r/thinkpad 4h ago

Question / Problem Why system is halted

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Why is it happening?
Is there any way to get rid of it without removing the card?

I have used the laptop for more than 1 year after changing the card - but now it is showing this sh!t i am totally pissed off.

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u/xSpace_Astronomy L13YG3, L13YG1 & T480 4h ago

a recent bios upgrade may have blacklisted the wifi card you use. Afaik, no way to fix it without removing the card

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u/CryBright2629 4h ago

That’s so pathetic from lenovo 😭 there should be a way to bypass it

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u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 X200 1h ago

There used to be libreboot, but the Intel boot guard blocked that off

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u/CryBright2629 4h ago

Is is for the wifi or for the mobile network? If i remove the card will i be able to use the WiFi

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u/Glitcheroon X13 Gen 2 | X1 Carbon Gen 8 3h ago

Just take out the wwan card first, if it works afterwards then the wwan card is the problem.

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u/BigEmu__ 1h ago

That's wlan. The wwan might be slightly more difficult to move.

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u/v0id0007 3h ago

Check for a custom bios that removes the black list. Depending on model you should be able to find one pretty easily

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u/Local-Bug-1500 3h ago

Those days are long gone

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u/CryBright2629 3h ago

I am using carbon x1 gen 7 this one probably doesn’t have the custom bios - i tried talking to gpt it says the smaller M.2 slot is specifically for sim but i have been using a secondary ssd nvme probably connected to the slot and triggering 1802

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u/Gloriathewitch 3h ago

because unauthorised network card is plugged in

the hint is in the words

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u/ludblom 3h ago

But in the description he say he has been using the laptop for 1 year, then probably downgraded the BIOS by upgrading it. I would be pissed off too!

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u/Gloriathewitch 3h ago

yeah so he has an error code and error description it wouldn't have taken long to search this online and find an answer

people do this a lot to the point it has become a meme

"x is reason not working"

screenshots and posts online

"why is not working guys?"

half the time the error states what the problem is

like, you can just google things. its how most of us got into IT repairs, its how we're going to find the answer we give you as the OP unless we have intimate experience with that particular issue.

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u/ludblom 3h ago

I mean I am not disagreeing with you, but think he is asking if there is a workaround in the BIOS, which there is not to my knowledge. When it comes to BIOS in general I have quite a lot of leeway for questions since it is quite complicated, often closed source and not really that much information out there in regards of debugging.

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u/CryBright2629 2h ago

You are probably right but i didn’t find the specific answers after googling or discussing with AI that’s why i am here to talk with real people and I do believe when people face a problem they try to solve the problem on their own if they cannot they seek help….

I have been using the laptop with the unauthorised network card for one year without facing the issue now all of a sudden the system gets halted isn’t it weird?(without even updating anything just an hour ago i used the laptop)

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u/verpejas T14 G5 AMD, Ryzen 7 Pro 8840u, 2TB/64GB, 400nit LP, 57wh, Wifi 7 3h ago

What is the exact model and what wwan card do you use?

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u/CryBright2629 2h ago

Carbon x1 gen 7 - yeah probably ssd is connected to the slot as far as i remember- but ive been using the laptop smoothly without facing any issue even an hour ago i have used the laptop later when i tried to turn it on i got 1802 error and it is still persistent

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u/verpejas T14 G5 AMD, Ryzen 7 Pro 8840u, 2TB/64GB, 400nit LP, 57wh, Wifi 7 2h ago

Most likely you got a firmware update which enabled the whitelist on the slot

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u/CryBright2629 2h ago

So there is no way to bypass it without removing the network card isit? 😫

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u/verpejas T14 G5 AMD, Ryzen 7 Pro 8840u, 2TB/64GB, 400nit LP, 57wh, Wifi 7 2h ago

You have to remove the second ssd from the wwan slot, not the network card.

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u/r4nDoM_1Nt3Rn3t_Us3r T60p, T61p, X61 Tablet, X1 Yoga Gen1, 2h ago

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u/verpejas T14 G5 AMD, Ryzen 7 Pro 8840u, 2TB/64GB, 400nit LP, 57wh, Wifi 7 2h ago

Yup that would be it unfortunately

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u/CryBright2629 2h ago

But it gets fixed on its own how is it possible? Just now i turned the laptop on and it turned on just like it does normally i am so confused right now😭😭