x200t 7449-9fu wwan upgradeable?

[nonamedude]

Hi,

I would like to check if the above model of x200t is wwan upgradeable. From http://www.lenovo.com/partners/us/en...esplaybook.pdf , it says that my model is wwan upgradeable. But when i contact my local lenovo service centre, it says otherwise.. I am totally confused. Who should i trust?

Regards,
nonamedude

[Stan S.]

The playbook actually says, 'Wireless Wan ready' this should mean that the 2 antenna and wires needed to use a PCI-mini card, such as a Gobi card would be already in the build. It's a shame they aren't more explicit and there was no actual definition of "Wireless Wan ready" in the book, but the service manuals all state, that if you are working on the "Wireless Wan ready" unit that the wires should be either taped to the base and/or tipped with plastic sleeves. Lenovo Support & downloads - PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN removal and installation - ThinkPad X200 Tablet, X201 Tablet

You don't mention the pricing ($1200-1400?), but you may be able to score a x201t with a i5 and Win7 for similar pricing right now, since there is a sale....

[nonamedude]

Thanks for the quick reply. I would like to have an x201 tablet too. But i already bought this x200 tablet quite a long time ago and only intend to upgrade it with wwan now. I did see the blue and red wires which are supposed to be the antenna wires and it does indeed extend towards into the screen. But is there any chance that the antenna is not installed despite the presence of these wires? Sorry for posting such a question here but i would like to clarify further before committing to get a wwan card.

[Stan S.]

Highly unlikely. WWan upgradeable is supposed to mean that it's upgradeable, opening the LCD bezels to install any of the antennae is a PITA.

Here is the maintenance manual: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub...45n3683_03.pdf
if you go to page 174, you'll see that the cables (d, e) terminate in the cover attached to the antennae, there would be nothing attached and the wires would be loose. If they didn't have the actual antenna piece there and only the wire, it would be silly. The most fragile and difficult part of the unit is the LCD/bezel. They don't want to open it if they don't have to. The base is fairly simple in comparison and much more forgiving of errors than than the LCD portion.