musorka Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I've had the Y500 for a bit over a year, and WiFi was always crappy with the Centrino Wireless N-2230. But lately, it went to another level of "crappy"... Every 10-15 minutes, the WiFi connection drops. And it's only on this laptop. Right next to it I have an aging Dell laptop and its connection isn't dropping... Other devices aren't losing the connection, when Y500 does. The drivers are latest from Intel. I am on Win 8.1 Pro - 64-bit.Did anyone experience these intermittent WiFi drop issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemeras Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have the same set up and have been having some problems with the wireless (sometimes it drops to 2mbps from ~30mbps), hasn't shown up on any other computers (everything in the same room has minimum 30-50mbps). I'm pretty much set on replacing the wifi card after getting the whitelisted bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharcyde Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 It's a terrible wireless card however not so bad with Windows 8 whereas Windows 8.1 is a no no. In the end I replaced mine with a Killer Wireless chip. Problem solved however remained on Win 8 for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_beef Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I have the same Issue with the centrino N-2200 dropping in my Y580 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musorka Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 I don't understand how the heck Lenovo is able to get away with this. Between disabling the WiDi capabilities, and black-listing wireless cards, this behavior should be illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcool45 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Preach, My Friend, Preach.........btw are you gonna to mod your bios and switch out the card because i also have the 2230 and want to install the 7260 AC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musorka Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Sorry for the late response, dcool45. Yeah, I would like to get something else, like 7260 AC. Just realized that the stupid BT adapter in the Centrino Wireless-N 2230 sucks as well... can connect to the BT soundbar only in stereo 2.1 mode... My Android and Apple devices don't have this problem... Really getting frustrated, thought Lenovo was better than that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeone Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 yes the centrino 2230 is very poor in terms of performance...sadly i got my y510p with it.. best option is to get a new 7260ac..and do bios mod... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oderus Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I'm looking at doing the same thing. Bought the wireless card before I remembered that Lenovo blacklists cards. Hoping the BIOS change will work well. Not planning on changing any other setting, overclocking, etc. Just want the whitelist/blacklist fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun0327 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I was having the same problem with my y510p, the centrino 2230 would drop the wifi connection regularly, so I did the bios mod and put in the 7260AC and it works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven2345 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Y400 with the 2230, same problem which I am going to try and fix right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven2345 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 http://forum.techinferno.com/lenovo-ibm/2874-lenovo-y400-y500-unlocked-bios-wlan-whitelist-mod.htmlBtw OP, this is the mod everyone is talking about doing, that I am also going to try. It can be found in the stickies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkdez Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I found two ways to fix the issue temporarily. 1. Reboot the router. Most times my laptop wireless will sync for longer than a day. Sometimes I only get a few hours out of it. 2. completely uninstall the wifi drivers. reboot and then install the latest drivers from scratch.It's not a permanent solution but hopefully it bides some time for those who are thinking of upgrading. I am reading through the forums here and I will likely be updating to the modded BIOS and upgrading to a 7260 card with AC so I can start getting some 5GHz networking going. I love the Y410p minus this awful wireless card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x3maniac Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 i run into this same issue. it's worst when using ubuntu. sometimes i will connect at a really slow slow speed. the disconnect issues usually happen on windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemenace Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Yeah, the the general stability of the network card leaves a lot to be desired. I've had times where the connection just refused to stay connected for more than a couple of hours at a time, oddly enough especially when torrenting. While resetting the modem and router does alleviate the issue it's not an ideal solution nor is it one that's always available to me. Lenovo offers a lot of bang for your buck so I can understand cutting small corners here and there but this is an exception and the main reason I've seen a lot of people pass on buying these machines in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maak Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 try disabling "allow pc to automatic turn off this device" in adapter setting in device manager it works for meI also have that wifi card but till now no complaint "thanks GOD" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abosamor Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 7260ac is not working for me i have lenovo y510p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonc1028 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Does the 2230 and the 7260 use the same number of antenna connections? I am trying to find out if there is more to this upgrade besides flashing the BIOS and plugging in the new wireless card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octiceps Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Does the 2230 and the 7260 use the same number of antenna connections? I am trying to find out if there is more to this upgrade besides flashing the BIOS and plugging in the new wireless cardYes both have 2 antennas. It is just plug-and-play after flashing the modded BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamboo Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I also have the y510p and the intel centrino 2230, I update my Driver to 15.14.0.2 (latest for Win 8.1) yet it still loses the connection...I noticed that if you are downloading and say for example watching vids on Youtube it is more likely to drop the connection :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanetrain Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I just bought the 7260 and am going to drop that in my Y500 due to the same issues with the 2230.Will post back if any issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjulkes Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 7260ac is not working for me i have lenovo y510pIs not working at all or it just performs badly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aochan Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I'm about to buy the 7260 (and flash the BIOS before that). Some versions of the drivers never gave me problems, but I think I just messed up with something... Latest drivers don't really fix the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrylife Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Same here, dropping constantly... Rollbacked to the older driver and I don't experience it that much anymore. What Wi-Fi cards you guys prefer, which one have OSX compatibility also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robohunterx Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I've had some weird bugs on my 510p as well, same OS. I've since went to nothing but Ethernet, waaaay more stable. There's actually this obscure function called like "Data Saver" or something like that on windows, that you can find in the Windows Apps settings page, it used to cut me off when I'd hit a specific amount. Go have a check and see if that's enabled. Also try going into Safemode with Networking "Might have to google how to get Win8.1 into Safemode, something about holding ctrl, or shift when you press restart) and see if it still drops. If it works fine in Safe Mode it's probably some weird antivirus or firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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