"Crunch" <Crunch.37ggz3@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Alright, I did some research and here's the jist. Apparently, only CTO
> (Custom To Order) models get the add'l N wire. I opened mine up, and
> could find no cable near the card. At any rate, I am ready to do this
> now.
>
> Is it really true that the Atheros cards are simply "better", and have,
> perhaps, a wider range? I could use a slightly better range, N, or no N.
> I just installed the Atheros card, and it was quickly found by Vista,
> but silly me forgot to put the appropriate drivers there beforehand. So
> back in went the Intel 3945ABG.
>
> I'm going to download the x64 drivers for the Atheros a/b/g/n card now
> and re-attempt. It takes 5 minutes. All I have to do is remove the palm
> rest, fingerprint cable, as well as the keyboard, and detach its cable
> that connects it to the motherboard.
>
> Second question: As someone previously mentioned, I could possibly use
> a cable that doesn't necessitate going behind the screen, which was
> great news. There are TWO cables that connect the WWAN card to its
> antenna on the right side of the screen. I don't use it, as I said
> before, so would I be taking a risk other than that it would simply not
> work, by using one of the WWAN antennas coming from the WWAN antenna and
> put it where the "N antenna" goes?? Also, which of the two cable would I
> use (one is blue, one red), or does it even matter? Finally, is there
> any way that I can mess ANYTHING up by attempting this? Anything, such
> as shorting anything out?
>
> Thanks for any replies. I am so ready!!! lol...At least, so far I know
> that the card works, and later tonight, I'll reattempt just connecting
> the non-N cables to see if there is any improvement for G alone. I'd
> love to hear about my idea about using the one of the WWAN antennas as
> the N antenna, so to speak!???
>
> As much as I want to do this, under no circumstances do I want to take
> the risk of screwing up my Thinkpad in any way.[/color]

People seem to prefer the Atheros card on the ThinkPad forums. They say
that the Intel card drops connections sometimes, but have not experienced
that. I have two X-series ThinkPads, one with an Intel card, and one with
an Atheros card that I fitted myself. I had to use the no-1802 BIOS hack to
use the non-IBM part.

So, you do not have two connections on the Atheros card for both the fitted
antennas? You should have to use both, and no need for you to use anything
but the standard fitted screen antennas.

You might want to check out the ThinkPad forums, where I also post.

[url]http://forum.thinkpads.com/[/url]

ss.