Anybody ever put a broadcom wifi minipci card in a thinkpad?

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Anybody ever put a broadcom wifi minipci card in a thinkpad?

#1 Post by Merlyn_3D » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:11 pm

I'm thinking about getting one for my T30 to replace the stupid 2200BG that's given me much grief.
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#2 Post by BillMorrow » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:51 pm

generally, the bios will check for an ibm card and will halt when/if it finds a non-supported device (wifi card in this case)..
probably because they are all FCC type approved for "that particular device/thinkpad combination" and not approved for non ibm parts..
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#3 Post by Merlyn_3D » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:31 am

Well yeah, but I mean using the no1802.com bios hack
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