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Afternoon, 1st timer so be gentle.

I've got a T410 and have been given a Ericsson F3507g card which I has duly been fitted. However, I cannot get XP to recognise that the card is installed. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance Richard

Greeningr - Welcome to the forum .

Please confirm which ThinkPad T410 you have and the model type located on the base (eg: 2801-abc)

Hello,

The T410 is a 2537 - w2l

hope this helps

Richard

According to the ThinkPad T410 and T410i Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM) for model type: 2537 - The Lenovo compatible WWAN module is the Gobi 2000 3G - FRU: 60Y3183. As your Ericsson F3507g is not listed in the HMM, it is more than likely that this device is not being supported within your T410's BIOS whitelist and therefore being blocked. However, you could try taping over Pin20 on the Ericsson to see if the BIOS can see it and hence allow access to it etc.

Thanks Peak2Peak, blanked of the pin and it can be seen by the laptop.

Regards
richard

Greeningr wrote:Thanks Peak2Peak, blanked of the pin and it can be seen by the laptop.

Regards
richard

Hi Richard,

Did you manage to solve this whitelist issue on your t410? i have did the same too by blanking the 20pin, but still couldn't work. I did a flash of bios also from zender and it does not seem to work also.

your advice please. Thanks so much

Regards,

sorry brothers and sisters, you guys have any idea how to solve ? thanks

I have finally found the newest bios to flash my T410 which make my F3507g works beautifully.
WOnderfully.

My model is 2537cd9

marcus28 wrote:I have finally found the newest bios to flash my T410 which make my F3507g works beautifully.
WOnderfully.

My model is 2537cd9

Sent you PM.

myrsky wrote:Sent you PM.

Did you get this working..?

I've got the same problem. Pin20 doesn't help.

pin20 and whitelist together can solve the problem (I don't know where to download the whitelist BIOS, sorry about that)
But I'd recommend to use GOBI 2000, no hassle, way much better 3G/GPS signal

I have a t410 and an IBM badged Ericson F3507g that has been removed from a T400, can anyone send me a link to the Bios refered to in this post to make this combination work?

Many thanks#

Charlie

charliess - Welcome to the forum - Check the instructions as per this posting: ThinkPad BIOS whitelist (error 1802/1804) *READ 1st MSG*

dealextreme.com is listing an Ericsson F3507 3G card for 32USd, that's one third the price of the Gobi2000. They also claim that there's no need to whitelist the card:

"No need to upgrade 1804 ERROR BIOS"

But they do not list the T410 as a compatible model, so that's the only thing preventing me from giving it a go. What do you say, Thinkfriends?

chairsky wrote:no hassle, way much better 3G/GPS signal

The OP is not in your country and an Gobi 2000 will probably be problematic for them.

Cheers,

Bill B.

Can I use Gobi 2000 card for T420 or X220 ?
Moded BIOS is a solution for this problems, isn't it ?

@marcus28

I have finally found the newest bios to flash my T410 which make my F3507g works beautifully.

I don't think there's a whitelist BIOS version for the T410. Are you talking about the stock BIOS by Lenovo? If so, what version did you update to?
Has anyone get this to work at all and would be willing to give us the details? Specially now that there's a supplier selling this card for 32 bucks!!!

OK, it works! I just got my card from Deal Extreme and was able to get it to work flawlessly.

This is how I did it:

1. Go here and you will download an older Lenovo BIOS - 1.34 - plus a Bios Flash pack.
2. Download and install the older BIOS from Lenovo
3. Download and run the BIOS update pack. Remember to point to a local path for the BIOS back up file and the new rom.
4. Follow the instructions on the readme file.
The machine will restart and the device manager should list the part and a missing driver notice.
5. Download and run the Ericsson latest driver from Lenovo. Thanks mackie1928 @DX for the link!

And that's it!

BTW, I did get the PIN20 taped over, but I dont think it really makes any difference.