What are these for?

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What are these for?

#1 Post by Hrez » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:06 pm

Opened up the bottom of my new T410 and found this:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/734/ ... 012101.jpg

Anyone know what those wires go to?

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Re: What are these for?

#2 Post by LegendaryKA8 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:46 am

If I had to wager a guess, those might be to a WWAN card. Do you have one of those installed?

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#3 Post by Harryc » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:29 am

Broke .img tags in the picture - you must post a warning in the subject line prior to posting a picture.

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WWAN card

#4 Post by Volker » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:08 am

Dear Mr. Blurrycam,

I take it that the picture is from the bottom DIMM cover slot. The empty space on the left is for the WWAN card. If you decide to upgrade then you'll have to attach the two antennas (cables in the picture) to the card.

I dig the fact that the mini pci card is so easily accessible, but why does the second DIMM have to be out of the way under the keyboard?

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Re: What are these for?

#5 Post by Rochefort » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:10 am

Hrez wrote: Anyone know what those wires go to?
May be for the touchscreen models !??
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Re: What are these for?

#6 Post by f+m » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:36 am

The wires are for the WWAN card.

Here's an image with the card installed:

http://www.thinkpads.com/wp-content/gal ... m-wifi.jpg

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