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    Working around the Wireless Whitelist for X220?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by evident, Jun 7, 2011.

  1. evident

    evident Notebook Consultant

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    Just took apart my entire x220 to apply new thermal paste and replace my centrino 1000 wireless card with an intel centrino ultimate 6300 spare wireless card that i had.

    Little did i know that Lenovo won't allow a wireless card to be installed. i get a
    unauthorized network card error upon bootup and i can't continue :(

    is there an easy way to work around this issue?
     
    evident, Jun 7, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Either buy a Lenovo branded one or do the BIOS hack.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 7, 2011
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    chaosphoenix Notebook Consultant

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    chaosphoenix, Jun 7, 2011
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