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x220 AC WIFI that supports on/off switch and Led?

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1littlepig 

x220 AC WIFI that supports on/off switch and Led?

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Fri May 24, 2019 4:40 am

Hi,

I jsut got a X220 and I upgraded the 6205 wifi to intel 8260 from Aliexpress (the version
without BT). It works fine but hardware on/off switch and LED indicator are non-
functional. I would like to get a wifi AC card that supports both switch and led. Anyone
had luck with that?

Thanks
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Eugor 

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Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:58 pm

1littlepig,

Hello. I am considering upgrading my 6205 and putting the 8260 card in my x220.

What operating system do you use ? Windows 10 ? Linux ?

Did you have to tape over or remove pin 51 or anything like that.

Did you find a solution to the hardware on/off switch and led light ?

Sorry I have only questions for you, but no answers.

Thank You
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Re: x220 AC WIFI that supports on/off switch and Led?

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Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:10 am

Install a BIOS with wifi-whitelist removed, such as listed here in BIOS/FIRMWARE:

http://x220.mcdonnelltech.com/resources/

Then also try Intel AC-7260

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1littlepig 

Re: x220 AC WIFI that supports on/off switch and Led?

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Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:39 pm

Hey guys,

I did some research and I found out that LED and On/Off switch are related to pins on the
wireless card and mine lacks those connections. I didn't have to tape pin 51 because
apparently I bought a WiFi card without BT (I did tape it just for testing, also the seller
confirmed I'm an idiot who didn't carefully read the description). To remedy that i
purchased a separate BT 4.0 card. I upgraded to 16GB DDR 1600, Samsung Evo SSD 500gb
and a 3G card. Now I don't mind that the on/off switch is not working for wifi because it
works for 3G. I usually need WiFi all the time and 3G only when needed so it nice having
it switched off and having a piece of mind as I do not have an unlimited plan for
broadband. Basically the only thing not working is the WiFi LED indicator (it's fine I guess
but it triggers my OCD

Obviously I flashed a custom rom with the whitelist/blacklist nonsense removed. I also
removed ME with me_cleaner.

Finally I am a happy x220 user running Pop!OS Linux 18.04 LTS

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TP-Grrl 

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Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:21 pm

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I put an Atheros AR5b93 on my x220t (to get OSX compatibility) and works both the side
switch and the light.

This isn't the best card, but I have it from and old notebook and works.
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