I have a laptop that has a PCI-e "G" card. I am wanting to upgrade to a "N" card. Will the wireless "N" card work with on the two antenna wires that are in the laptop?
Thanks,
Greg
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I don't believe it will; the N card requires three antenna leads. However, all is not lost, as you may be able to add the third lead yourself. No guarantees, but the _Sony owner in this thread did just that, and was able to replace a 3945 card with a 4965AGN card.
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What brand/model is it? My inspiron 1420 came with a G card but had the 3rd lead. I'd open it up and see if you have the 3rd lead.
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It does not have the extra antenna wire. I am looking to replace the original Broadcom card that came in the notebook. It gets really poor reception.
Product Name C717NR
Product Number GR993UA#ABA
Microprocessor 1.46 GHz Intel Pentium dual core processor T2310
Microprocessor Cache 1 MB L2 Cache
Memory 1024MB (2 x 512 MB)
Memory Max Up to 1 GB DDR2
Video Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Video Memory Up to 251MB
Hard Drive 80 GB (5400 rpm)
Multimedia Drive Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 15.4" WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)
Fax/Modem High speed 56K modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity 802.11 b/g WLAN
Sound Altec Lansing speakers
Keyboard 101 key compatible
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
External Ports
* 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
* 3 Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0
* 1 VGA (15-pin)
* 1 RJ-11 (modem)
* 1 TV-Out (S-video)
* 1 RJ -45 (LAN)
* 1 headphone-out
* 1 microphone-in -
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If it doesn't come with the third antenna, you could do as the person who wrote the message that I linked to did and order the third antenna wire.
Replacing G card with N card
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Haligan, Jul 30, 2008.