Help! Lost My Wireless Modem

[Roadster]

Please help! In the process of trying to update my wireless driver, I screwed something up. Now my 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter is no longer working properly.

Every time I attempt to uninstall from Hardware / Device Manager, the reinstallation process keeps coming up with an error... "The device cannot start (Code 10)." More importantly, the wireless modem option seems to have disappeared from the Fn-F5 Wireless Radio options, and I cannot get it to re-appear. Finally, the "Power On Wireless Radio" option has disappeared from my ThinkVantage Productivity Center's Quick Links. (The bullet point in the Quick List is there, like a placeholder, but the text description is now gone.)

The update that I attempted to install was one that showed up under Latest Downloads under my model number (8741-W1C)...

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67612

After I attempted to install it, I realized that I screwed up. Now I can't figure out how to recover from this error. I just did a complete restore of my hard drive from a backup made last weekend. Unfortunately, the problem is still unresolved... same Code 10 error on installation, the wireless modem is still not shown in the Fn-F5 Wireless Radio options, and the "Power On Wireless Radio" link is still missing from the ThinkVantage Productivity Center's Quick Links.

Please help me recover from this stupid mistake! Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.

[ryengineer]

Have you tried installing the following package after the restore, 1st:

Modem driver for Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), XP, 2000 - ThinkPad R60, R60e, R61, R61i, T60, T60p, T61, T61p, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t, ThinkPad Reserve Edition.

The package named 7fma10ww.exe will unpack itself in C:\DRIVERS\HDAMODEM\Setup.exe and you would need to go there manually to install and run the actual setup then.

EDIT: I see by wireless modem you meant you NIC, please try to install the following package first:

Wireless LAN adapter software (ThinkPad 802.11bg, 802.11abg) for Windows XP and 2000 - ThinkPad.

The package named 7rwc08ww.exe will unpack itself in C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANATH\SETUP.EXE and you would need to go there manually to install and run the actual setup then.

[Roadster]

EDIT: I see by wireless modem you meant you NIC, please try to install the following package first:

Wireless LAN adapter software (ThinkPad 802.11bg, 802.11abg) for Windows XP and 2000 - ThinkPad.

The package named 7rwc08ww.exe will unpack itself in C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANATH\SETUP.EXE and you would need to go there manually to install and run the actual setup then.

I've tried that particular update file several times tonight. Unfortunately, I keep getting the same error.

[Harryc]

The 'Cisco Limit Client Power Option Patch' is a firmware patch/update that you did to the LAN adapter in your machine that obviously failed. Call for service to replace the 802.11a/b/g WIFI adapter. Maybe they have a way to flash the original firmware (if you are lucky).

[Roadster]

The 'Cisco Limit Client Power Option Patch' is a firmware patch/update that you did to the LAN adapter in your machine that obviously failed. Call for service to replace the 802.11a/b/g WIFI adapter. Maybe they have a way to flash the original firmware (if you are lucky).

Harry, you're probably right. When I run System Update, the program doesn't notice anything, and no other downloads are suggested. However, when I attempt to run PC-Doctor 5 for Windows, the entry under System and Device Tests for the 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter says "Misconfigured" in place of the "Run Test" link available on all the other communication devices. When I click on "Device Information", the following information prints out (see below).

Can somebody here please compare this output to their own output under PC Doctor 5 for Windows?

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Network Card - Device Information
Sunday, December 02, 2007 6:26:48 AM
Product Version: 5.00.4565.09

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11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Driver 	c:\windows\system32\drivers\ar5211.sys
Driver Version 	5.3.0.35, 4-5-2007

Product Version: 5.00.4565.09
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
PCI Location 	PCI bus 3, device 0, function 0
Device Identification 	
     Vendor ID 	5772
     Device ID 	4116
Device Class 	
     Class Code 	2
     Sub Class Code 	0
     Programming Interface 	0
PCI Config Space Fields 	
     PCI Vendor ID 	0x168C
     PCI Device ID 	0x1014
     Revison ID 	0x01
     Programming Interface 	0x00
     Sub Class Register 	0x00
     Base Class Register 	0x02
     Sub Vendor Id Register 	0x1014
     Subsystem Id Register 	0x058A
     PCI Interrupt Line 	0x11
     Interrupt Pin 	0x01
Windows Properties 	
     Windows Driver Key 	{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0003
     Manufacturer 	Atheros
     Windows Hardware IDs 	PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_1014&SUBSYS_058A1014&REV_01, PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_1014&SUBSYS_058A1014, PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_1014&CC_020000, PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_1014&CC_0200
Driver Information 	
     Driver 	c:\windows\system32\drivers\ar5211.sys
     Driver Provider 	Atheros
     Driver Version 	5.3.0.35, 4-5-2007
Device System Name 	\Device\{ED2691CE-F12D-49A2-B186-94D3D781EE0B}

[Roadster]

The 'Cisco Limit Client Power Option Patch' is a firmware patch/update that you did to the LAN adapter in your machine that obviously failed. Call for service to replace the 802.11a/b/g WIFI adapter. Maybe they have a way to flash the original firmware (if you are lucky).

That turned out to be the case. I thought the "Cisco" reference was to wireless routers, not to the wireless LAN adapter itself. Whatever the reason, that's what hosed by adapter. So I bought a new one from Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-W ... 303&sr=8-1

Got it delivered in 2 days, and installed it successfully in my hotel room. Best $49 I've ever spent.