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Does the BIOS have a whitelist of approved parts such as WiFi modules on the think side? I have a consumer grade lenovo and I'd not recommend it to anyone.
by newjersey 11y ago
Does the BIOS have a whitelist of approved parts such as WiFi modules on the think side? I have a consumer grade lenovo and I'd not recommend it to anyone.
- fpoling 11y agoI second that. Once I had a ThinkPad where under Linux WiFi performed terribly and I could not replace WiFi card to one known to work reliably due to that BIOS whitelist. So I used USB WiFi dongle. So much or user-serviceable hardware.
- vinay427 11y agoSupposedly this is no longer the case as of the previous generation (T450*, X250, etc.). http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/introducing-our-new-product-ownership-assessment/#comment-1951072093 http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/introducing-our-new-product-o...
- woodman 11y agoI forgot about that because I usually go the opposite direction, removing as much as possible in the interest of power savings. For example, disconnecting the 56k modem daughter board will save you 1W. Upon further reflection, it is obvious that I don't fit the typical use case - ignore me :)