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I have an x220 in my line up of older machines. My newest is an X1 Carbon gen6 aka x1c6. I was surprised how quickly I was able to open the bottom of it up inst
by ct0 4y ago
I have an x220 in my line up of older machines. My newest is an X1 Carbon gen6 aka x1c6. I was surprised how quickly I was able to open the bottom of it up install a new wifi6 card. About 5 screws and the back is off and another screw holding in the wifi card. I dont think the x220 is that fast.
- jeffbee 4y agoTo replace the WLAN card in an X220, you must remove all the screws on the bottom of the case, the keyboard, and the palm rest. It's not trivial but anyone can do it. Unfortunately it would be largely pointless since the X220 has an allowlist for PCIe cards, and I'm sure it does not include any modern wifi devices.
- ct0 4y agoThe whitelist can be removed pretty easily. https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-REQUEST-Lenovo-X220-8DETxxWW-Whitelist-Removal?page=40 https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-REQUEST-Lenovo-X220-8...
- neilv 4y agoI upgraded the WiFi cards in my X200 units by installing Coreboot, which has no PCIe allowlist. https://www.neilvandyke.org/coreboot/ https://www.neilvandyke.org/coreboot/ I don't know the state of Coreboot support for X220, and the entire process can be a headache, but it might be an option. I understand some people instead use modified stock Lenovo BIOS to defeat the PCIe allowlist.
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- calvinmorrison 4y agoI don't know if it's just the x220 but every time I open it I seem to have at least one left over screw on my desk.