Doinn it wrong again...em7355 (m.2 card) install into X200T or X300

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Doinn it wrong again...em7355 (m.2 card) install into X200T or X300

#1 Post by piledriver » Thu Jun 04, 2015 2:56 am

OK, slapped a $35 Gobi4000 and an intel 7260 AC card in the X200T a few weeks ago, working groovy except for the Intel BT, which doesn't seem to work for a lot of folks...

Then an Ebay notification popped up for gobi 5000 for $50, em7355, m.2 card, so i ordered it from USA and the minipcie<>ngff wwan adapter from China, both of which arrived at about the same time, (gobi5000 was from US seller shipping very slow, but hey, it came with an unused SIM still on the retail card)

In any case, electrically there is no issue, but the m.2 cards take even itty-bittier RF connectors.... I can't even figure out what they are called.

Does anyone know of short adapter cables, what the new connectors are called, or if I should just hunt down some current X230/240T model antennas/cables and retrofit?
(The Gobi 4000 will plug into the X300, I imagine the current X230T cable/antenna setup would fit in the X200T, dubious about chances of a current model drop-in cable/antenna setup for the X300)

If push came to shove I have a good supply of the micro sized coax, and could buy the ends if I knew what those 3 super tiny RF jacks on the M.2 cards were called.
Both machines have whitelist removed BIOs, needless to say.
X200--"Krunchy" Tablet/Ultrabase (7449-9FU), Win8 Pro + Linux+Android-x86
Runs like a completely new machine with a XT 750 hybrid drive.
X300---"Shiny" after gutting/dishwashing kbd/cases. Too nice to sell..

New to Thinkpads, but working on PCs since 1987.

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Re: Doinn it wrong again...em7355 (m.2 card) install into X200T or X300

#2 Post by piledriver » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:21 am

Swapped the Intel7260 AC and gobi 4000 over to the X300, the adapter+card Gobi 5000 setup is too thick to go in the X300, although I was able to verify it is alive.

Reception of both wifi and GPS immensely better in the X300, GPS had a hard time getting a lock indoors in the X200, and the range was about half using the Intel 7260 card in the X200, so I may be into a new set of antenna anyway.
(don't have an active 4G data plan yet, still looking at options)

Used the longer white antenna cable for GPS in the X300.
The tiny rf connector on the Gobi 5000//em7355 is MHF4. Looking for MHF4 to male uFL adapters.
X200--"Krunchy" Tablet/Ultrabase (7449-9FU), Win8 Pro + Linux+Android-x86
Runs like a completely new machine with a XT 750 hybrid drive.
X300---"Shiny" after gutting/dishwashing kbd/cases. Too nice to sell..

New to Thinkpads, but working on PCs since 1987.

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