[request] whitelist removal on Acer Aspire 5733 or not ?

[zoom99]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, so, let me introduce mysef: I'm french (and i apologize for my English, witch is... not good at all) I'm using computers and other connected stuff since i'm 10, and normally, simply by searching in forums, i always find a solution to my problems without any post, but this time, i'm stuck.

I've got an Acer Aspire 5733, cheap laptop that i had to send back to service one week after purchase -we've got what we pay for !- It's 1,5 years old now and still running fine, bios is updated to the latest version. (1.10)

I was having trouble with the wifi card , another crappy Atheros device, and ordered an Intel 7260 HMWWB (with bluetooth) card to replace it. And here's the problem: I first tried to boot normally, and the bios seems to freeze. I tried several times without any success, so i began to search for the whitelist removal, and failed in my quest.

Then, i've got the idea to bypass the bios boot process and decided to change the wifi card after the boot , simply by putting the computer in sleep mode. So i made the card swap. And It works! After his wake up, the OS recognizes the new card and everything goes well. (Windows tested only, Elementary OS was down due to an HDD issue)
So basically, This laptop seems to support this card and is not limited by some sort of wifi whitelist (maybe ?)

But the BIOS takes a very long time to boot, freezes and in the whorst cases, stuck the laptop in a reboot loop; if i start the computer normally with this card mounted.

Because it's not easy to start up> go to sleep mode> swap the card> wake up, to use this card, i'm wondering if there's a way to mod the bios in order to correct this default or any other solutions related to the basic drivers loaded on startup.

Bios link: Here

Intel 7260 specifications pdf link: Intel 7260

Thanks for your help, i hope i've posted this thread in the right section.
Don't hesistate to send me a Mail or a PM if you need more informations.

[BDMaster]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, so, let me introduce mysef: I'm french (and i apologize for my English, witch is... not good at all) I'm using computers and other connected stuff since i'm 10, and normally, simply by searching in forums, i always find a solution to my problems without any post, but this time, i'm stuck.

I've got an Acer Aspire 5733, cheap laptop that i had to send back to service one week after purchase -we've got what we pay for !- It's 1,5 years old now and still running fine, bios is updated to the latest version. (1.10)

I was having trouble with the wifi card , another crappy Atheros device, and ordered an Intel 7260 HMWWB (with bluetooth) card to replace it. And here's the problem: I first tried to boot normally, and the bios seems to freeze. I tried several times without any success, so i began to search for the whitelist removal, and failed in my quest.

Then, i've got the idea to bypass the bios boot process and decided to change the wifi card after the boot , simply by putting the computer in sleep mode. So i made the card swap. And It works! After his wake up, the OS recognizes the new card and everything goes well. (Windows tested only, Elementary OS was down due to an HDD issue)
So basically, This laptop seems to support this card and is not limited by some sort of wifi whitelist (maybe ?)

But the BIOS takes a very long time to boot, freezes and in the whorst cases, stuck the laptop in a reboot loop; if i start the computer normally with this card mounted.

Because it's not easy to start up> go to sleep mode> swap the card> wake up, to use this card, i'm wondering if there's a way to mod the bios in order to correct this default or any other solutions related to the basic drivers loaded on startup.

Bios link: Here

Intel 7260 specifications pdf link: Intel 7260

Thanks for your help, i hope i've posted this thread in the right section.
Don't hesistate to send me a Mail or a PM if you need more informations.

Hi friends,
It sounds strange as Acer doesn't use any Whitelist (I have done many Mods and never see It) !
Only thing I remember about a same problem was reported by Camiloml and is relative at WWan Card firmware Intel (It's a problem of Card itself), so not resolvible, only using another WWan Card.
Regards

[zoom99]

Ok,

I'll be searching for a way to upgrade/flash it's firmware, if there's any, because this card is cool: i don't lost connexion every 5 minutes to hotspots, like it was with the other one. The only problem is this corrupt boot process. I'll tell you guys (in a more appropriate thread category) if i found something about.
Thanks for your quick reply.

[BDMaster]

Ok,

I'll be searching for a way to upgrade/flash it's firmware, if there's any, because this card is cool: i don't lost connexion every 5 minutes to hotspots, like it was with the other one. The only problem is this corrupt boot process. I'll tell you guys (in a more appropriate thread category) if i found something about.
Thanks for your quick reply.

Thanks for reports,
you'll find two Bios Modder about this research :

1. TTAV134
2. Camiloml

Regards