Check the BIOS to see if you can disable it.  

On my Dell I can disable any of the wireless stuff individually. ie, I can turn 
off only Bluetooth, or only WWAN, etc...



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----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Weeden <[email protected]>
> To: hwg <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 10:28:37 AM
> Subject: [H] Can't turn off laptop cell modem
> 
> I have a Lenovo x200t which I love.  I did some recent driver updates via
> the Lenovo update utility and now the light for the WWAN GSM modem is on all
> the time.  I live in Canada and travel the world for business so I don't
> have a cell data plan and never use it.  I'd like to turn it off so it
> doesn't needlessly suck up battery power.
> 
> I hit Fn-F5 to bring up the wireless radio options and it says the WWAN is
> toggled off (even though it is on).  I tried disabling it under the hardware
> devices, but the model light was still on (and active).  I can toggle it off
> using the hardware switch on the side, but that turns off all the wireless
> radios (WiFi, Bluetooth, and WWAN.
> 
> Thoughts on how to turn the WWAN off?
> 
> ---------------------------
> Brian Weeden
> Technical Advisor
> Secure World Foundation 
> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
> +1 (202) 683-8534 US

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