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    Dual Band Wifi Card Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Drippyuk, Oct 20, 2013.

  1. Drippyuk

    Drippyuk Newbie

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    Hi
    i want to upgrade by standard wifi card to be able to get dual band.
    Talked to the people at HP by they just gave me a list of card that are compatible with my laptop, none that i can see are dual band.
    Has anybody done this , or know of a card that i can use.

    Pavilion g6
    Product A3B46EA#ABU
    Model G6-1220SA
    Wifi card Realtek RTL8188CE

    any help would be much appreciated ,
    before i have to go with a USB adapter .

    Thanks
     
    Drippyuk, Oct 20, 2013
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    The first thing you should look at is whether the wireless adapter is whitelisted in the bios or not. HP used to do this, they still do, but not as much as before according to things I've heard. If there is no whitelist, you can go nuts with any generic adapter, if there is a whitelist, I'm afraid you're SOL.
     
    tijo, Oct 21, 2013
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  3. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    I'm fairly certain that there is a whitelist in place. Finding a modded BIOS should not be that difficult, though, if one is up for flashing it...

    Good luck.
     
    ajkula66, Oct 21, 2013
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    It may not have one of it is trinity apu, but if it is llano then definitely have whitelist.
     
    baii, Oct 21, 2013
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    Drippyuk Newbie

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    Thanks for all the answers.
    I'll keep looking but not sure about flashing the bios.

    Cheers
     
    Drippyuk, Oct 22, 2013
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    quick google say it is a llano model, yea so flash bios or not happening ~~.
     
    baii, Oct 22, 2013
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