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IBM High Rate
Wireless LAN
Mini-PCI Adapter
User’s Guide
Safety: Read first
Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.
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Information.
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Contents
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About the IBM® High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI
Adapter
This section provides information on registering, installing, and using the IBM
High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter.
Product registration
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Product description
If you are using a wireless upgradable model of an IBM ThinkPad® R32 Series
computer, X30 Series computer, or T30 Series computer, you can install the IBM
High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter (hereafter called the Mini-PCI
Card) in a Mini-PCI Card slot on your computer.
The option kit includes:
v Mini-PCI Card
v Mini-PCI guide
v CD-ROM (device drivers and User’s Guide)
v Product warranty and notices for IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI
Adapter
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Installing the Mini-PCI Card
Note: Use only the Mini-PCI Card provided by IBM.
If your computer is a wireless upgradable model, and you are installing the
Mini-PCI Card for the first time, follow the procedure below.
For ThinkPad R32 Series computer
If you are using ThinkPad R32 Series computer, do as follows:
1. Turn off the computer; then disconnect the ac adapter and all cables from
the computer.
2. Close the computer display, and turn the computer over.
3. Remove the battery. (For information on removing the battery, refer to the
ThinkPad R32 Series Service and Troubleshooting Guide.)
4. Loosen the screw on the cover of the Mini-PCI Card slot ꢀ1ꢁ; then remove
the cover ꢀ2ꢁ.
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5. Take the cables out of the cable holder as shown.
Note: If a Mini-PCI Card has been installed in your computer, and you
remove the Card and do not install a new one, put the cables in the
cable holder after disconnecting them from the Card.
6. Align the contact edge of the Mini-PCI Card with the corresponding
socket contact of the computer ꢀ1ꢁ. Connect the cables to the new
Mini-PCI Card ꢀ2ꢁ.
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7. Pivot the card until you can snap it into place by pressing the upper side
of the connectors as shown.
Make sure that the card is firmly fixed in the slot and does not move
easily.
8. Align the tabs of the Mini-PCI Card slot cover with the corresponding
slots; then press the cover flat.
9. Tighten the screw of the cover.
Attention: After you install a Mini-PCI Card, do not use your computer
until you have closed the cover. Never use the computer with the cover
open.
10. Reinstall the battery. (For information on reinstalling the battery, refer to
the ThinkPad R32 Series Service and Troubleshooting Guide.)
11. Turn the computer over again. Connect the ac adapter and cables to the
computer; then turn it on.
For ThinkPad X30 Series computer
If you are using ThinkPad X30 Series computer, do as follows:
1. Turn off the computer. Then disconnect the ac adapter and all cables from
the computer.
2. Remove the battery and the keyboard. (For information on removing the
battery and the keyboard, refer to the ThinkPad X30 Series Service and
Troubleshooting Guide.)
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3. Take the cables out of a cable holder.
Note: If a Mini-PCI Card has been installed in your computer, and you
remove the Card and do not install a new one, put the cables in the
cable holder after disconnecting them from the Card.
4. Connect the cables to the new Mini-PCI Card.
Note: Plug the gray cable with the tab marked MAIN into jack J1, and the
black cable with the tab marked AUX into jack J2.
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5. Align the contact edge of the Mini-PCI Card with the corresponding socket
contact of the computer.
6. Pivot the Card until you can snap it into place by pressing the upper side
of the connectors. Make sure that the card is firmly fixed in the slot and
does not move easily.
When attaching the Card, route the antenna cables to go under the cable
guide as in ꢀaꢁ, and place the tabs as indicated by arrow ꢀbꢁ as in this
figure.
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b
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7. Attach the Mini-PCI guide that comes with the option package.
8. Reinstall the battery and the keyboard. (For information on reinstalling the
battery and the keyboard, refer to the ThinkPad X30 Series Service and
Troubleshooting Guide.)
For ThinkPad T30 Series computer
If you are using ThinkPad T30 Series computer, do as follows:
1. Turn off the computer; then disconnect the ac adapter and all cables from
the computer.
2. Close the computer display, and turn the computer over.
3. Remove the battery. (For information on removing the battery, refer to the
ThinkPad T30 Series Service and Troubleshooting Guide.)
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4. Loosen the screws on the cover of the Mini-PCI Card slot ꢀ1ꢁ; then
remove the cover ꢀ2ꢁ.
5. Open the insulation sheet ꢀ1ꢁ, and take the cables out of the cable holder
ꢀ2ꢁ.
Note: If a Mini-PCI Card has been installed in your computer, and you
remove the Card and do not install a new one, put the cables in the
cable holder after disconnecting them from the Card.
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6. Align the contact edge of the Mini-PCI Card with the corresponding
socket contact of the computer ꢀ1ꢁ. Connect the cables to the Mini-PCI
Card ꢀ2ꢁ.
7. Pivot the card until you can snap it into place by pressing the upper side
of the connectors as shown.
Make sure that the card is firmly fixed in the slot and does not move
easily.
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8. Cover the Mini-PCI Card with the insulation sheet ꢀ1ꢁ, and attach the
Mini-PCI guide ꢀ2ꢁ that comes with the option package.
9. Align the tabs of the Mini-PCI Card slot cover with the corresponding
slots; then press the cover flat.
10. Tighten the screws of the cover.
Attention: After you install a Mini-PCI Card, do not use your computer
until you have closed the cover. Never use the computer with the cover
open.
11. Reinstall the battery. (For information on reinstalling the battery, refer to
the ThinkPad T30 Series Service and Troubleshooting Guide.)
12. Turn the computer over again. Connect the ac adapter and cables to the
computer; then turn it on.
Installing the device driver
If your computer is a wireless upgradable model, and you are installing the
Mini-PCI Card for the first time, you need to install the device driver for the
Card. To install the device driver, either click the Software section button of the
CD, or refer to the following instructions.
The device driver files are in the following directory:
C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANINT
Note: On some computers, the device driver files are in the following directory
instead:
C:\IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS\WLLANINT
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Installing the device driver in Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows Me,
Windows 2000, or Windows XP
To install the device driver in Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me),
Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP, do the following:
1. Start your operating system. If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows
XP, log on with a user ID authorized as an administrator.
2. Click Start → Run.
3. Specify SETUP.EXE with a full path (C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANINT\SETUP.EXE
or C:\IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS\WLLANINT\SETUP.EXE).
4. Click OK.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
6. When asked whether you want to restart the system, click Yes.
Installing the device driver in Windows NT®
To install the device driver in Windows NT, do the following:
1. Start Windows NT. Log on with a user ID authorized as an administrator.
2. Click Start → Settings → Control Panel.
3. Double-click the Network icon.
4. If this is the first time the Network has been configured, the Network
Configuration dialog box is displayed. Otherwise, go to step 20 on
5. <First Network Configuration> Click the Yes button.
6. Select Wired to the Network.
7. Click the Next button.
8. Click the Select from list button.
9. Click the Have Disk button.
10. In the Insert Disk dialog box, type the path (C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANINT or
C:\IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS\WLLANINT) to the directory that contains the driver.
11. Click the OK button.
12. Select High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II.
13. Click the OK button.
14. Click the Next button.
15. Follow the instructions on the screen.
16. Follow the prompts for any Windows NT installation disks by typing the
path to the directory that contains Windows NT files. (This is usually
C:\i386, or, on the Windows NT CD-ROM, X:\i386.)
17. Follow the instructions on the screen.
18. When the installation is complete, click the Finish button.
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19. When asked whether you want to restart the system, click Yes.
20. <Add wireless LAN to Network Configuration> Click the Adapters tab.
21. Click the Add button.
22. Click the Have Disk button.
23. In the Insert Disk dialog box, type the path (C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WLLANINT or
C:\IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS\WLLANINT) to the directory that contains the driver.
24. Click the OK button.
25. Select High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II.
26. Click the OK button.
27. Click the Close button.
28. Follow the instructions on the screen.
29. When asked whether you want to restart the system, click Yes.
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