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How to remove microcode firmware for intel cpus from intel-microcode because of that i cant use the wifi on my laptop. Pls help for activating wifi. I'm using ubuntu 16.04.

David Foerster
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Dipesh Jagtap
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    Sorry?! You are really making a mess of this: what does the microcode firmware (it is for your CPU) have to do with your wifi? Next: it is NOT installed so why would you need to remove it? Next: if you want your wifi working please provide the required information we need to advice you. – Rinzwind Oct 02 '16 at 07:26
  • No, it´s unrelated except in a very few cases of INTEL WiFi cards and is actually the opposite of what you mentioned, i.e., the Intel microcode IS required. But yours isn't installed and you have a Broadcom. I advise you not to get into the X-Y trap: http://xyproblem.info/ –  Oct 02 '16 at 07:28
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    @CelticWarrior Intel microcode is not related to Intel WiFi cards at all. – Pilot6 Oct 02 '16 at 10:13
  • @Pilot6 - Until recently I would have agreed but there was one or a couple of questions here where Chili555 found otherwise after extensive troubleshooting. No, I'm not making an *argument from authority* but it happens that I trust Dr. Chili a lot. However, I still think of it as quite not plausible but regardless of its validity, it has nothing to do with this case, a textbook example of the X-Y problem mentioned above. –  Oct 02 '16 at 10:21
  • @CelticWarrior My recent case involving intel-microcode was a severely broken system where correctly *installing* the microcode was one of several steps needed to get the system running smoothly enough for the wireless to work as expected. Thank you so much for your kind words. – chili555 Oct 02 '16 at 12:20
  • No, thank you for all your hard work and dedication and also this clarification. ~90% of the wireless issues I had dealt with in recent years were solved - indirectly - by you. And I also got the information about the recommended wireless encryption settings from your posts, answers and comments. –  Oct 02 '16 at 12:27

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You need to disable Secure Boot in BIOS to get your Wi-Fi working.

Microcode is irrelevant.

Pilot6
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