Lenovo Y50 -- Replaced hard drive with new SSD, now having WiFi driver issues

straynode

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Hello,

I recently purchased a Lenovo Y50 and replaced the hard drive with a Samsung SSD. Initially, I cloned the original drive on to the new SSD and everything was fine. Then I attempted to perform a factory reset and was told that I didn't have the recovery media.

Apparently there is a recovery partition on stock Lenovo hard drives that wasn't cloned over. So, I connected the original hard drive via USB and performed the factory reset successfully. Everything works great, except for one thing...

I am currently writing this post via my laptop and its ethernet connection. Every time I attempt to connect via WiFi, I am shown a "limited" connection.

The WLAN driver appears to be installed correctly, and my computer detects the right network. However, there is no connection.

Your help is much appreciated!
 

straynode

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I did as you said, but the problem persists. I was previously able to connect to WiFi on the original hard drive; in terms of hardware, nothing else has changed. The wireless component is still inside my laptop and it detects available networks. There must be something I can do, right?
 

straynode

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Alright, I bought the USB adapter. Will report back when it arrives!
 

Dealer of Aces

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Another option is if you still have the original hard drive with your old data on it you can purchase a usb to sata cable over amazon. I purchased one for 15 and cloned my OEM hdd to my new samsung 840 evo and it worked perfect. I didn't have to reinstall anything. Hope this helps. Your old wifi should not have been damaged so you shouldn't need a usb wifi adapter for it to work properly.

(I have the same laptop)
 

kRx

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I just experienced the same thing.

I have a Samsung NP305U1A. I successfully cloned my 500GB HDD to a Samsung EVO 250GB using the provided Samsung Data Migration software. Everything went well and booted flawlessly. On the new SSD, I noted my WIFI connection detects the 2 Wifi networks in my house but COULD not establish the connection. I even performed a Factory reset/recover of the laptop on the SSD already and this did not work either. At this point I bought a USB wifi adapter, and I was able to download newer driver for my Wifi device, again this did not solve the issue. After this, I removed my SSD and installed my OEM HDD, and there the OEM WIFI device worked again.

Where is the problem here?

I thought that the Wifi device inside my laptop could already be physically damaged since even after a Factory reset it did not work. In fact it is the only one device that did not work after the factory reset using Samsung recovery solution.

Thankyou.
 

Danish Viking

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I ended up in this thread because I have odd problems regarding my own T520 and a Intel ssd originally from an Lenovo X540. Cant reboot but no problems with close and power on. Very wierd.

Based on what I read here I think that some kind of radiation from the disk could be the problem. Does it sound plausible? I dont know but some of Lenovos disks is mounted in a little bag made of cardboard and alufoil.
 

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Can you describe in more detail what are the odd problems with the notebook?
 

Danish Viking

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My post was supposed to be an answer to "Straynode". Not to start a new problem :)

The "odd" thing about my T520 is that it boots and works fine, but it cant reboot (cant see the disk). I have to shut it off and then on to work. PC and disk F/W is up to date and the disk is an original Lenovo (actually Intel opal drive) from an x540.

In the (very) old days one could have timing issues on a rotationdisk if it had a large number of plates but that cant be the reason here. Normally I'm not that easily fooled. Maybe the disk is too modern :)