Update: A new driver has been released which uses the Windows 7 Mobile Broadband driver framework. Please see my new article. Note: Information and comments on this article could still be relevant to you so read on…
I recently purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad T400s. I installed Windows 7 on it soon after, having heard that almost all hardware devices worked under Windows 7. For me it was crucial that the Ericsson F3507G internal mobile broadband card worked, and luckily there was a driver for it available on Lenovo’s Windows 7 “Beta” drivers…
First thing to note is that even though it says “32-bit”, inside the zip there are actually 64-bit drivers as well. Phew! Unfortunately it seems that versions and publish dates are not supported by Lenovo’s knowledge base, so all we get is a crazy looking file name – 7uwc46ww.zip.
After you install this driver you will have several new devices available in Device Manager:
- Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard Network Adapter
- Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard Modem
- Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard Device Management (COM3)
- Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard GPS Port (COM6)
- Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard PC SC Port
- Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard Composite Device
I am not a big fan of using OEM software over what comes with Windows, as it’s invariably crap. Lenovos’s network manager tool is called Access Connections and I would later discover my intuition would prove to be well founded. Read the rest of this entry »