On Oct 19, 11:34 am, "none" <nos...@bogusaddress.com> wrote:
> Yep, I'm sure. In fact have two T41's and each has a different WLAN
> card. Both have internal and external antenna jacks with coax from each
> (gray and black as you mentioned). One is an Intel, one Cisco.
>
> The image by the 'port' :
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> It doesn't look like the outdoor TV antenna as most would recognize as
> an antenna symbol, nor is it a tower with a vertical antenna with
> circles as others might recognize. It looks pretty much like the
> 'drawing' above!
>
> ___"Bigguy" <biggu...******.com> wrote in message
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> news:5ns0ogFjpg5mU1@mid.individual.net...> none wrote:
> >> Decided to take my IBM Thinkpad T41 apart to upgrade a few things.
> >> Noticed the WIFI card has TWO antenna jacks, internal and EXTERNAL!
> >> Followed the 'external' antenna wire to find it ending up by the USB
> >> ports. Upon close examination noticed just left of the USB ports is a
> >> small vertical rectangular opening with what APPEARS to be, an
> >> antenna symbol. Hmmm.
>
> > You sure about this...?
>
> > The miniPCI wireless card has two jacks marked Main + Aux (Grey +
> > Black cables)...
>
> > Is it an IBM wireless card?
>
> > Guy

That is the locking port. It's for chaining your laptop down. The
symbol you have described is the standard symbol for a computer
locking port which kensington likes to refer to as the Kensington
Security Slot. http://us.kensington.com/html/1356.html