[ltp] 802.11g cards that work with R40 2682

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Monday 13 February 2006 01:46, Bj=F6rn Lindstr=F6m wrote:
> I'd like to update the wifi card in my R40 to an 802.11g one. However,
> I understand that the BIOS has a list of allowed cards, and that my
> new card has to be one of those.
Not necessarily so.

> Does anyone know of a 802.11g card that works with the R40 (2682)
> without the need for any BIOS hacking?

Use "thinkpad minipci r40 hack" as a Google search string to find:-
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/wireless.html
and in particular
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/hack.c

The hack works perfectly.

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