Hello, I do not use the Intel wireless card that comes with the machine. Instead I use a TP-Link TL-WN821N external card that occupies one of the slots. Pretty inexpensive and quite simple to install. I am sure you can use other cards as well.
On 8/29/10, gwydion <[email protected]> wrote: > > My daughter has a T400 that has just had a second Intel wireless card fail > in the last 6 months. The firswt one was replaced under warranty, and once > installed the wireless connection worked again. Now it appears that the > same thing has happened again. The system, running Win 7, does not > recognize that any wireless hardware is installed. I went through all of > the troubleshooting steps suggested by Lenovo support (re-seating the card, > manually installing drivers, toggling the external switch, etc.) > > Are there known problems with either the T400 motherboard or the Intel > wireless card that would lead to a repeat occurrence? We have not had and > similar problems with 2 other T400s in the house, but having the same > failure 2 different times makes me suspicious. And this machine will be > going off to college in a month or so, which will make any ongoing support > more difficult. > > Any ideas? Is there a better wireless card available for the T400? > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > -- Kind regards, Bernard Chan _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
