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    upgrading laptop wifi mini pci-e card - help

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by scentedstars, Feb 28, 2009.

  1. scentedstars

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    currently have Acer extensa 5220 – specs – http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/product.do;jsessionid=240C6FAEE19BAFE232458E5EB2D6C331.public_a_14c?kcond4e.c2att92=122&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&link=ln32e&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&inu7e.current.c2att92=122&rcond10e.c2att1=17&rcond21e.c2att1=17&kcond5e.c2att92=122&inu3e.current.c2att92=122&acond23=UK&sp=page5e&rcond11e.att21k=1&ctx1g.c2att92=122&kcond7e.c2att101=42661&rcond16e.c2att92=122&ctx2.c2att1=17&rcond22e.att21k=1&ctx1.att21k=1&rcond9e.c2att92=122&CRC=2845349246

    I want to know if I am able to upgrade the inbuilt wifi card from the current one (Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® solution supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology) to a N card.

    The current card has 2 connection points at the top.

    The two cards I am looking at are.....

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Intel-Wifi-5100-Wireless-N-802-11N-Mini-PCI-E-Card-300M_W0QQitemZ130290115523QQihZ003QQcategoryZ31534QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

    and

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HP-NC9420-C500-802-11N-300M-Wireless-PCI-Express-Card_W0QQitemZ130290107820QQihZ003QQcategoryZ80060QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

    is it as simple as old card out new card in? Will I have any compatiblity problems? BIOS problems?

    using vista home basic.


    The card currently in the laptop is a broadcom card.

    I tried installing the Intel wifi 5100 wireless N card (i took it out of another laptop). It came up with error 10.

    installed the drivers, still would not work.

    Got told about a whitelist?
    Is there anyway around the whitelist? And how can I find out what my laptop will accept in the way of wireless cards.

    It is a mini pci-e card.

    Would the laptop accept the broadcom n card more likely over the intel n card?
     
    scentedstars, Feb 28, 2009
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