I'm working on a legion slim 5 with realtek 8852CE wifi adapter I tried to install drivers from lenovo site but that did not work I tried through windows update (same result) I tried some realtek drivers, and even tried an hp driver for the sake of it. I tried troubleshooting it which did nothing and tried all common methods.
The issue is the adapter seems to work but does not detect any network.
#legion slim 5 wifi issue
chilly plover
small blaze
I had to do the same
Get an intel ax210 6e card
It’s been good for me
Unbelievable that lenovo still supplies such a rubbish card
chilly plover
That's not an option for me as we are selling these laptops
cedar magnet
I wonder why
small blaze
They have the same wifi card
realtek is just bad at making wifi cards
every other person who has an issue has a realtek card
you never hear about this from someone with an intel chip
cedar magnet
Or even worse mediatek
cold patio
Realtek and mediatek both are worst wifi cards ever, was having soo many problems, finally switched to an Intel and been happy ever since
thorn jasper
They have the same wifi card
it is already told to you, either you do it or stop complaning at it lol
chilly plover
Something bizarre is we checked the laptops serial and specifications surprisingly they are supposed to have an intel wifi card
And we did open another s5 and voilla it has an intel card
broken echo
And we did open another s5 and voilla it has an intel card
it's not bizarre
they just use whatever wifi card they can get their hands on
pliant fossil
That's not an option for me as we are selling these laptops
Purge the driver first, then grab driver from Lenovo Support.
pliant fossil
Something bizarre is we checked the laptops serial and specifications surprising...
Can you provide MTM?
chilly plover
Purge the driver first, then grab driver from Lenovo Support.
Did that
chilly plover
Tbh idk
chilly plover
My guess is that the latest drivers are broken
chilly plover
Can you provide MTM?
MTM?
chilly plover
So what issue do you have
Same as I said. Card works but no wifi found
pliant fossil
Same as I said. Card works but no wifi found
Ok... do an EC reset first
chilly plover
Update: did not work same problem (at least I think I did EC reset correctly)
pliant fossil
either listen or stop comp;laning
They are laptop seller, if it is, it's not feasable to swap wifi card on all laptop.
pliant fossil
Update: did not work same problem (at least I think I did EC reset correctly)
kinda sad that last time someone managed to find a working driver for the 8852CE, they just dipped
pliant fossil
Update: did not work same problem (at least I think I did EC reset correctly)
Though odd... I suggest you create a bootable LENOVO recovery USB and reflash the machine... since other user has not been complaining about this issue for a long time except for the earliest ones.
Likely something has changed between now and then.
chilly plover
Yeah for now we'll just sell ones with intel chip until a solution appears
chilly plover
Though odd... I suggest you create a bootable LENOVO recovery USB and reflash th...
I doubt the solution is this complex all laptops we opened with this chip had the same problem (2 s7 and 1 s5) and we are sure they were never opened before if anything it's a factory issue or a driver issue
pliant fossil
I doubt the solution is this complex all laptops we opened with this chip had th...
Yes, that's why I recommend just to flash a Lenovo recovery image on
Supposedly it should be the latest image of anything lenovo ship with on the laptop
chilly plover
I'll try when I get the chance
chilly plover
Ok I've tried using my kali linux usb and surprisingly the wifi works flawlessly
So it's definitely a driver issue
pliant fossil
So it's definitely a driver issue
Yeah since other user don't report this problem any more
chilly plover
Update: we fixed it! We found a gigabyte driver version 6001.16.119.0 for the realtek 8852
pliant fossil
Update: we fixed it! We found a gigabyte driver version 6001.16.119.0 for the re...
Can you share it here too? Might be helpful for others