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Mr_Shadow · #1 Post by **Mr_Shadow** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:26 am

I’ve got this one with Vista OS. I decided to install Windows XP, downloaded all necessary drivers and finally everything is OK except Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. I tried all possible drivers from imb.com but there are no unknown devices in Device Manager! Instruction for this notebook is in Chinese, I understood nothing in it. In BIOS everything is switched on. I found switch in front panel of notebook and hoped that devices will appear in Device Manager but nothing. What should I do?
Sorry for my English.

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:34 am

Make sure the Wireless switch on the front of the laptop is in the on position. Then on the keyboard, hit Fn-F5 and turn on WIFI and Bluetooth.

Mr_Shadow · #3 Post by **Mr_Shadow** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:50 am

The Wireless switch on the front of the laptop was in the on position already. When I hit Fn-F5 and turn on WIFI and Bluetooth the message on the screen appears "No supported wireless adapters (802.1, WAN or Bluetooth) are installed in thia system"

#4 Post by **ryengineer** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:28 am

Mr_Shadow wrote:snip.....I tried all possible drivers from imb.com but there are no unknown devices in Device Manager!....snip

You need the drivers from the manufacturer i.e. lenovo, Windows XP thinks it has all the drivers installed but it hasn't, to make the mentioned devices work you need packages from lenovo:

Drivers and software - ThinkPad R60

Please follow the explicit installation instructions on the driver pages and instead of installing "all possible drivers" for the NIC install only that correspond to your card.

Mr_Shadow · #5 Post by **Mr_Shadow** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:01 pm

Thank you for that URL but I downloaded all the drivers from this site already! All the drivers are from Lenovo not Microsoft. From that table I can see that it could be several types of wireless network card. What wireless LAN I have and which driver I must use I don't know. That's why I wrote down the type of my laptop in the theme of my topic.

#6 Post by **ryengineer** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:13 pm

Mr_Shadow wrote:snip....That's why I wrote down the type of my laptop in the theme of my topic.

And your machine type didn't tell which one you had.

Do a parts lookup:

Parts Lookup.

Or run a small 3rd party utility like Belarc Advisor to find out the manufacturer of your card.

Mr_Shadow · #7 Post by **Mr_Shadow** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:41 am

Here is URL with detailed report:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... ubmit2.y=0

I can see there only this:
39T0494 0000000 MODEM, 56KB V.90:WIRELESS COMBO ADAPTERS YES
How should I understand this?

andyP · #8 Post by **andyP** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:58 am

Are you sure your machine has wireless or bluetooth? It seems to me it is upgradeable. If you have purchased a wlan card, which one did you purchase?

Product: ThinkPad R60i 0657-LHC [change]
Operating system: All [change]
Original description: T2080(1.73GHz), 512MB RAM, 80GB 5400rpm HD, 15in 1024x768 LCD, Intel 950, CDRW/DVD, Wireless upgradeable, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, 6c Li-Ion, WinVista Home Basic

Mr_Shadow · #9 Post by **Mr_Shadow** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:04 am

I am not sure that my laptop has wireless and Bluetooth.
There are options in BIOS and switch in front panel, so I decided that laptop is equipped with that devices. My boss bought it in China, all instructions are in china, that's why I don't know it's specification.

andyP · #10 Post by **andyP** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:29 am

I am sorry to say, it looks as though it doesn't.

You can check yourself, as I did, on this site, you need to enter your type and model number.

#11 Post by **ryengineer** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:20 am

You can buy a compatible card and add one though since the wireless is shown to be upgradeable for your model of the machine. However you would also need to add antenna cables.

Download the HMM and find the fru for the compatible cards:

Hardware Maintenance Manual - ThinkPad R60, R60e, R61, R61i.

Note that you can also see the compatible cards from the available drivers list in one of my posts.

Watch the removal and installation instructions:

Mini PCI Express Card removal movie - ThinkPad R60, R60e.

Mini PCI Express Card installation movie - ThinkPad R60, R60e.

The procedure should be thoroughly explained in HMM too.

andyP · #12 Post by **andyP** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:48 am

ryengineer wrote:...snip... However you would also need to add antenna cables....snip.

The "wireless upgradeable" TPs which I have seen have all had the antenna cables in place, it's only the card which needed to be obtained.

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