upgrading wifi card in t400

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upgrading wifi card in t400

#1 Post by arekm » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:16 am

I have minipci-e wifi card in my t400:
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN [Echo Peak] Network Connection

Now I'm trying to replace it with something newer like "Intel 633ANHMW Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 half WiFi".

It's half minipci-e, so I wonder if it will work in my t400? If not, are there any alternatives?

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Re: upgrading wifi card in t400

#2 Post by Harryc » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:45 am

If it's a half height mPCI-e you'll need a bracket.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/bracket-wireles ... 19c817e84f
It will work but is probably whitelisted in BIOS, so you'll need a hacked BIOS to enable the card.

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Re: upgrading wifi card in t400

#3 Post by krayzie » Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:29 pm

You're better off getting the proper card. One time I tried to pop in the Intel 5300 full size card from my T400 into my T400s and it'll boot with the drivers installed but I couldn't get it to function (the device won't start). As soon as I pop the Intel 5300 half size card into the T400s everything works right away.
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Re: upgrading wifi card in t400

#4 Post by arekm » Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:04 am

The thing is that there is no "proper" 6xxx card for t400. Only older.

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