UltraCaution when upgrading miniPCI cards in IBM ThinkPads!

UltraConnect is a proprietary IBM miniPCI connection format used in many ThinkPad notebooks. It restricts the kind of wireless network card that can be installed in a Thinkpad. If a non-compatible network card is installed in the laptop, the laptop will not boot fully, until said card is removed. There are ways around this, most notably either by hacking the Thinkpad BIOS or changing a bit in the CMOS settings. Additional information about workarounds for this problem can be found using your favorite search engine. According to [netgate.com], here are some IBM notebooks that use UltraConnect:

Some other notebooks that probably have UltraConnect:

UltraConnect (last edited 2008-04-13 16:37:03 by localhost)