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CW: complaining about technology
Ah, yes, #computers...
On this T520 #Thinkpad the SSD failed (random freezes/FS corruption). While replacing the #SSD I figured it makes sense to swap the Wifi card as the old one does not like my new Wifi APs (super low data rate, like 100 KB/sec after some kernel update ??).
Anyway to swap the wifi card I need to install a #modbios from 2016 I found on some random Google drive to get rid of the stupid #whitelist. I was able to change the PCI ID on some other cards with some random tool (identifying the card as ethernet card and fooling the BIOS), but not on this one.
So I installed some "windows 7 ultralite" to run the BIOS flash software.
But it refuses to run, as the battery is at 9% and wont charge from sitting so long. The battery went down to 7% while "charging" so I guess it is ewaste. Or just needs some hours on the charger... who knows.
Computers. Are. So. Much. Fun.