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OS/2 Wireless Users List: Re: MiniPCI ? was: new ThinkPad 8 |
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Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:44:36 est5edt |
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I can tell you this, you can remove the card - my T21 came with the 3m card which had
no drivers and I relaced it with the Intel card for several $$$
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:41:48 est5edt, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
>In <3E7F8464.5070005@2rosenthals.com>, on 03/24/03 at 05:19 PM,
> Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> said:
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>>Charles -
>
>>MiniPCI adapters snap in and out via a little trap door in the bottom of
>>the machine, much the same way as the memory snaps in and out. For wired
>>ethernet and/or combo ethernet/modem cards, there are one or two cable
>>connectors to plug into the card. For wireless, I believe the antenna
>>connector plugs in (the antenna is in the display frame, or so I've been
>>told (which tends to be a good place for it, acting like a big antenna
>>ring, akin to a UHF loop).
>
>
>Can one buy a mini-PCI replacement card? My laptop has a Realtek RTL8139,
>which is on a mini-PCI card I think. I don't use it, as I use the
>wireless exclusively now for the laptop. Can I just remove the Mini-PCI
>card? (Currently I can't boot this machine without loading the RTL8139
>driver) Can one buy a wireless mini-PCI card (when the driver is finally
>released for it that is)?
>
>Mark
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