Well, i've made my own investigation. Here's the result, and the main is that my wi-fi (ath9k) doesn't work. *** Wireless in BIOS is turned on I turned on Atheros in Windows XP and edit blacklist.conf in this way: # wifi - drivers conflict blacklist iwlagn blacklist ath9k by pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i can get such a responces: viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no String "1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no" cannot be changed. Network applet doesn't see any wireless device at all (even blocked or turned off). *** Now i turned off Atheros in Windows XP Edit blacklist.conf in this way: # wifi - drivers conflict # blacklist iwlagn # blacklist ath9k and by pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i can get such a responces: viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes String "1: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes" connot be changed. Network applet showing that wireless device is blocked. *** I left Atheros turned off in Windows XP But edit blacklist.conf in this way: # wifi - drivers conflict blacklist iwlagn blacklist ath9k By pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i can get such a responces: viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Network applet doesn't see any wireless device at all (even blocked or turned off). *** Now i turned on Atheros in Windows XP again Edit blacklist.conf in this way: # wifi - drivers conflict # blacklist iwlagn # blacklist ath9k By pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i've got following responces: viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list So "1: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes" can not be changed by switch. Nettool shows that wi-fi is hardware blocked. *** Else i've tried to blacklist iwlagn and ath5k drivers while wifi was disabled in windows, nothing good.