X301 WWAN issue

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X301 WWAN issue

#1 Post by ctohang » Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:56 pm

I installed the Sierra MC7305 on my X301, I can it appear on Windows 7 Device Manager, but I can't see the WWAN option on "FN+ F5".

May I know how can I enable WWAN on X301?

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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#2 Post by rkawakami » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:10 am

You might have to go into BIOS and enable it. It's under Config/Network.
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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#3 Post by 91011 » Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:00 am

I always do clean Win 7 installs and never install Access Connections but found the WWAN card in my x301 required Access Connections for the card to work, including the Fn+F5 function.
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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#4 Post by u751920 » Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:30 pm

If you want fn+f5 to work you need to install Power Manager.
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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#5 Post by ctohang » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:26 am

rkawakami wrote:You might have to go into BIOS and enable it. It's under Config/Network.
I checked the BIOS config/Network setting, it has Wifi/Wimax enable setting only, it turned on.

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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#6 Post by ctohang » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:27 am

u751920 wrote:If you want fn+f5 to work you need to install Power Manager.
Power Manager installed on Windows 7 x64.

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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#7 Post by u751920 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:33 pm

I'm pretty sure it was Power Manager that you needed as I had the same issues on my x301 with getting the fn keys to work - you have got the Hotkeys program? and Hotkeys are enabled?
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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#8 Post by ctohang » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:22 am

u751920 wrote:I'm pretty sure it was Power Manager that you needed as I had the same issues on my x301 with getting the fn keys to work - you have got the Hotkeys program? and Hotkeys are enabled?
Hotkey program is installed...

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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#9 Post by u751920 » Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:37 pm

I went back and checked my notes the three I had written down:-
1. Power management driver
2. System interface driver
3. Hotkey utility

You don't need AC to run the WWAN card as I run it without that - however it doesn't seem to work as well as it did when I had AC but that may just be down to something else I just haven't the time to investigate it.
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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#10 Post by PRAGUEGUY » Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:17 pm

how on earth do you use the wwan card without access connections? how do you initiate a connections? thanks

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Re: X301 WWAN issue

#11 Post by u751920 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:17 pm

Let windows take care of it. I assume you can turn on the WWAN card. Then go to the icon in the lower right corner it will display the network your sim card logs onto. Enter the APN, username and password and off you go - not sure if windows did this automatically.
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