Questions for Wireless Card Upgrade in my T41

[netmax2k]

Good Morning everyone. I have a thinkpad t41 with ipw 2100 and I would like to replace that with 802.11b/g Atheros SuperG 108M ( Chip set: AR5004G ) that I purchased from here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0108050238

My machine's Bios version is 3.05a and ECP version is 3.01a. Will this Bios support my new card or should I upgrade the Bios to the current version ? I am very nervouse about messing with Bios. Any other tips to make this upgrade easy are highly appreciated.
Thanks for help in advance.

[jdhurst]

I think the main issue is if the card is not an "IBM" card, then it will give an error when installed. There is a no-1802 fix (search in the forum) to handle this.

I changed out the Intel 2100 card that came with my T41 a long time ago and replaced it with the IBM-branded Atheros card. It was good with the BIOS and EC then, and I have upgraded BIOS and EC since, and there have been no issues.

... JDH

[netmax2k]

jdhurst, thanks for your quick response. The vendor says it is original IBM part and it should not have a problem of bios rejecting it. He suggests that I might upgrade the bios to the latest version. To get back to my original question, you think I should be able to replace the card ( if it is original IBM part) without upgrading the Bios ?

[jdhurst]

It should work; however, I would obtain the current BIOS and current EC and be prepared to install them if you have a problem. The farthest back files I have on my T41 are dated in 2005, but I installed the Atheros wireless card in early 2004 with earlier BIOS and EC (but I can no longer remember the version I had back then).
... JDH