Comments on: How to add internal wireless card to an IBM ThinkPad laptop

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:30:24 +0000

Dave,

Tried your link and did not work

Try again. I guess the site was down when you tried to access the page. I just worked for me.

I have a T43 that I am tring to install a Mini PCI N wireless card

Are you installing an IBM card??? IBM ThinkPad laptops are very picky to the new hardware. If it’s not “IBM certified” it will not work correctly.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:25:19 +0000

Hi Lee,

Tried your link and did not work and I have a T43 that I am tring to install a Mini PCI N wireless card in and of course getting the 1802 error?

Dave

By: lee

lee — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:03:33 +0000

Oh. I guess you could use the link, duh! Here you go: http://www.command-tab.com/2006/02/26/thinkpad-1802-error-fix/

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:03:00 +0000

for those of you getting the 1802 error. Go to this link and burn a cd and reboot hit f12 and boot from cd drive. You will get an a: promt and you type in what it tells you to. It doesn’t look like it is doing anything but it fixes the cmos and no more 1802 error.

The reason for this problem is that IBM only uses wireless cards which have been FCC approved.

This will bybass the issue and you will be able to use whatever model you have. I used for my A31 and it works perfectly.

By: jo

jo — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:07:58 +0000

Can someone help me please, after a successful installation of wireless/wifi card, my ibm thinkpad 40 denied me assess. The pc insisted i must switch off and remove the card descibed as unauthorised. WHAT SHALL I DO.

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:34 +0000

Jim W,

What instructions? The links to the instructions are dead,. so I got nothing from this information.

Thanks for letting me know. The link is dead and has been removed.
You’ll find laptop disassembly instructions at the end of this post. You can use them.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:46:46 +0000

What instructions? The links to the instructions are dead,. so I got nothing from this information.

By: Bostrong

Bostrong — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:29:28 +0000

If you get the unauthorised message, try this article as a fix …

http://www.wifi-forum.com/wf/showthread.php?t=60620

By: Xaero

Xaero — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:44:12 +0000

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me the compatible wireless card for Thinkpad T40 2373-MA9 ???
I guess there are a lotta compatibility issues with wireless cards in Thinkpads….a card works for one model n doesn;t for the other !!
I dnt wanna waste money taking a risk….
Expecting a kind reply…

Thnks !!

By: Arly

Arly — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:10:54 +0000

Apparently, although IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad models comply with the mini-PCI card standards (which means that any mini-PCI wireless card should work) by including an exclusive list of “approved” IBM wireless cards in their BIOS, IBM has deliberately restricted non-IBM wireless cards from being recognized by the Thinkpad BIOS system even though any wireless card that meets the mini-PCI card standard should work. I believe this is a violation of U.S. antitrust laws and also a violation of the mini-PCI standard

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/ibm.html