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    Y470P WI-FI Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by KraZy_SkitZy, Apr 18, 2012.

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    I just ordered a Lenovo Y470P, and want to upgrade the wifi to an intel 6250, as I prefer using the 5GHz band at home. This is my first Lenova notebook, and have heard rumors bout Lenovo being a bit sticky on hardware changes, is this true, or will it be as easy as every other notebook Ive owned to do?
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    Well hopefully the 6250 I ordered works with it... What a PITA, that lenovo has to be that way. I would have paid for them to instal a better wifi card, but there was no way to customize when ordering.
     
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    are lenovo notebooks sticky bout optical drives do? was thinkin of upgrading it to a blu-ray drive...?
     
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    Wifi upgrade was a failure.... Not very happy... Blu-ray drive upgrade was successful though.
     
    KraZy_SkitZy, May 2, 2012
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    Was it a Lenovo branded Wifi card or just a normal Intel wifi card?
     
    AboutThreeFitty, May 3, 2012
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    Normal intel.
     
    KraZy_SkitZy, May 3, 2012
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