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Is the T520 compatible with Intel WiDi?

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Is the T520 compatible with Intel WiDi?

#1 Post by John H » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:25 am

Does the 15.6" T520 have the Intel processor required for compatibility with Intel WiDi? That way I can buy a $100 WiDi unit from Belkin, etc., to display the T520 screen, including movies, etc., on my bigscreen LCD.
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Re: Is the T520 compatible with Intel WiDi?

#2 Post by bill bolton » Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:19 pm

John H wrote:Does the 15.6" T520 have the Intel processor required for compatibility with Intel WiDi?
If you have an Intel WiFi card in it, it will be WiDi capable.

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Re: Is the T520 compatible with Intel WiDi?

#3 Post by mixz1 » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:13 pm

Below are Intel's specs. If you ordered your T520 with the Ultimate N 6300 card your are ready. I'm using it with the Belkin Screencast box and it's perfect. One piece of advice: The Lenovo supplied drivers do not work as well as Intel's. Go to http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/de ... lds_detect and have the page autodetect your driver package. Once the Intel Widi applet is installed it will automatically inform you of software and firmware updates. Do this before you plug the Screencast in.


System Component Requirement
Processor ONE of the following:
Intel® Core™ i7: 640M; 660LM; 640LM; 620LM; 620M; 610E; 690UM; 680UM; 660UM; 640UM; 620UM; 660UE; 2710QE; 2820QM; 2720QM; 2635QM; 2630QM; 2657M; 2649M; 2629M; 2620M; 2617M; 2540M; 2520M; 2510E; 2640LM; 2620LM; 2630UM; 2610UM; 2530UM; 2920XM
Intel® Core™ i5: 580M; 560M; 540M; 520M; 480M; 460M; 450M; 430M; 580UM; 560UM; 540UM; 520UM; 470UM; 430UM; 2540M; 2520M; 2410M; 2537M
Intel® Core™ i3: 390M; 380M; 370M; 350M; 330M; 330E; 2310M
Graphics Intel® HD Graphics
Wireless ONE of the following:
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000, 1030
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200, 6205, or 6230
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300
Software Intel® My WiFi Technology (Intel® MWT)2 and Intel® Wireless Display1 must be pre-installed and enabled.
OS Windows 7 64-bit*, Home Premium, Ultimate or Professional
Windows 7 32-bit*, Home Premium, Ultimate, Professional or Basic
T440p Win 10 Pro 8 gig memory 500 GB ssd
T520 W7 Pro 8 GB memory
A31/p XP Pro 1 GB memory
A30/p XP Pro 1 GB memory
TP600 Win 2K 288 mb memory
701C Win 98 Don't ask

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