1) Do you have a different machine to try the card in? If so, is the firmware on the Aircard up to date? (I have had issues with various hardware devices when the devices had buggy firmware in the devices themselves although I have never used an Aircard). If the firmware is old, use the working, different machine to update to the latest available firmware on the card. Then try it again in the T43.
2) Do you have a different machine with a PC Card slot and a fully updated OS and hardware drivers for all the hardware in the machine, possibly with and OS more recent than XP? If so, does the card configure in that machine? If so, you might consider a more recent OS/driver set for your T43. You might consider booting a Live CD (or USB version) of a Linux/UNIX to see if the card will configure with that. 3) Have you disabled in the T43 BIOS things that you may not use (serial port, parallel port, devices in a docking station if you are using one of those, etc)? Some of those may use resources (interrupts, memory blocks, IO addresses, etc) that may prevent the PC Card from configuring. With some PC cards, I had to select non-standard configurations to make them work and Windows did NOT help matters (the cards worked with standard configurations with UNIX but NOT with Windows). 4) Have you applied all appropriate updates from Lenovo for your T43? However, some "updates" may cause issues also (a co-worker with a T400 recently had an update prevent bluetooth from working and cause various system instabilities - he had to revert to a recent backup). I note that Sierra has stopped supporting the 860. You may be able to get it to work but sometimes manufacturers stop supporting flawed devices (although many would never admit to flaws). Good luck, Stuart (who has had issues with add-on hardware with a T43p with a docking station with a PCI card installed). On Jul 18, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Jeffrey Race wrote: > I have disabled the wireless and ethernet devices in BIOS > but the Sierra Aircard still is not accepted with > message in System/Hardware/Drivers/NetworkAdapters > "This device cannot find enough free resources that it > can use (Code 12)." > > Sierra suggests updating BIOS but as far as I know I > am using the latest (1YET65WW) for this machine type (2668-72U) > > Please suggest next step. > > Jeffrey Race > > > On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:52:25 -0400, Andre' Blanchard wrote: >> From: "Andre' Blanchard" <[email protected]> >> To: "Jeffrey Race" <[email protected]>, >> "Thinkpad Users Group" <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] T43 WXP: Sierra Aircard 860 install problem >> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:52:25 -0400 > >> Hello: >> >> <You Said> >> I have disabled Bluetooth and WAN Miniport (whatever that >> is). >> >> <Reply> >> >> First: Create a System Restore Point? >> >> JIC: Try to actually disable via the bios, i.e. select the mini pci device >> above and disable. Then reboot and try your install. As an aside: I was >> getting BSOD with a built in wireless resource in my T42. (XP SP2). Any >> actions to disable the wireless connectivity via the OS did not help. >> Turning off wireless in the BIOS caused the BSOD to go away (and my wireless >> capability as well, but that's OK since I did not require it). SYNOPSYS: >> Disable at the source when you can. Next Step (if necessary): Remove the >> 'suspect' devices in OS. Repeat appropriate steps. >> >> Once your new HW is installed properly, 'reenable' devices accordingly. > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
