Thinkpad agn card to replace Intel 4965

[sbkim]

My original X61s came with Intel 4965 AGN, which isn't able to connect at speeds greater than 130 at 2.4.

I am curious if it's possible to retrofit Thinkpad AGN card that was once offered for other models of thinkpad. It says mini PCI so I don't see why it wouldn't work with proper drivers.

Then again, I am reading that may be the bios won't let you use other than Intel agn card and that Thinkpad AGN may produce too much heat...


Any thoughts?

Thank you

[SHoTTa35]

just so you know. All N cards once updated with later drivers and routers with later firmwares will all be at 130Mbps at the 2.4Ghz bandwidth. It's not a limitation of the Intel card, but a specification of the N standard. Any device that's N capable will have to adhere to this standard and that includes the Atheros ones too.

The Thinkpad AGN though should work with the x61 though because it was an option i think.

[sbkim]

SHoTTa35 - thank you. For some reason, my Intel card won't maintain 130mbps. It's always dropping down to 50s. I tried 2 different N router and same issue.

[bri]

I swapped the Thinkpad (Atheros) ABN card into my X61 for awhile. It is a tiny bit hotter (the Intel card is already pretty hot) and uses up battery a tiny bit faster. I changed it back for the slight improvement but wouldn't mind using either.

[sbkim]

bri - if you could choose, which would you have for best performance under N network? thanks

[bri]

sbkim: I forgot to mention this, but the Atheros has a way better signal. I don't have any N networks to connect to, but every location I've tried I can see more networks and have a more reliable connection with the Atheros over the Intel. Just chose the Intel for now because it works "well enough" in the locations I need it to and the battery usage is more predictable.

[crashnburn]

I need to run some of these tests.