On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 03:57:25PM +1000, Toby Corkindale wrote: > > I agree - that's very bad practice. The only reasons that come > > immediately to mind would be (1) trying to make you purchase > > cards through them or to upgrade the laptop; or (2) some sort of > > regulatory issue in one or more of their markets. As I recall, > > wireless regulators in Japan are particularly strict, but they're > > not the only example.
if they're using that as an excuse, it's pretty lame...and bogus. there are plenty of legal, wifi regulation-compliant wireless mini-PCIe cards that don't have a Lenovo brand or PCI-ID. Using them is not illegal, and does not break legal certification of the device. > Who knows.. Apparently HP do this too, but not really anyone else, and > they all seem to sell stuff around the world fine. they get away with it because people let them, they don't complain and they keep buying crippled standards-breaking shit. the whole point of PCIe (as for other peripheral connection standards) is that it is a *standard* for upgrade/replacement modules from any compliant manufacturer. refusing to boot when a third-party device is installed in the slot is anti-competitive, and possibly illegal in this country. write to the ACCC complaining about Lenovo's false advertising and anti-competitive practices - crippled mini-PCI Express is not mini-PCI Express. also complain to PCI-SIG and advise them of Lenovo abusing their trademark. and/or just return the laptop due to it being not as advertised (crippled/non-standard mini-PCIe) and not fit for purpose under your australian statutory warranty. > As for adjusting the PCI IDs.. It seems that on some old intel cards, > you could write to the EEPROM to do so, with some patches to the drivers. another alternative: this page lists some hacked bioses without the PCI-ID whitelist restrictions for some models of thinkpads. might be worth checking if your model is one of them. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/MiniPCI_Express_slot craig -- craig sanders <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
