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    Acer Aspire 5630 wifi replacement

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by cryogent, Oct 2, 2015.

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    Hello,
    i have an Acer Aspire 5630 and i try to replace my old wifi ( A/B/G) module with a new one from Intel (A/B/G/N) wifi 5100 agn but I have some problem with its operation, i installed, install their drivers, but does not connect, look 'disconected' even if I tried to turn it on physical button or from Network Connection.
    What I tried:
    - I reinstalled the driver from the Intel website - Nothing Happens
    - I Installed Intel PROSet / Wireless - Nothing Happens
    - I reinstalled Windows 7 - Nothing Happens
    WiFi module running just fine on another laptop,one on which I removed.
    Is there a problem with the motherboard BIOS does not support WiFi module B / G / N?
     
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    What is the brand of the laptop your removed the module from? Modules from notebooks that use whitelisting won't work even though Acer doesn't use whitelisting.
     
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    I dont now exactly which model but was a HP brand.It was of a coworker who dropped it on the floor.
     
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    More info
    Win 7 pro 32 bit
    Bios ver.2.90
     
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    That's why it won't work - white listing works two ways so to speak. BIOS checks the card and card firmware refuses to run if not in a HP laptop. The card won't work in Windows.
     
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    Okay, there is nothing to do?
    I knew modified BIOS versions that accept certain hardware update, where I could find some modified BIOS for this model of laptop?
    if there is..... :(
     
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    Laptop does not have white-listing enabled but the card will refuse to work in non-HP laptop. You can buy pretty much any card that is not meant for HP or Lenovo and it will work fine. This one won't work.
    Laptop does not have white-listing enabled but the card will refuse to work in non-HP laptop. You can buy pretty much any card that is not meant for HP or Lenovo and it will work fine. This one won't work.
     
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    Ok, I researched myself and saw that Acer not have wifi white-listing blocked or something else but the wireless card is not branded for HP,
    is like any other card from market.
    I think the laptop himself have a problem with wireless N cards.
    The card looks like this
    [​IMG]
     
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    cryogent, Oct 8, 2015
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