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It basically came to me COMPLETELY wiped out, no operating system and no built in wireless card or anything.
It now has windows XP on it but I have no way to connect to the internet and I know it has wireless capabilities.....how can I fix this myself without spending a lot of money on it?
Thanks,
Shelley
Re: IBM ThinkPad T40 no LAN or internet connection
You need to install all the driver for this computer including the LAN and wireless driver for it in order for those devices to work on your computer, You can download all drivers for this laptop from this link.....
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Whenever you do an operating sytem reinstallation, windows itself will only have the basic drivers, and that will not include the network drivers for you to be able to connect to the internet (especially in windows XP). If thats the case you can use another system which has internet connection and go to http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/migr-46258.html to download the driver for your LAN. Save it into a flash drive and install it to the system that you just did an OSRI. Restart the system and try connecting with the cable initially to the router to have internet connection.
Hello, if you see a yellow exclamation mark it means device drivers are not installed or are incorrect.
below is the link for IBM/Lenovo site that lists all the drivers for Thinkpad T40/T41. Go to that linkand scroll down to " Wireless Networking" and select the appropriate drivers: eg: Make sure it under T40 section, and not T41 since they are listed side by side.
since i am not sure which exact wireless card your T40 has i am posting this main link where it lists all options.
I would start with "ThinkPad 802.11bg wireless LAN Mini PCI adapter" if this doesn't work try next one in the list.
here is the link: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-46258.html#wireless
I hope this helps, let me know if there is a problem.
yes you going to need everest (http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html ) and identifie the wireless card next tipe the wireless card number and modell and drivers for windows7 on google and will find it for you thanks
Some T40 series (especially T42) laptops have built-in wireless cards and you only need to install the wireless driver.
If you don't have a built in wireless card you can purch a PCMCIA wireless card and inset it into the PCMCIA slot on the laptop.
These cards are common and are available from several manufactories such as Netgear and DLink.
The IBM T40 has a builtin LAN adapter most likely an Intel LAN.
You need to make sure it is enabled in the BIOS.
Also you need to install the driver for this LAN adapter.
How do you know that you got a Siemens LAN adapter, is it a PCMCIA card?
Go to the IBM WEB site to their support/download page and download the XP versions of the drivers you need for your model laptop.
You will need to do this from another conputer that is connected to the Internet.
if u ve usb slot and pci slot in ur laptop u can use wireless, there are may brands available in market like belkin , netgear , u can connect install the drivers come along with the wireless card install it and u ll go online wireless
Wow, a lot of information but I'm unclear as to what you are trying to do.
Are you connecting the T20 directly to the T40 using a cat5 cable and then trying to access the internet on the T20 via the modem?
Connecting the two computer together using a normal cat5 will not work, you need to use a crossover cable otherwise you are connecting the send to the send and the receive to the receive.
You can also use a hub, a switch or a router if you have any of those on hand.
As for the modem, I suggest you unplug the telephone line from the modem and plug it into a phone and see if you can hear a dial tone. If you cannot hear a tone either the extension is bad (replace) or you outlet is defective. If you can hear a tone, the modem card may be defective.
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