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I have the same X13 Gen 2 AMD 5850U w/ 32GB RAM, and generally agree it is a great laptop. Much quieter than my previous X270 where I even had custom fan curves
by AnssiH 5y ago
I have the same X13 Gen 2 AMD 5850U w/ 32GB RAM, and generally agree it is a great laptop. Much quieter than my previous X270 where I even had custom fan curves.
> - Came with MediaTek 7961 WiFi, which while supported by mainline Linux, the performance is trash (~30MBit on 802.11ac).
It works perfectly for me on Fedora 35 (kernel 5.15), with consistent speeds around 800-900Mbps. The AP is an ASUS RT-AX86U.
Also somewhat surprisingly, while Intel AX200/201 is faster as it supports 160MHz (I had it before), the MT7961 has been more stable for me, both speed-wise and bug-wise, so far anyway. But YMMV.
> Luckily it's only M.2 so you can replace it with something like the AX201
I believe X13 Gen 2 has soldered WiFi, not M.2.
- kogepathic 5y ago> I believe X13 Gen 2 has soldered WiFi, not M.2. According to the hardware maintenance manual: "Wireless LAN card (for selected AMD models)" [1] I can confirm from the internal photos I have of my X13 AMD Gen 2 (I swapped the stock SSD for a SK Hynix P31 Gold 1TB) that the WiFi is indeed M.2 socketed. [1] https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t14s_gen2_x13_gen2_hmm_en.pdf https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t14s_gen2_x13...
- AnssiH 5y agoHuh, you are absolutely right, my MT7961 is M.2 too. I too have swapped my SSD but I guess I didn't look at the WiFi chip at the time because I "knew" it was soldered. I was originally looking to buy one of the X13 Gen 2 Intel models that have it soldered, I must've thought it applied to AMD as well. I guess I'll try out Intel AX210 then, to see which one actually works better for me.
- leeoniya 5y agothe AX210 is better by far (i swapped out my M2 mediatek, which had bizarre hardware issues)