadilacmike68'?

#8 Post by **dr_st** » Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:42 am

screenshot made a few replies to some old threads, including yours, and then cadillacmike68 and he had a little drama which was moved off. I now restored screenshot's original post, so you can see the questions.

In general, even though there is not a strict rule about it, forum etiquette advises not to bump very old threads (in this case - a 10-year old thread!), but since the reply seemed relevant, I'll allow it.