Wireless Works Only When On AC Power - Why?

[dogmen]

I have a T43 Thinkpad with Intel 2200BG wireless card. The wireless ONLY works when on AC power. If you boot up when on the battery it says the wireless adapter is not configured properly.

I have uninstalled/installed all the drivers. Tried the Access IBM and tons of other things to no avail. It spits out no error messages when its in the docking station or the AC power block. I only get the error message when you boot up on the battery.

Here is the irony, if I boot up with the AC adapter and than unplug it works fine. At that point its running on the battery and it works so I dont get it.

Anyone have any idea. I have checked the power profile and other stuff and am a total loss.

Oh, I am on XP with all SP2.

[dogmen]

Anyone have any ideas?