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Worked like a charm, thanks svl7!

Hey svl7 I needed to reinstall windows 8 after the bios unlock because I switched the hard drive to an SSD, and now the built in product key for v8.01 is incomplete (Not activating and only showing a partial key). Is there any way of fixing this? EDIT: I talked to Microsoft about this and they confirmed the product key was incomplete.

Yes! v8.01 works like a charm, thank you svl7!

Thanks I'll try it out!

Has anyone been able to succesfully flash bios v8.01 yet??

I updated the Centrino 2200 driver first. Then upgraded to Windows 8 Pro. It was after upgrading and downloading all the O/S required updates that I saw a solid connection. So whether you update the WLAN driver first or WIN 8 Pro first, it does not matter. But in my case how I went about, I would have to say the WIN 8 Professional version must have done the solid connection.

I tried Windows 8 for a little while but found the metro interface a little...discouraging. I was just wondering if the card with the Intel update will stop dropping connections.

Mine used to do that too.. I would lose a connection almost evey 30-45mins of use. Yesterday, I downloaded UBUNTU (~800MB) with it, completed without an interrruption/disconnect. Connection holds solid now, but I prefer to install my 6205 card.

Did you upgrade the driver to get a solid signal?

Is it possible to hook up the msata and an ssd together in RAID0?

In regards to a whitelist BIOS and this weak 2200 card. Two weeks ago I upgraded Windows 8 on my Y580 to Windows 8 Pro (39.99) and updated the Intel Centrino 2200 software to ver.15.5.6.48. Until now, I would have to say as a temporary fix, it's been a solid wireless connection without a single disconnect throughout the house.

Have you tried downloading anything big? My 2200 card drops the signal after about 20 minutes or so of downloading.

I have the Newegg.com - lenovo IdeaPad Y580 (59345717) Notebook Intel Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD Blu-ray Combo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M, which came with bios v8.01 (5DCN90WW). Has anyone tried to rollback to bios v8.00?

Also, will downgrading to Windows 7 make a difference in the updating process? I heard some manufacturers designed special bios updates to boost compatibility wuth Windows 8...

Does anyone know if its possible to go from BIOS 5DCN90WW to the 2.07 version?