X20 wireless mod

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rev · #1 Post by **rev** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:27 am

Hi,
did anyone made a successfull X20 wireless antenna mod?
I thinking of upgrading my X20 with a wireless minipci card.
In the disply assembly should be enough space for an antenna.
What do you think? Any suggestions?

rev

skuehne · #2 Post by **skuehne** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:51 am

There's probably enough room in the display frame. I'd be more worried about routing the wires back into the base through the hinge.

Different question, same topic: Has anyone here tried CF wireless cards in the X20 CF card slot? Usually they are sold for PDAs, so I wonder whether they work in the X20. The antennas are often more compact than those on regular PC cards and won't stick out as much ...

Sven

rev · #3 Post by **rev** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:12 pm

Well, i read in a german forum that there is space left at the right hinge.
A wireless coax cable should fit there.

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:27 pm

skuehne wrote:Different question, same topic: Has anyone here tried CF wireless cards in the X20 CF card slot? Usually they are sold for PDAs, so I wonder whether they work in the X20. The antennas are often more compact than those on regular PC cards and won't stick out as much ...

CF is CF Sven, it's a standard, like PC card or IDE.

If it works in a CF slot and you can get the drivers for it, it will work in the CF slot of the X20. At least that's been my experience with my Transnote.

Regards,

James

skuehne · #5 Post by **skuehne** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:03 pm

It's mostly the drivers and/or support by Win XP I'm unlear about. I haven't done a lot of research on this, but maybe someone has tried it already and can recommend a specific card.

Sven

AbsoluteRaleigh · #6 Post by **AbsoluteRaleigh** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:12 am

rev wrote:Hi,
did anyone made a successfull X20 wireless antenna mod?
I thinking of upgrading my X20 with a wireless minipci card.
In the disply assembly should be enough space for an antenna.
What do you think? Any suggestions?

rev

Try it.

I have WiFi 600Xs, WiFi T20s, etc..

Where there's a will there's a way.

rev · #7 Post by **rev** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:06 am

Do you know anything about the minipci restriction?

Newer Thinkpads can't be equippped with standard cards,
and the original IBM cards are quite expensive.

gazingwa · #8 Post by **gazingwa** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:28 am

There is no mini pci resrictions on an x20, i've tried it... couldn't find a good place for the antenna though

rev · #9 Post by **rev** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:13 am

I opened my X20
and I found enough space in the display assembly.
i messured the space between the panel and the case.
My antennas are arriving next week hopefully.
I surely will report!

skuehne · #10 Post by **skuehne** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:00 pm

We're waiting to hear more! And don't forget to take some pictures ...

Sven

gazingwa · #11 Post by **gazingwa** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:03 pm

yes pictures would be great.....

dmdsoftware · #12 Post by **dmdsoftware** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:33 pm

I had success using an ActionTec wireless card in the X20. The X23 drivers worked with no problems. It works fine as-is (without antennas), but of course the signal strength is weak.

Regarding the antennas, I have some on order that will arrive next week.

rev · #13 Post by **rev** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:22 am

How is the power cunsumption?
I tried an Intel 2200BG and the X20 used as twice as much power than without, even when I deactivated the card in the Device-Manager, , my Battery-time fell from ~3 hours to 1.5 hours.

I tried both the 8.x and 9.x Intel drivers...

dmdsoftware · #14 Post by **dmdsoftware** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:44 pm

rev wrote:How is the power cunsumption?
I tried an Intel 2200BG and the X20 used as twice as much power than without, even when I deactivated the card in the Device-Manager, , my Battery-time fell from ~3 hours to 1.5 hours.

I tried both the 8.x and 9.x Intel drivers...

Good question!

I'll check keep an eye on what type of battery life I'm getting now and let you know later in the week.

Website · #15 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:18 pm

Has there been any kind of update on this? I am contemplating adding an internal wireless card to my newly aquired X20, but if the battery/power consumption more than doubles, I might stick with a PCMCIA card.

Looking at the display case, it looks like there should be enough room for the internal antenna.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

dc_slim · #16 Post by **dc_slim** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:41 pm

I'd like an update, too. I'm thinking of trying to install antennas in my x30 (model 2672-42U), which doesn't have them preinstalled. I've been using a 3Com x-jack cardbus. It works pretty well, but it'd be nice to have everything routed internally.

Is this worth doing? Does it increase power consumption significantly?

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