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Just wanted to say thanks again! Got my advanced-n 6200 wireless card in the mail and I am happily on my asus' rt-n66u 5ghz band. Sooooooo much better than N on the 2.4

Yeeaahhhh...I figured as much. Just got a little confused with the .bin extensions I saw with the backup and in the instructions. In any case, it's all good and done now Thanks for the quick reply!

Quick question. I am trying to flash my Y500 with the modified v2.02 modded bios. I have created the modded file using the 'fix' but it is generating a .rom file extension and not .bin...is this ok to flash the .rom? I mean, I dont think it makes a difference, but just wanted to make sure...thanks in advance! UPDATE: Nevermind! I did it and it worked flawlessly. Cant wait for my advanced-n card to arrive tomorrow so I can get my dual band back. My old sony vaio fw140 three years old has dual band, couldtn believe this lappy and many others do not. Thanks svl7!

No problem! We are both offering suggestions kinda blindly based on the loose info the OP provided

Need a little more info. Did you uninstall it to install an updated version? Or did you do a clean install of Windows and are in need of installing the driver again? First thing I did when I got my Y500 was create a UEFI bootable Windows 8 USB drive and did a clean install of Windows on an SSD and to remove all the bloatware and outdated drivers on the lappy. Mine came with BIOS v2.00. I had already downloaded all the newest intel drivers but I have never had any issues with the Intel RST software. - - - Updated - - - The expresscache you mentioned is correct if what he is doing is using the mSATA and the HDD. I didnt get that from his post. As for the IRST drivers, they provide an alternate AHCI driver that is also useful on single drive systems: "Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of single drives as well. Through AHCI, storage performance is improved with Native Command Queuing (NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with Link Power Management (LPM), which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive."