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My X301 has an Intel 5100 wireless card. I have had numerous wireless problems with both Windows and Linux. I'm starting to suspect the card is the source of many of the problems. It seems when I google this that other people have had problems with the 5100 too. So can anyone please suggest what card would be a good replacement?

Has anyone replaced a wireless card in an X301 and had positive/negative outcomes?

Thanks a lot for your input!

Limited choices for whitelisted x301Wi-Fi cards (see #6):
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product ... GR-70617#6

Basically, Intel 5100 and 5300.


You could run a modded BIOS with the whitelist removed and have many more options. See, post #4192.
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/thread ... post592697

Later, I’ll reply to your other post about why I don’t think it’s entirely a problem with the card.

Thanks for the input. Well, the 5300 would probably not be an improvement, it seems like the problems are with various Intel cards in this series.