I'm upgrading my wireless card for 6205 or 6235 and I was just wondering is there any big difference beside 6235 has bluetooth?
I'm not really interest in 6300 series since I have to add 3rd antennas.
It seems like price range is almost similar to each other. I looked on online and there is too many different models of 6205 and I don't know which one is right one for the laptop I'm trying to install.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
I guess it depends on two things:
1.) Is your current wireless card a wifi + bt combo card
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2.) If so, do you want bluetooth?
This should make the decision pretty easy. -
Avoid ibm/lenovo/hp branded if you dun have ibm/lenovo/hp.
If you have a ibm/lenovo/hp, ask/search in corresponding subforum/ owner lounge first. -
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typically they are cheaper on ebay or amazon , google shopping will show big box stores.
Ebay listing usually state where they pull it from and if it is a lenovo/ibm card, where other place "usually" sell genuine one( just a guess, got mine on ebay...) -
ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
A lenovo or HP branded card will generally work fine in an ASUS. It's the other way around: whitelisted BIOSes require a certain PCI ID and that's why you get the special Lenovo/IBM and HP cards. They will play fine in a non-whitelisted system like an ASUS N56.
There are a lot of fake cards out there, so be sure to buy it from a trusted reseller. -
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
I have an HP card that I have used in 3 different ASUS machines, the driver came from HP's support site.
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What chipset is that? I have a HP/lenovo 6200 and a 6300 which refuse to work in any thing other than HP/lenovo machine.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
It's an AR9300 chipset, HB112AGN card.
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afaik, only the Lenovo adapters will not work in other laptops. It might be the same for certain HP adapters though. I have an 2006 HP broadcomm adapter that i could try out and see if it works.
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because those atheros card are not "branded". Branded Intel card have different pin layout when compare to normal intel/athero/broadcom cards.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
Yeah it must be an intel thing. Where did you read about the pin layout being different?
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I forgot where I read it (or I guess it..), but the driver just don't start for those card.
Just google "intel This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
Intel also have a different pcie pin compare to normal card (atheros/broadcom), but not sure how they different ~~ -
It's clear that non-Lnovo cards won't start in Lenovo notebooks due to whitelisting but it should work the other way around.
Apparently it doesn't- but only in Windows environment. It's just an assumption though (I would bet my money on pin 13)
N 6205 or N 6235 for ASUS N56VZ-DS71
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Infinite24, Sep 29, 2012.