Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Lenovo X60 and Ericcson F5521gw

My old Lenovo X60 (wwan ready: antenna an sim slot available) uses the current state of the art UMTS (mini pci express) card from Ericcson. The card orignally belongs to an Lenovo W520 - FRU is 60Y3279.

!I am using the original BIOS (no zender!)

Basically:
* Download drivers for the card from Lenovo
* Extract drivers (the .exe complains that my X60 is not supported) using InstallShield tools
* Cover pin 20 on the card with scotch tape. (Drawback: card cannot be turned off)
* Plugin the card (I am using only the main antenna)

Hint:
* Even with pin 20 enabled (no scotch) my notebook booted without error 180X and windows showed it in the device manager - but cannot be turned on!
* Fn+F5 (Access Connection) does not show the card, but the connection can be configured.
* Access Connection can turn the card off (probably via AT commands)

PIN 20: Not my image; credits go to the unknown creator.

Any question: Leave a comment with your mail-addr.

PS: In comparison to WiFi tethering with my Palm Pre: the card is awesome fast! (using O2 max. 3.6 Mbit/s)

Update:
Similar guide for Dell and a WWAN

Extract drivers from encrypted install shield archives

Image of PIN 20

PS: If you need something, just send me an email.