[ltp] any wireless minipci card on an x30?

[Peter Randow]

Hi


* - I know my machine has an empty minipci slot; according to ibm, it has an 
* "ultraconnect antenna" built-in. However, on their website they only list 
* one card (the intel 2200bg pro) as being compatible with this model. Since 
* I've got the opportunity to _buy right_, ie get something known to be truly 
* well supported on linux, I was thinking of getting a card with the atheros 
* chipset instead. (As a bonus it even supports a third protocol it seems). 
* So,

I had the same idea with my X31.
And according to google there were some people who had it running.
But: It did not work for me.
There was an IRQ-Problem -> the card never made it to the device manager
in XP and crashed various Linux and XP installations.

I phoned IBM (luckily I had an original IBM Mini-PCI) and they will
replace my Mini-PCI with a newer model (39T0071).
They say the card is defect.
I am pretty curious if the replacement will work out, but they didn't
have it in stock last week and this week, so I'm waiting until they can
deliver it.
I will phone again Friday ;)

* Can I expect that a different minipci card will work in my machine? I've 
* read here (http://www.paul.sladen.org/thinkpad-r31/wifi-card-pci-ids.html) 
* that recent thinkpads such as the x40 have a restriction built into the bios 
* which keeps them from running with some cards. Does any one know if the x30 
* is like that? Or better how can _I_ find out?

Maybe you need to search for BIOS revisions.
But consider the disadvantages:
- there will be a 4s boot delay after you patch the CMOS
- the lights will not work
- if you screw up, it is your problem, not IBMs
- finall here the price decided:
I got the IBM a/b/g for 86 - the cheapest ebay price was 69. That was
not a huge difference.

Greetings
Peter