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    Will this wifi card work on my 5551?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by flyboy320, Jan 10, 2013.

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    I have a Aspire 5551-2384 and would like to upgrade the wifi card so I can use the 5ghz band from my new dual band router. My local Tigerdirect sells this card, and I'm wondering if this will work in the 5551?

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    Link doesn't work for me for some reason.
     
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    It should work fine although there are some speculation on whether or not Intel cards work fine in AMD notebooks.
    Theoretically there's no reason for them not to work.
     
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    OK, thanks downloads.

    Is there a particular card that you would recommend that you know works with the Aspire 5551 laptop (5ghz/dual band)?
     
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    Your choice is good other than the doubt towards your laptop being an AMD.

    If you want to play it safe you could buy a very good Atheros card- those that are sold as Bigfoot Killer to people who do not understand the concept of money are also sold as Atheros Something-or-other to normal users.

    For example Atheros HB112AGN aka AR9380 is a great card and also sold as Bigfoot Networks Killer Wireless-N 1103.
    While this particulat one doesn't have Bluetooth there are others that do like Atheros AR5B22 aka Bigfoot Networks Killer Wireless-N 1202.
     
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    Great, thanks a million downloads :)
     
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