There is that nasty critter
Intel 8265ngw a chip that allows your laptop to have WiFi internally and usually a separate chip replaceable (and you will replace it), but they even build this disaster of a chip into a motherboard. Talk about sadistic…
I can buy brand new 8265 chips all day long for under 400 rubles or about $4.50. They are in everything from WiFi adapters, conversion for desktops and made to order for what seems like a billion laptops around the world. The one thing that I see and I know and I am experiencing right now is that these chips go out. They quit working very easily, cannot handle any heat buildup and if you use them, have a couple on hand to replace as you travel…
Shade-tree laptop repair can make and do make a living replacing these chips in laptops. That is interesting and I ask why are these chips so terrible? I believe that if I looked around i could find these chips for free and they might pay me to take them away… 
Intel is not shy about hiding the failure and steering you instead to their new chips AX200 and or AX210 and these chips cost way more than 8265. Which I see issues with the new chips coming to the forefront already. That makes me unsure if to even attempt to replace these Intel Chips?
MW300UH – is what we use as replacement
Everyone’s mileage will vary but, I get about 1 year out of a replacement Intel chip, no matter what model I use and if soldered into the board, Oh Well!
As a side thought, Our YOGA laptop does have a WiFi chip that has never gone out (knock on wood). I better see what that chip is? (I looked – Intel 3165NGW) Hmm, maybe I can go backwards?
The more I dive into Intel? The more nasty I find…
So we use external WiFi and never have issues anymore…
WtR
