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roshkovanv

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Registered: 22/01/12

Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 23-Jan-2012 09:54

Hi all,

I changed my wi-fi nic to an Atheros AR5b91 and hardware is locked.
I can't remove this lock from wi-fi switch or fn+F8 probably it's bios lock.

I tried to unlock it on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu so it's not caused by software.
I tried wi-fi nic on other notebook(not toshiba) and it's ok.

Can somebody help?

Thanks

Paolo30

Posts: 3,116
Registered: 21/09/09

Re: Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 23-Jan-2012 10:13

in response to: roshkovanv

Hi

For me it looks like you used not compatible Wlan module.
But I found these thread:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=79237

One user could not enable new upgraded Intel Wlan card.
According to some info, its possible to enable the Wlan card by covering the pin 13 on the miniPCI wlan card.
But to be honest I never tried this and I would use this workaround with caution.

assex

Posts: 1,853
Registered: 25/09/09

Re: Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 23-Jan-2012 20:50

in response to: roshkovanv

Out of curiosity, is this WLAN card compatible with your notebook?
Was your old card defective?

roshkovanv

Posts: 3
Registered: 22/01/12

Re: Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 24-Jan-2012 11:34

in response to: Paolo30

This not works for me

probably the only solution is to use new bios.
Maybe this solution will work for others, so I need to mention that my notebook uses mini pci express so there should be disabled pin #20
http://icelord.net/HP/pin20.2.jpg

Message was edited by: roshkovanv

Feliks

Posts: 989
Registered: 20/12/04

Re: Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 24-Jan-2012 21:56

in response to: roshkovanv

probably the only solution is to use new bios.

Toshiba doesn’t offer BIOSes that allow you usage of some additional (newer) hardware. New BIOSes offer some small fixes and not more than that so, in my opinion, BIOS is not the solution.

roshkovanv

Posts: 3
Registered: 22/01/12

Re: Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 25-Jan-2012 12:51

in response to: Feliks

"Toshiba doesn’t offer BIOSes that allow you usage of some additional (newer) hardware."
Yes, so I modified my bios and removed white-list check. And now I can insert any wifi nic

Tonny

Posts: 3,225
Registered: 21/09/09

Re: Satellite A210-27M (PSAELE) cannot use new Wlan card
Posted: 25-Jan-2012 13:26

in response to: roshkovanv

thanks for the feedback!

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