Swap R60 wireless card before recovery or after?

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Swap R60 wireless card before recovery or after?

#1 Post by BeeJayEmm » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:54 pm

The hard disk in my son's R60 failed and is being replaced under warranty. We will use recovery disks with the new drive. He has been dissatisfied with the original Intel wireless card so we bought the appropriate ThinkPad wireless card to change out with. Would it be better to swap the cards before recovery or after? Will the recovery process handle the card installation without problems? I know there are several steps to follow for a successful card uninstall/replacement. Thanks for any light you can shed.

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#2 Post by ajkula66 » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:46 pm

Definitely before, so it can be recognized and installed within R&R.

That's the way I'd go about it anyway.

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#3 Post by BeeJayEmm » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:31 am

Thanks George, I'll give it a try. Anyone disagree?

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#4 Post by Puppy » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:50 am

Before and keep it disabled in BIOS until all Windows and Lenovo updates are applied.
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#5 Post by BeeJayEmm » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:04 pm

Puppy wrote:Before and keep it disabled in BIOS until all Windows and Lenovo updates are applied.
Thanks for the reply. Can you elaborate on why I should do it this way?

Brian
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