I was looking on fleebay for a new wireless card/etc...
I noticed that alot of the 6300/6200 intel cards are OEM cards. Is there any diffrence between a dell/HP/lenovo 6300 and an "actual" intel 6300?
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Intel IBM 6300 Wifi Wireless Card 410 410S X201i x201 - eBay (item 220759055264 end time Apr-22-11 02:57:23 PDT)
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Newegg.com - Intel Ultimate N 633ANHMW Mini PCI Express Ultimate N 633ANHMW Wireless Adapter Up to 450Mbps Wireless Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA, WPA2
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OEM wifi cards and "actual" wifi cards are exactly the same.
OEM simply refers to a manufacturer of equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. It's essentially the same product. -
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Same product, but generally warranties, differ. OEMs usually don't have as good a warranty as a retail/"actual" product.
That said, the warranty on the OEM is usually more than enough. -
FYI - The cards themselves are generally the same but they might have a different EPROM when comparing the OEM vs "actual" ones.
Lenovo laptops wont take the one from Newegg, you can install it just fine but the system will not boot or allow it to work. In those cases you gotta get the Lenovo/IBM version or hack the BIOS to disable it. The ones from Hong Kong are sometimes fake ones as well. -
I was planing on getting the one from newegg and use it in my M11X
I'm still deciding between the 6200($20 ish on fleabay) and the 6300($35) -
The M11x only has 2 antenna's for Wifi so the 6200 is perfect. The 6300 can use 3 antenna's.
OEM intel 6300 VS "actual" intel 6300?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by whitrzac, Apr 2, 2011.