The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    5300 half vs. full height

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by sgogeta4, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,389
    Messages:
    10,552
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    456
    Just curious if anyone has actually tested to see if the longer antennae of the full height card makes a difference compared with the half length Intel WiFi Link 5300. Though I know there are many other factors including location on the notebook and interference from components, I just wanted to see what people think. My guess is that the difference would be miniscule and unnoticeable. Also, are there differences btw part numbers?

    Here are some P/N I've found for the 5300:
    533AN_MMW
    533AN_MMWG
    533AN_MMWG2
    533AN_MMWW
    533AN_MMWW2
    533AN_HMW
    533AN_HMWG
    533AN_HMWG2

    From what I gather, the first M/H is for full sized Minicard/Half sized card respectively, but not sure about the rest of the letters and Intel documentation only states the MMW and HMW.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 28, 2009
    #1
  2. aidil

    aidil Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    311
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The antennas are not on the card. The antennas have to be connected to the card. Thus, there's no difference between full height or half height in this point. So, what do you mean by longer antennae of the full height card?

    FYI, I have both WiFi Link 5300 versions, half and full height. Written on the labels are only 533AN_HMW and 533AN_MMW. Don't know about the extra letters.
     
    aidil, Jul 29, 2009
    #2
  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,389
    Messages:
    10,552
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    456
    Thanks, that makes a lot more sense now regarding the antennae. Still hope someone can shed light on the model numbers.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 29, 2009
    #3
  4. BlackRussian

    BlackRussian Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    239
    Messages:
    1,206
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    They do not have the same part number
    full mini part number is PCODE:533AN_MMWW RETAIL BOXED WITH software which I have.
    Item with prefix WG tend to be the half mini cards..
    So yes there is a difference.
     
    BlackRussian, Jul 29, 2009
    #4
  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,389
    Messages:
    10,552
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    456
    According to Intel, HMW should be half not those just ending with WG. For example, 533AN_MMWG should be a full sized minicard. Are you saying that this is in fact half sized?
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 29, 2009
    #5