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    Upgrade Wireless and Bluetooth on FX P-7805U

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by johnnydugood, Nov 7, 2011.

  1. johnnydugood

    johnnydugood Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have maxed out my P-7805U - X9100 - 8 GB DDR 3 Hyper X - 2 WD 500 Blacks in RAID 0 , added BlueRayReader/Lightscribe burner- replaced the screen w/WXUGA 1900x 1200 NEC - IC7'd the CPU and GPU - everything is working OK - Just wanted to upgrade the wireless from the stock and add bluetooth without cracking it open - found this add on card

    INTEL Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 Wireless and Bluetooh Module, IEEE 802.11a/g/n, 11/54/300 Mbps, Internal PCIe Half Mini Card : AVADirect Custom Computer Component

    wondering if I can place it with an adapter in the full slot and not the mini I think there are only two antennas on the stock. Any help would be high appreciated at all. Many thanks in advance
     
    johnnydugood, Nov 7, 2011
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    khetik Notebook Deity

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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    The P7805 is known not to work well with network cards in the mini slot. You can replace the regular card but you have to get the original card out of cmos. Even then I think other here have had some issues. You can cheat with the BT module and just crack open the front though.
     
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    Did not know install the BT module by prying the front hopefully the plastics involved will be a little forgiving.
     
    johnnydugood, Nov 9, 2011
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    Did mine with no issue at all. just rememeber after drivers are in FN+F2.......
     
    TANWare, Nov 10, 2011
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