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Wireless WLAN on my 570e?
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:33 am
by linuxcomputers
Could I install wireless WLAN on my 570e then? While it's open could I upgrade the graphic card.
[Moderator edit: moved from Official 600 Upgrade thread]
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:39 am
by Thomcat
no go on the graphic card upgrade, but i believe you can replace the mini-pci card (lose 100baseT and modem functionality) with a 802.11 one. Search eBay for Thinkpad 570 wireless.
Re:Wireless 570e
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:39 am
by linuxcomputers
The graphics card I'm told is surface mount does that mean it's embedded, printed in the PCB. Some other route must them be found. I would like service manuals for the 570e I suppose circuit diagrams are out of the question.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:18 pm
by phool@round
Previous thread on Wifi for the 570 series;
570 WiFi thread
The graphics "card" is unfortunately a chip, soldered to the system board. It's about time they change that on TP's to a Mini-PCIe card or something so it CAN be upgraded.
Circuit diags are proprietary to IBM, none on the net, none here, promise. Information can be found in the Hardware Maintenance Manual, click
here for the download.
I won't say it's impossible to install a dual modem/wifi card but it may not be easy........
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:20 am
by Bimbo-01
