Thinkpads Forum

I have a couple of X60s, one of which was a closeout I bought recently, a 1706 model that came with a Verizon EVDO card (first generation, I think). The card was of no particular interest for me, however the overall deal on the machine, which has a T2500 processor, was attractive, so I bought it.

I have no intention of ever using the Verizon WWAN service. I've considered removing the EVDO card, because (maybe) it will cut down on power consumption, and possibly I could resell the card. Also, there would then be a vacant PCI slot in the machine, and maybe something else could be put in there?

I'm running XP and have no intention of putting Vista on the machine. I realize that in any event, the chipset in an X60 will not recognize turbo memory. If one were to put a turbo memory card in there, would it be recognized at all? By this I am referring to being able to use such a turbo memory card as an extra flash media drive, not for Turbo memory, which neither the chipset nor XP would be able to use.

Or, is there some other sort of card that could go in there? What added functionality would this other type of card offer?

I'm not seriously contemplating doing anything with this, just musing about it for the moment. Are any of these options worth considering? Is there a resale value for the Verizon WWAN card? There's one of those special WWAN antennas on the side of the LCD bezel, but I'm assuming that trying to remove it would be more trouble than it is worth, and likely would leave a defect in the case.

Personally I'd hold onto the card in case you ever need warranty work, and who knows WLAN pricing may be attractive some day and you'll change your mind. If Verizon is not available in your area, maybe Cingular is and you could trade or swap then. At any rate, the only uses for the slot that I know about you've already mentioned..turbo memory and WLAN card. The turbo memory is only useful in Vista and can't be used for any other purpose.

there are undocumented features to a lot of this hardware. I was hoping that someone had experimented with this, and found out more than we can read in the HMM or other documentation familiar to many of us.

I cant really think of anything else that could be put in there, (other than mentioned) and also the bios will likely refuse to allow it anyway, so just removing it is probably your only option if you want to save a bit of power/weight.