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I got my Y2P on Friday, the network card doesn't even show up when I boot up the machine. Called CS and spent a hour doing all kinds of driver update, still not showing up. In device manager, if you choose "show hidden item", it shows as not connected. All chipset, BIOS, etc. are up to date. I really have to say Lenovo's QC is piece of **bleep**. (A new out of the box $1K laptop doesn't even have a working network card, you've got to be kidding me.)
I ordered the new AC dual band card from Newegg suggested by people on this forum beforehand. replaced the old card myself on Sunday. Now it finally gets detected. I am using the intel 16.5.3 driver. However, it's still not very stable. From time to time, the network card just disappers from the device manager. (It usually happens after either waking up from sleep or a reboot). I deleted the smart connect bloatware, it helps a little bit.
I am going to give it a try for a week, if the wireless card disappear again. I will return this piece of crap and go for Surf pro 2 or, god forbid, an Apple. (Although I don't really like Apple. But I really hate to waste my time on a poorly designed, non-existent QC product like Lenovo). Which is sad because I really like the Y2P, if it works.
Sounds like you just were unlucky and got a lemon which may have bad connectors for the WiFi card. I had no issues with the WiFi card it came with, and when I upgraded to the Wireless AC card, I have not had any issues at all and have defintely not had the WiFi card disappear from the device manager at all under any circumstance.
If I were you, I'd just ask Lenovo for a replacement, as it seems like it very well could be a hardware issue. Unfortunately, even high-end companies produce some lemons. Example - my friend had a brand new Audi S5, and it randomly shut off a few times and wouldn't start up -- it ended up being an issue with the entire electrical system. They took care of him though, and that's the most important thing -- how the company will take care of it.
So hopefully you can get a replacement unit, and that one turns out to work out great for you.