musorka 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kemeras 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thepharcyde 14 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead_beef 10 Posted July 13, 2014 I have the same Issue with the centrino N-2200 dropping in my Y580 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
musorka 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcool45 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
musorka 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dudeone 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oderus 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chun0327 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raven2345 10 Posted September 11, 2014 Y400 with the 2230, same problem which I am going to try and fix right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raven2345 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thinkdez 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
x3maniac 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gentlemenace 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maak 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abosamor 10 Posted September 27, 2014 7260ac is not working for me i have lenovo y510p Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonc1028 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
octiceps 256 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bamboo 12 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shanetrain 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjulkes 10 Posted January 23, 2015 7260ac is not working for me i have lenovo y510pIs not working at all or it just performs badly? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aochan 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
henrylife 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robohunterx 10 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites