Compaq CQ60-417CA....

I just purchased this item a few days ago and realized that it only came with wireless b/g.

I have an Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN card that I would like to swap in, but there are only two wires. One black, one white. The Intel care requires a grey one as well.

So my second attempt was a Dell 1505 Draft N card that I had lying around, and it only requires two cables. The black and the white. So I installed it, but upon reboot, it states there is an unsupported wireless card and I need to remove it to continue.

Does this system have a locked BIOS that will not let you alter the system from factory specs?

Or can someone recommend a wireless N card that will work in this system. It is only used for work, but at home I like to work in my office upstairs and my router is downstairs. The signal from the b/g adapter in it current sucks.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

HP have a whitelist in their BIOS. Only cards mentioned there will be accepted. You can try editing the BIOS to add your card to the whitelist, but some have tried and it didn't work (they just got the same message).

 

Where can I see the whitelist, so I know what to purchase?

 

Call HP.