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    Lenovo Ideapad S205 - Intel 6200 wifi card?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by razorbladez, May 27, 2011.

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    razorbladez Notebook Guru

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    Hello,

    i wanted to ask, if i can replace the Ralink RT 3090 wifi in the Ideapad S205 with a Lenovo Intel Wifi 6200 card (Lenovo FRU: 60Y3191)?

    thanks.
     
    razorbladez, May 27, 2011
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    razorbladez Notebook Guru

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    bumpy

    Does the S205 even have a BIOS Whitelist and if, is there already a patched BIOS available?
     
    razorbladez, May 28, 2011
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    razorbladez Notebook Guru

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    To answer my own question: The Intel Wifi 6200 card (Lenovo FRU: 60Y3191) does NOT work in the S205 properly.

    There is no BIOS error and the card gets detected by Windows alright, but as soon as i install the drivers and the card is activated, the system freezes. Same with Ubuntu, once the card is activated, the system freezes.

    The card itself is okay, it works properly in my Ideapad U160.

    Too bad, i guess... gotta look for another card.
     
    razorbladez, Jun 3, 2011
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    Intel Wifi 5100 and 1000 don't work either in the S205 with the same freeze problem.

    Broadcom BCM4313 works perfectly.
     
    razorbladez, Jun 17, 2011
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    boooggy Notebook Enthusiast

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    i read there is a modded bios on here but i couldn't find it.....maybe u get luckier then me
     
    boooggy, Jun 18, 2011
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    i got lucky....

    link


    but as long as i am still waiting for the intel 6200 to arrive......i can't test......
     
    boooggy, Jun 18, 2011
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    razorbladez Notebook Guru

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    i was the one requesting the bios whitelist removal on that forum ;)

    but the result is the same with default or modded bios, it still freezes with all the intel cards.

    did you order a lenovo or generic 6200 card, since all my intel cards are lenovo FRU types?
     
    razorbladez, Jun 18, 2011
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    ooops sorry i didn't notice you were the one requesting it there....duh...my bad.
    i order a thinkpad intel 6200 FRU P/N: 60Y3191....but the news are bad.... o well i will use it on my other laptop which is a thinkpad.

    by the way did u try here?
     
    boooggy, Jun 19, 2011
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    razorbladez, Sep 29, 2011
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    I know this is an old thread, but for anyone else that is searching to find a solution to using an Intel 6200, camiloml's modified BIOS (whitelist removed) from the above bios-mods.com link did work on my Lenovo S205.
     
    rrppmm, Feb 23, 2014
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