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    W530 4g lte verizon.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by turbochris, May 25, 2017.

  1. turbochris

    turbochris Notebook Guru

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    Is there a wlan card that will work with verizon 4g lte for the W530? I'm tired of messing with dongles and hot spots
     
    turbochris, May 25, 2017
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    @turbochris sadly the machine is whitelisted to single outdated 3G modem, and there doesn't seem to be a modded BIOS available (and flashing it would require a programmer anyway). Try different modem with pin 20 taped (buy something below $10 if you don't have one lying around), if it works chances are you'll be able to make a compatible LTE modem work, too.
     
    Starlight5, May 26, 2017
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    turbochris Notebook Guru

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    Maybe it's time to go beg someone over at biosmods.com. As for flashing it, I could tap in with I2C like I used to when I had to recover bios passwords or unsolder the bios chip and stick it in a programmer. That's my only complaint about this notebook, other than that I love it. I bought a refurb for my wife a few months ago.
     
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