From: Edward Mendelson (edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sun Aug 04 2002 - 11:16:57 EDT
A curious sidelight about this issue from IBM's web site:
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Symptom
You may experience a longer system boot time if you have both an 802.11b
wireless LAN PC Card installed at the same time as a mini-PCI card (of any
type). The boot times may exceed 150 seconds. This can occur regardless of
the manufacturer of either card. It is a symptom of having any wireless LAN
card and any mini-PCI card in the same system.
Affected configurations
Any system with a Mini-PCI card and 802.11b Wireless card of any
manufacturer.
The following ThinkPad laptops have Mini-PCI cards installed in them:
A20
A21
T20
T21
X20
600X
Solution
This long boot time is normal. There should be no effect on system
functionality.
Document id: MIGR-4TQVCR
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I'll try this out and see what happens. Since I wanted to be able to have
the modem and 802.11b card operating at the same time, so it may not be
worth the convenience of the extra PC Card slot to have the internal modem.
A modem card with dongle may be the solution...
Edward
----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
To: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>;
<James_at_thinkpads.com>; "THINKPAD_at_CS.UTK.EDU" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: [600X] Enable internal modem and remove modem port cover?
> Edward,
>
> Edward Mendelson [mailto:edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net] wrote:
>
> > My only question now is about removing that port cover. It doesn't seem
to
> > be mentioned in the hardware maintaince handbook, and I don't want to do
> > anything irreversible. The cover has a tiny hole in it, presumably for a
> > removal tool. But if anyone has any specific advice on removing and
possibly
> > replacing that cover, I'd be grateful for all details.
>
> I've never seen one of those covers, only heard about them. The only thing
I can
> suggest is to stick something in the hole and see what happens.
>
> Not very good advice, I know, but it got me through the 60's!! ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
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