T61 AC WiFi?

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T61 AC WiFi?

#1 Post by dcai777 » Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:04 am

OK, I know that this has been asked many, many times, but I am curious if anyone actually has an AC wifi adapter installed installed in a T61 or similar.
I currently have a Atheros AR9281 (2.4Ghz only) and the original Intel 3945ABG adapter installed, along with middleton's excellent bios :lol:
Also, does anyone know if a June/08 nVidia board that has not been replaced but still works will continue to survive?
Current adapters:
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T400: P8400, 1440x900 CCFL, 8GB DDR3, X4500

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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#2 Post by Qing Dao » Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:46 am

Two wireless adapters that operate at overlapping frequencies installed in the same computer might compromise performance.

If you use Windows, your T61 will work with the Broadcom BCM94352HMB, Intel 7260HMW AC.

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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#3 Post by RMSMajestic » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:05 am

@Qing Dao
Does Fn+F5 work for 7260ac on T61?
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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#4 Post by ecuecu » Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:39 am

I made the upgrade on lenovo t60 802.11ac. Works fine with fn+f5. One new discovery is that battery increased a lot with wifi, before i had like 2h on wifi, now its 4h+.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=114512
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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#5 Post by FryPpy » Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:18 pm

Qing Dao wrote: If you use Windows, your T61 will work with the Broadcom BCM94352HMB, Intel 7260HMW AC.
I have booted T61 (T601 Frankenpad) with Intel's 7260 Ok. But it haven't XP drivers.
But it doesn't boot up with Broadcom's BCM94352 in WLAN slot.
More detailed story is here - http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=115847.

May be this is only one broken BCM94352 device, but it works well in other slot.

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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#6 Post by dcai777 » Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:19 pm

I guess I will have to go for the BCM94352HMB as I have just hackintoshed :)
Thanks for everyone's help!
T400: P8400, 1440x900 CCFL, 8GB DDR3, X4500

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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#7 Post by FryPpy » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:48 am

dcai777 wrote:I guess I will have to go for the BCM94352HMB
Ok. Please post your experience with BCM94352HMB and T61 here. May be my BCM94352HMB simple damaged item.

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Re: T61 AC WiFi?

#8 Post by dcai777 » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:55 am

Sadly, it will be a while before I can take out 30$ of my dinner $s :cry:
I will post results though.
PS: if anyone wants to hackintosh with an T61 nvidia board, Madara-san's files work perfectly except for the DSDT GPU labels.
T400: P8400, 1440x900 CCFL, 8GB DDR3, X4500

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