W530 upgrade wifi card and remove BIOS whitelist

[T520]

Hello Forum,

This is my first post. Has anyone tried removing the bios whitelist with W530 and succeed. I want to have better internet speed and Bluetooth. The current Bluetooth connection is very weak and keep cutting off. And the internet is not very fast.

Is there a guide that shows how to remove the bios whitelist for W530. Also this is my main laptop, so I am scared of bricking it.

Thank you!

[SAIYAN48]

Follow this: https://github.com/n4ru/1vyrain

[mikemex]

I even patched the EC to add earlier battery support (xX10/xX20) and the classic keyboard. That's more difficult but there is a step by step guide. You use Linux for that.

[heilong]

What the other guys said. It seemed a bit tricky, but I could do it. Having some linux sys admin experience helped
I did the EC reflash and the classic keyboard mod as well.
I use an AX210 WLAN/BT card (mPCIe version from AliExpress), both WiFi and BT are working well with Intel AX210 drivers.

[limbrooke]

Not to necro-bump but I recently discovered the wireless networking capability of the default Intel 6205 Advanced N adapter as not sufficient enough in areas without wired ethernet.

Managed to downgrade from 2.59 normal BIOS and running on 2.58 got the ivyrain installed showing G5ETB6WW (2.76 ) active successfully. Given this was primarily to remove the whitelist feature for WIFI access, I'll need to find a suitable upgrade for the 1/2 height PCI-e, likely an Intel 7260HMW.

[heilong]

Managed to downgrade from 2.59 normal BIOS and running on 2.58 got the ivyrain installed showing G5ETB6WW (2.76 ) active successfully. Given this was primarily to remove the whitelist feature for WIFI access, I'll need to find a suitable upgrade for the 1/2 height PCI-e, likely an Intel 7260HMW.

Good for you. FYI 7260 comes in two versions - 802.11n and the more recent ac. But why bother with the rather old 7260, when you can get the most recent thing? AX210 or AX200 is available in mPCIe - not officially from Intel, but by some Chinese manufacturer. You can buy them on AliExpress, for example.

[my03]

Managed to downgrade from 2.59 normal BIOS and running on 2.58 got the ivyrain installed showing G5ETB6WW (2.76 ) active successfully. Given this was primarily to remove the whitelist feature for WIFI access, I'll need to find a suitable upgrade for the 1/2 height PCI-e, likely an Intel 7260HMW.

Good for you. FYI 7260 comes in two versions - 802.11n and the more recent ac. But why bother with the rather old 7260, when you can get the most recent thing? AX210 or AX200 is available in mPCIe - not officially from Intel, but by some Chinese manufacturer. You can buy them on AliExpress, for example.

Yes and i did exactly this yesterday (ax210 derivative). The result: almost 3x faster (in my case hitting 640mbit/sec where i used to have 220). Well worth it

[heilong]

Good to hear that. Also, it supports latest Bluetooth, which is great for modern bluetooth speakers/headphone or e.g. BLE-MIDI.