I have a HP dv5t with a G-card wireless. Can I upgrade to N-card? If so, how can I do that?
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Two ways. One is to take the plastic housing appart and remove the old wireless G and buy a new ndraft on ebay. The spec for those type of cards is mini-pci. Voids warranty though.
Or buy a pcmcia/express card ndraft wireless. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=n+draft+pcmcia -
quote below is accurate, however option 1 has a few caveats:
-there is no guarantee the BIOS on the unit will support a different card, so you might end up installing the thing and having it not be recognized at any level (and you likely won't get any help from HP there)
-the .11n spec supports 3x3 MIMO, meaning that an internal adapter will likely have 3 antenna posts instead of 2 like your g adapter. if your chassis doesn't have a 3rd antenna you are looking at either running the card with only 2 antennas (don't know what effect that would have but it can't be good) or installing a 3rd one (probably tearing down the LCD frame and chassis for installation and cable routing)
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So it means that I have to buy a pcmcia/express card ndraft wireless, right?
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sometimes they work better than the internal ones for mass distribution(likely quality)
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thank you, wlan man. Which one do you think better? the minipcie cards or the USB?
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after taking a look at your link, I choose this one, is it ok? GIGABYTE GN-WI06N 802.11N a/b/g/n draft 2.0 miniPCI wireless - Atheros AR5008 chipset AirCruiser N300 Dual Band Mini Card
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Do make sure it is supported in the HP BIOS as white listed.
HP are notorious for WLAN caerds not working as they are not white listed
confused at upgrading notebook wireless card, please help!
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by nhanphan1990, Feb 25, 2009.