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    Lenovo Intel 7260's in non Lenovo laptop

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by jigglywigglyx, Jul 31, 2015.

  1. jigglywigglyx

    jigglywigglyx Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a sager np8130 (Clevo p151hm1). AFAIK Clevo/Sager laptops don't have a wifi whitelist.

    I see a lot of listings on ebay for the intel 7260, but a lot of them mention Lenovo or IBM. They are $10 cheaper than the listings that don't mention that.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-7260-...-for-Lenovo-/271526130986?hash=item3f3837f52a

    Here's an example, will this work in my sager laptop? I don't see any differences.
     
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    jigglywigglyx, Jul 31, 2015
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  2. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    Yeah it should work
     
    octiceps, Jul 31, 2015
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  3. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    It won't work, sorry. The card has its own firmware which is loaded by OS and cards meant for Lenovo won't start in non-Lenovo notebooks (although I think these start under Linux since Linux handles it differently - no on Windows though)
     
    downloads, Aug 1, 2015
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  4. jigglywigglyx

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    Good thing I waited, I'll make sure to get a normal one then.

    Thanks for letting me know.
     
    jigglywigglyx, Aug 1, 2015
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    For the 7260 i am not so sure if it is differentiated. I have and read people had"normal" 7260" working in lenovo thinkpad, which was impossible with the 6xxx cards.
     
    baii, Aug 2, 2015
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