[ltp] Philips A/B/G and T40 - Basic Distrust!

Noah Dain linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 6 Jul 2006 01:15:39 -0400


On 7/6/06, John Westerdale <westerj@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>  I have a T40 that refuses to boot with the Philips A/B/G Wifi Card (FRU
> 91P7301) that
>  is supposed to be the "right one".
>
>  When I put this in the machine and boot it, it says "Get this Stinkin thing
> outa that slot" before
>  it will POST..... Can't even get into BIOS.
>
>  T40 is a 2373-14U which seems a match per this page:
>
> http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-52623
>
>  Then there is this which seems less promising.
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_11a/b/g_Wireless_LAN_Mini_PCI_Adapter
>
>  Oh.. its got latest Firmwares and such via IBM Software mgt tool (under
> winXP, but it should not
>  be a boot-time issue).
>
>  Thanks!
>
>  John Westerdale
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what's the bios error?  if it's 1802, you may be able to use the
"no1802" program to temporarily "fix" it.

-- 
Noah Dain
"I don't want to make toys, I want to be a dentist!"