Just purchased X40 w/o wifi -what do I need?

[danny_w]

Hi! I am new to Thinkpads (this is my first experience) and I just bought an X40 2371-67U from eBay, but found out that it did not have wireless installed (Wireless Upgradeable). Do I only need the miniPCI card to make this active? Is the antenna already in the system? I opened the access door and the slot is empty but the leads (I guess they are antenna leads) are wrapped in a plastic sheath, so I assume that the card is all that I need. Any help from somebody who knows would be greatly appreciated!

BTW, I am quite impressed overall. Unfortunately the seller had formatted the drive and wiped out the restore partition. It does have WinXP installed, and I just used the Thinkpad auto driver download function to update everything (it took a LONG time). Also, my "Access IBM" button doesn't do anything inside of Windows - what do I do? Do I eally need it? I have all of the IBM programs installed now, jist not accessible by the key. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated!

[danny_w]

I just called IBM and, after waiting quite some time on hold, got somebody that told me that the miniPCI card is all that I need. And when I mentioned that the seller had formatted the drive and wiped out the restore partition, he asked me what operating system I had and said he would send me a restore cd (free!). What service!

[The Spirit of X21]

You're lucky. I had to pay $50 (I think) for my T40 restore CDs. I guess it all depends on who answers the phone when you call.

[boon]

maybe I should give it a try too, for a free recovery cd