After ripping my 600x apart for the hundreth time to fiddle with something I decided to get rid of the bulky modem port once and for all because I realised it could be unscrewed out. I then realised the gap in the external base was large enough for an external antenna jack. I finally finished the mod last night and its great. Basically its inspired by rkawakami's original mod:
http://www.rkawakami.net/ibm_600x/mini_pci_wireless/
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... al+antenna
but I've found a way to have the jack internal so it doesn't stick out the side which was the only thing that put me off rkawakami's mod. With my mod - when screwing your antenna on it goes into the gap where the modem socket was.
I think its pretty neat and a decent enough solution to bad signal on my internal wireless with internal antenna. If anyone is interested let me know on this post and I'll try and post some pics somewhere.
Hope its ok to have quoted you rkawakami!
Anyone interested in seeing new flush external antenna mod?
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Anyone interested in seeing new flush external antenna mod?
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T400
2.4ghz 2gb LED
T61
2.5ghz 2gb
600x - 2645-9WU
Pentium III - 650mHz
Windows XP (SP3), 40 GB , 529 RAM
Panasonic/M a t s u s h i t a UJDA 710 upgraded DVD/CD-RW, internal wireless
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Re: Anyone interested in seeing new flush external antenna m
Not a problem! That's one of the reasons why I documented my modifications; it will inspire people to build upon this experience and improve on it. Looking forward to seeing some pics (links of course!).Mannersxxx wrote:Hope its ok to have quoted you rkawakami!
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NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
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