Lenovo success except no wireless

[Xen]

Colin Law schreef op 10-06-2017 11:07:
> 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.

Oh I didn't catch that, sorry.