Re: [Thinkpad] T40 wireless card

The T40 has a BIOS lock. Some cards work others don't. The Toshiba Agere
based card does, strangely enough
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Smith III" <lists@akphs.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:49 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] T40 wireless card

> I'm sending this as a separate note since it's a separate topic.
>
> While I had the machine apart, I swapped the 256MB DIMM from under the
> keyboard with the 1GB DIMM in the rear slot; now I can pick up a 1GB and
> throw it in in 30 seconds (OK, it's only 5 minutes otherwise, but). I
also
> took the opportunity to swap the original wireless card for one I have
from
> a T30. But when I booted, the BIOS whined about it being "unauthorized",
so
> I pulled it. It's a 26P8519, made by Intel. Why wouldn't this work on a
> T40? Does the no1802.com DOS program to hack the CMOS, available various
> places on the web, actually work?
>
> ...phsiii
>
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