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January 19, 2015

Finally! It worked! I am totally ecstatic! Thank you to everyone especially svl7 for figuring this out for the community of Y510P purchasers. Lenovo is pretty rude for whitelisting our systems. Sorry for the multiple posts. I hope whoever else is looking for this mod that these posts will help.

January 19, 2015

Ok I had a noob attack again. I got it figured out, I came across this site http://www.thecosmosphere.com/how-to-remove-bios-wlan-whitelist-from-lenovo-y410py510p/

and got it fixed. I found this tool http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/9856-Universal-BIOS-Backup-Toolkit

which got my bios copied properly. Now I am about to downgrade to 2.07 and see how it goes.

January 19, 2015

run backup.bat from Admin command prompt.

Thats the thing, when I run from admin the command prompt just flashes real quick and thats it. It does nothing else.

Any ideas?

January 14, 2015

Ok I am a noob at this and I just cannot get this to work. I have tried for the last week researching and trying different ways to backup my bios. Nothing is working. The supplied tool isnt working, my wireless card now is spotty and I am out of warranty. I tried skipping the backup step but the bios backup is required. Can you take me step by step of everything I need to do to get my wireless card to work. I got the 7260 wireless card.

(1) - Create a backup of your own BIOS (now v3.05) by using this tool.

Extract the files and run the included .bat file from an admin command prompt.

January 14, 2015

I agree, cause when I was researching laptops for around $1000 the setup of the y510p is what drew me to it and the price. But now 1 year later, my wireless goes out on its own and it throttles 100% occasionally and now recently it wont start up. I would like to be able to use my home phone without losing internet connection. Or not have issues with the bluetooth.

January 13, 2015

Again I was just cut off from the internet for some reason, dont know why since the phone didnt ring and no remote around me. It is getting worse and I am about to make this laptop the new style of frisbee!

January 13, 2015

Well I have been trying to flash my bios so that I can change my wireless card to 7260 + bluetooth but to no avail. I think my usb drive isnt done properly. I got the EC part to flash not the bios though. So I have posted atleast 5 posts to be able to see the links but nobody has approved them yet. I have school work to catch up on and I am starting to really regret buying this laptop. It has gotten quite buggy lately with the wireless and then it started throttling to where it was using 100 percent of the processor and causing it to get hot just as I started it up. I have no idea why it did that starting up. It also wouldnt start up at all, it just went to the lenovo screen and stayed there and then I shut it down and pushed the power button and it wouldnt even start up at all. I thought it was the HD but it is fine. So it is becoming more and more buggy. Getting tired of it!

January 12, 2015

Solved the "BIOS version compare error" by backtracking the posts related to v3.05, and thanks to PlaZing's post at page 98 I found out what the problem was, I needed to turn on the Bios flash back option in BIOS itself...I think this information should go on first page along with the rest of instructions related to flashing. PlaZing's post was very informative and I thank him for that. Now back to flashing to v3.05_mod.

I have the same system as you, so did the BIOS flash work for you? I just got my 7260 today and want to flash my bios to get it to work.

January 7, 2015

Ok I just found the parts list for the Lenovo Y510P and I believe the 410 wireless cards. These seem to be the approved wireless cards. They are under the hardware and maintenance manuals on the Lenovo website.

Laptops and netbooks :: IdeaPad Y Series laptops :: IdeaPad Y510p Notebook - Lenovo Support (US)

12 WLAN, WiFi 2x2 BGN+BT4.0, Intel 2230 BGN+BT M PCIE HMC ----20200078 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi 1x1 BGN, Cbt BCM94313HMG 1x1BGN HMC----20200102 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi 1x1 BGN, Liteon HB125 1x1BGN HMC 20200223 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi AC+BT4.0, Ltn BCM4352+20702---2x2AC+BT4.0 HMC(Y410p)---20200381 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi 2x2 ABGN+BT4.0, Cbt BCM943228HMB 2x2ABGN+BT4.0 HMC(Y410p)---20200221 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi 2x2 ABGN+BT4.0, Liteon WB222 2x2ABGN+BT4.0 HMC(Y410p)---20200225 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi 1x1 BGN+BT4.0, Cbt BCM943142HM 1x1BGN+BT4.0 HMC---20200222 (FRU#)

12 WLAN, WiFi 1x1 BGN+BT4.0, Liteon WB225---1x1BGN+BT4.0 HMC---20200224 (FRU#)

Member Introduction Thread - Post Here! · January 7, 2015

I came across this site by asking about the white lists of Lenovo laptops. I want to know what is on the list because I need a new wireless card. My intel 2230 is driving me crazy! I still haven't found anything about the white list itself and how to open it up. I really want to avoid flashing my BIOS.

January 7, 2015

Lenovo Y510P

Intel Core I7 4700MQ

12gb ram DDR3

Windows 8.1

2 Nvidia GeForce GT 750M

Im not very happy right now because the wireless card (intel 2230) cuts off when I use my wireless mouse or get on the wireless phone. It will cut out for no reason also. So I ordered a Intel Dual Band Wireless-N 7260 - Network adapter - PCI Express Half Mini Card - from Tiger Direct just hoping BIOS will accept it without issues.

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Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

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Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

Lenovo Y410p / Y510p - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod / vbios mod

Alternative to hacking. Lenovo approved for ideapad y500

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