I wasn't sure which heading this belongs under, if it is better in Legacy I will understand if it is moved.
I have an old IBM Thinkpad R50. It as the OEM XP preinstall, the Ethernet works as does a PCMCIA Wireless card. The computer is more of a curiosity to me, so I have been trying to install a PCI mini wireless adapter (R50 advertised as upgradable to interior wireless adapter). One thing I have learned is the BIOS in these old IBM Thinkpads contain a whitepaper list of PCI mini wireless adapters, and rejects some with an 1802 error. I have tried several cards (they are very inexpensive on the internet). One adapter that passed the Bios was an Intel WBM3B2100 802.11b. Windows first loaded the wrong driver which caused a Blue screen. I rebooted into safe mode and loaded the proper driver I downloaded from https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad-Drivers/download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/ddfm/R50.html. BTW, the Thinkpad driver is the Intel driver.
After rebooting the adapter showed up in the systray as not being connected. I searched the Network list, but there was only a few of what is usually 8-10 networks and mine was not included; I have a Xfinity router/modem with 802.11ac.It should be noted the PCMCIA Wireless card is an 802.11b device, the same as the adapter card I am trying to install. I could find no solution for this, so I tired the drivers for the Card from Windows hardware driver list. I tried the drivers for my adapter and 2 out of the 3 drivers, (an old and newer versions of the same driver), not only loaded, but showed the long list of networks, including mine. I was able to link to my router, but it would still not connect. I tried all kinds of fixes, including enabling the adapter in Device Monitor and running the Troubleshooter in the Network Connection window with no success.
Does anyone have any ideas? I suspect is is a mismatch of some kind, but I can't figure it out. I have since bought another Intel B-2200BG card; the first one didn't get past the white list gate keeper.
I have an old IBM Thinkpad R50. It as the OEM XP preinstall, the Ethernet works as does a PCMCIA Wireless card. The computer is more of a curiosity to me, so I have been trying to install a PCI mini wireless adapter (R50 advertised as upgradable to interior wireless adapter). One thing I have learned is the BIOS in these old IBM Thinkpads contain a whitepaper list of PCI mini wireless adapters, and rejects some with an 1802 error. I have tried several cards (they are very inexpensive on the internet). One adapter that passed the Bios was an Intel WBM3B2100 802.11b. Windows first loaded the wrong driver which caused a Blue screen. I rebooted into safe mode and loaded the proper driver I downloaded from https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad-Drivers/download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/ddfm/R50.html. BTW, the Thinkpad driver is the Intel driver.
After rebooting the adapter showed up in the systray as not being connected. I searched the Network list, but there was only a few of what is usually 8-10 networks and mine was not included; I have a Xfinity router/modem with 802.11ac.
Does anyone have any ideas? I suspect is is a mismatch of some kind, but I can't figure it out. I have since bought another Intel B-2200BG card; the first one didn't get past the white list gate keeper.
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