The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Y500 Possible to Upgrade Wireless chip to Ultimate N 6300?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by doitda, Dec 14, 2012.

  1. doitda

    doitda Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hey. Thinking about getting a 16GB Y500 and I want to have the dual band N 2.4/5Ghz wireless vs. the old-school single band wireless N.
    The Thinkpads come with the option to order the Ultimate N 6300 wireless chip.
    Does anyone know if that Intel Ultimate N 6300 will fit in a Y500 or another comparable dual band wireless n chip to replace the default one?


    Thanks
     
    doitda, Dec 14, 2012
    #1
  2. slmgab

    slmgab Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    It will fit but I don't think it's in the default bios's whitelist (at least it wasn't in previous models such as y580) so you won't be able to use unless you modify bios (which terminates your warranty).
     
    slmgab, Dec 14, 2012
    #2
  3. doitda

    doitda Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Wow, I never even thought of that.
    Just assumed any hardware added would be OK, kind of like a desktop motherboard, adding components to a PCI slot.
     
    doitda, Dec 15, 2012
    #3