Lenovo success except no wireless

[Colin Law]

On 10 June 2017 at 09:57, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> Colin Law schreef op 10-06-2017 9:21:
>> ...
>> It is definitely a hardware problem. It might be worth taking the
>> panels off and removing and replacing every connector you can see, and
>> taking out and replacing the RAM chips. If it is ok when cold but
>> starts failing after it has been on for a while then it may be
>> overheating. Vacuum out what you can from inside and from the vents.
>> If you have a compressed air can then even better. Take the battery
>> out before you start, though you may well have to do that to get the
>> case open anyway.
>>
>> Colin
>
>
> I have had a laptop wherein booting Ubuntu at one point managed to fuck up
> the wireless so badly that I needed to boot Windows or vice versa to get it
> right again.
>
> There is apparently something persistent in these chips that needs to be set
> by a driver, but the Linux driver may not do it.
>
> At one point I believe I lost wifi in Windows unless I booted Linux (again).
> Without having booted Linux in the first place this would never have
> happened.
>
> The wireless controller was the Intel WiFi Link 5100.

I believe Phil also said that intermittently he is unable to get into
the BIOS using the function key. I would be very surprised if that
could be caused by the sort of issue you describe, particularly that
it is intermittent.

Colin