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WWAN cards?

Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Bashar, Mar 11, 2010.

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Hello,
i have W300 with verizon (CMDA) card, so i went and bought AT&T (Cingular) card from eBay that works in Kuwait

when i installed it using the tutorial lenovo's service video

when i booted the PC it automatically started the verizon software and said no card detected, so i thought its ok, i went and installed the AT&T driver, restarted and when i come back and press Fn F5 it doesn't list the hardware and nothing is detected

i went into the BIOS to check if i need to enable something but didn't find anything.

what i'm missing to get it working?

Thanks

Bashar, Mar 11, 2010

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Verizon uses CDMA while AT&T used GSM. They are incompatible technologies, so despite the correct drivers you are using, the Verizon software won't be able to use the AT&T card.

David, Mar 11, 2010

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David,
i have already installed AT&T drivers, its like the hardware itself is not being detected at all

any bois IRQ or some settings here or there ?

Bashar, Mar 12, 2010

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