Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300

Anyone know If its possible to replace the m15x's wireless card with the Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 without any problems?

 

Yup, tis fine, i have one sitting in my m15x right now and its running verry nicely indeed

 

Hmmm..maybe I should pickup one of these for myself!

 

There is a noticeable difference as long as the router you use also uses the N spec.

I am very pleased with mine.

 

no linux drivers though. it doesn't work for hacking etc :F I sold mine.

 

No mention of linux or hacking by the OP, so he should be fine.

 

I know this isnt strictly to the thread but does one of these work in the M9750 also?

 

Indeed, should do providing theres enough in the way of antenna cables inside(3) and a spare Mini PCI-Express Slot.

Tom

 

if i rememeber correctly there is 3 antenna in the m9750

 

The antanna shouldn't be a problem as the lids on both models have the same amount of room.

 

does the m15x have the 3 antenna's in them already?

 

yes, black gray and white. Hope that helps

 

For the record, having disassembled my Dell XPS M1730 to upgrade the video card, it has the three antenna wires as well.

I think the general guideline is that if Wifi-N is available as a system option, there will be three antenna wires, because it would be more trouble than cost savings having a "two wire" and "three wire" screen in the build process.

 

I've been considering getting the 5300... but if it doesn't work under linux very well... forget it.

90% of the networks I use are b/g anyways.

 

How about the M17x? Is it possible to replace the awful broadcom adapter with the Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 half-mini PCIe card?
The Broadcom adapter only has two antennae plugged in. Do I need three? Is it possible to use it with two or can I just use the one that is currently connected to the bluetooth card as the third antenna for the Intel WiFi card instead (I realize I'll loose bluetooth functionality, but I always have it disabled anyway)? Will that work? Are the antennae for WLAN and Bluetooth identical?
Would the full-size card work in place of the Bluetooth card? I assume the antenna cables are too short for that, though.

 

it should work just fine

 

All of the things above?

I also heard somewhere that the 5300 cards only work with mainboards that have an intel chipset, although I can't imagine that. Has anybody actually used a Intel WiFi Link 5300 card in the M17x yet?

 

I'm curious about the 2 antennae part. I thought you needed 3 to have 802.11n in the first place. Maybe I'm just spouting nonsense though..

 

Thas w my do not work in my hp firebird 760sli

 

i have a Wifi Link 5300 in my M17. with draft N

works fine.

 

That's the regular M17, not the M17x All Powerful, right?

 

I've just taken the plunge and upgraded my wireless half-mini card to an Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 A/G/N card. Installation was easy. Took out the battery, unscrewed the three palm rest screws, slid off the palm rest, unhooked the antennae, opened the retention clip, took out the old card, inserted the new one, re-attached the antennae (used the bluetooth antenna for the third WLAN antenna), slid back the cover, screwed it back on, inserted the battery and booted. Windows 7 installed drivers right away and I was good to go.
My connection is perfectly stable now, the throughput speed is great on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands (the Broadcom adapter was horrible on the 5GHz band).
Drivers are top-notch and I didn't have to do any workarounds to get the new adapter to work properly in Windows 7. I'm happy. Dell should really use Intel cards in their Alienware laptops.