Found HP Approved Dual Band Wireless-N for dv7tqe

Ralink RT3592BC8 802.11a/b/g/n 2x2 WiFi Adapter + Bluetooth
HP P/N: 630813-001
FCC ID: VQF-RT3592BC8
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WORKING BIOS VERSIONS:

Code:

BIOS Version	BIOS Filename	Notes
F.16		sp56663		
F.12		sp55375		Confirmed; running on my dv7-6c00
F.1B		sp55068		Confirmed
F.02		sp54846		Confirmed
F.1A		sp54024		Confirmed
Updated 4/7/2012

NEW! Updated driver for the Ralink WiFi card: sp56036.exe (version 3.2.7.0)
NEW! Working Bluetooth driver: sp55063.exe (version 3.0.43.307)

This is currently for INTEL laptops only; I haven't looked at any AMD BIOS files, and one poster reports that the card did not work on his dv6z.

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Original Post:

In the threads discussing upgrading the Intel Wireless-N 1030 to dual band, I haven't seen this card mentioned, but if I missed it and I'm repeating old news, I apologize. (EDIT: seems this was posted on mydigitallife by zuvieltext)

I have a dv7-6c00 I received beginning of February 2012 and I wasn't happy with the built-in wireless card, but the BIOS mods didn't seem very stable either (i.e. you can't save changes to BIOS settings after installing the modded version). I decided to take a look through the BIOS code on my own and was able to locate the FCC ID whitelist, which is where I found this card listed.

From what I can find, this card is actually sold by HP for some of its business laptops but for whatever reason it's listed in our whitelist. The cards are available from Hong Kong on eBay for 25 bucks by searching for "630813-001". I just received mine today (took about 2 weeks or so) and it installed perfectly, the bluetooth and Wifi is working fine. I don't have a Wireless-N router to test it with yet, but the important part is the BIOS accepted it and the drivers are working. HP Connection Manager also recognizes it, and the wifi button on the keyboard is operable as well. There are drivers for this card actually listed under the dv7-6c00 on the HP support site, although the link only says Ralink b/g/n, but then if you click through, it lists several more Ralink adapters including this one, the a/b/g/n.

Driver file name: sp55805.exe
Link

Here are some screenshots, photos, etc in case anyone else is interested in trying this.

BIOS Details


Device Manager


Hardware IDs


Actual Card



I hope this is helpful to someone and if you need any more info than what I included just let me know.

 

Thanks iyshannon for the post and link to the driver. I know there are a lot of frustrated people including myself that are looking for a way to upgrade their dv7t-6xxx series to dual band 802.11 a/b/g/n. After months of trying to find a "modified BIOS", someone (zuvieltext - mydigitallife.com) on one of the "BIOS Mods" forums found the same thing you did and posted his findings in a response to me. I ordered the card about two (2) weeks ago and should be here in a day or so according to the tracking number.

Right now there is a seller that has this card for $14.00 with free shipping, pretty good bargain for people looking for a dual band 802.11 a/b/g/n upgrade for their dv7t-6xxx.

If you don't mind me asking a couple of questions, what modded BIOS worked on your dv7-6c00 and did you install the Ralink drivers before you installed the card or after?

Just noticed this was your first post (a good one too!), Welcome!

Thanks again and I'll report back when my card gets here.

 

OhioLefty,

The way I interpret this post is that this card is approved in the current BIOS. F.12

I also have the dv7t-6c00 CTO Quad Edition. When I first saw this post first thing I thought of was you , then I saw your reply, hehe I wasn't suprised to see you here. I have been lurking on this issue.

Look at the driver link iyshannon posted. This driver is specific to our model. HP just doesn't list this card until you peek in on the "more info" section.

I ordered this card immediately ($14 nice price). Let me know your luck when you receive yours.

Thanks,
Dennis

 

I read iyshannon's post the same way you did. I was asking about the "modded BIOS" he talked about being unstable. I'm not sure if he actually found one that somewhat worked. I was just curious since I had been looking for one for so long.

As of 6:28p Thur., March 15th, my card is in Cleveland, OH. I'm about three (3) hours south of Cleveland so I'm hoping to have it tomorrow (Fri.). I'll post results as soon as I get it installed.

Later...

 

So this could work on the 6100 series as I'm interested too.

Thanks

 

I'm also curious if this will work on a dv6t 6100 series with the F.1B bios

 

Hi guys,

I have not actually installed a modded BIOS on my system; I was looking for awhile but the impression that I got was that the RSA signed BIOS like we have can be modded but will "semi-brick" if you change the BIOS settings after modding, explained by camilo here.

I installed the driver after the card was installed, and I installed the card very carefully and checked each step before going on because I didn't want to close anything up and have to open it again; not sure if it's just me but the bottom cover doesn't seem like it would survive being removed more than a few times. The only thing the "release" switch did was push up the plastic so I could pull it open. Is that what it's supposed to do? I was cringing when I pulled it open.

Steps:

• Removed the old card, installed the new card (I didn't bother connecting the antenna at this point)
• Turned it on to test, booted up fine, showed up in windows as 802.11 a/b/g/n Wifi Card or something like that, plus some unknown devices which were bluetooth related.
• Shutdown, connected the antenna cables (they seem like they would be easy to damage so that's why I didn't connect them the first time)
• Booted up again, installed the sp55805 driver and it found everything almost immediately.
• Connected to wifi, done.

dirtyfingers & lmanlo, I will download the dv6t F.1B BIOS and take a look to see what cards are listed.

I ordered a refurbished Linksys E3200, which is supposed to arrive today, so I will post an update after I've set it up.

Update:

Good news, this card should work for the F.1B BIOS (sp55068) too!

 

THanks for checking up. That clears things up. Not sure when I'll order but will when I get funds for it.

 

It's sort of. I mention it a couple of times before but I didn't get any reactions [well, except from OhioLefty].




BTW: Here's a whitelist list: [for the 6cxx]

Code:

VID     PID     SVID    SPID    NAME
0x14e4  0x4727  0x103c  0x1795  QDS-BRCM1051L
0x1814  0x5390  0x103c  0x1636  VQF-RT5390      Ralink 5390GN 802.11b/g/n 1x1 WiFi Adapter
0x14e4  0x4727  0x103c  0x145c  QDS-BRCM1050
0x1814  0x539f  0x103c  0x1637  VQF-RT5390BC8   ?? Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/nr ??
0x184f  0x2000  0x103c  0x1637  VQF-RT5390BC8   ?? Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/nr ??
0x1814  0x3592  0x103c  0x1638  VQF-RT3592BC8   Ralink 3592BC8  802.11a/b/g/n
0x14e4  0x4727  0x103c  0x1483  QDS-BRCM1051    Matador 802.11bgn/BT combo Adapter
0x03f0  0x331d  0x0000  0x0000  QDS-BRCM1051

0x8086  0x0083  0x8086  0x1305                  Intel Wi-Fi Link 1000
0x8086  0x0885  0x8086  0x1305                  Intel wiMAX 6150V
0x8086  0x0886  0x8086  0x1305                  Intel wiMAX 6150V
0x8086  0x008b  0x8086  0x5315  PD911230BNHU    Rainbow peak 1x2 MA
0x8086  0x808a  0x8086  0x5305                  Rainbow peak 1x2 MA
0x8086  0x0084  0x8086  0x1315  PD9112BNHU      Condor Peak 1x2 bgn (MA)

0x10ec  0x8176  0x103c  0x1629  TX2-RTL8188CE   Thunderbird2 1x1 b/g/n

0x168c  0x0032  0x103c  0x1785  AR5B225         Maryann)
0x8086  0x0083  0x8086  0x1305                  Condor Peak 1x2 bgn (MA)

 

Thanks for looking! Reps 4 U! When the bios gets updated is it likely that they would take the card off the whitelist or do they usually leave it the same?

 

Nah, this card's SPS# is listed in the official Service and Maintenance Guide for the Laptop! [Although under a wrong name!]

 

I don't think the "official Service and Maintenance Guide for the Laptop", means jack when it comes to wifi application.

Here is the list for wifi devices in the remove and replace section of the guide for the dv7t-6c00. The Ralink a/b/g/n card is not even listed in the guide but is in the whitelist.

If what is listed here means anything then why can I not install an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 WLAN module in my dv7t-6c00?

The whole reason for this issue is because of HP's inaccuracy in documentation and BIOS release development.

This guide was not even available when I received my dv7t-6c00. It wasn't available for about 4 weeks after I received the laptop. I received the laptop around 1-1-2012 and I downloaded the guide 2-1-2012.

I know I'm not the only one but would not have purchased this laptop had I known that it could not be upgraded to 5Ghz wifi.

Don't get me started on what's in that guide.

 

My Ralink 3592BC8 802.11a/b/g/n 2x2 WiFi Adapter + Bluetooth card came in the mail today.

I am so HAPPY to report that it works perfect! Before I say anything else, I must give thanks to both zuvieltext and iyshannon for their help in finding the info about this card in the F.12 BIOS.

zuvieltext originally dug up the information for me over on the mydigitallife forum for BIOS mods. His willingness to help others deserves a special thanks.

Another special thanks to iyshannon for his efforts posting here and the for the link to the HP drivers. I should also note that zuvieltext linked me to drivers also directly to the Ralink site. Thanks again guys!

I can finally connect my brand new HP dv7tqe-6c00 to my Home "N" network at 300 Mbps! 802.11 a/b/g/n Dual Band 2T2R sweetness! Yes!

 

That same wi-fi card is listed with drivers for DV6z 6100. I may give it a go.

 

Heh, read my post again
I said SPS# under the wrong name. The same is true for the Intel 6230. AFAIK if you order the SPS# of the Intel 6230 you will get some realtek 1x1.

 

Hey that's great! Does bluetooth thingy, the wifi-LEDs and the wifi-toggle button [F12] also work as they are supposed to?

 

I would guess the Intel My WiFi 'Hotspot' capability is no more ... correct?? Not that big of deal... good work.

 

Actually, with Windows 7 you get a virtual AP functionality with
almost all cards if you use a decent & recent driver.

Windows 7 SoftAP

There are lots of how-tos about how to setup such a softAP
Windows 7 includes softAP. And there also
seems to be a dedicated website VirtualAccesspoint which can do some of the cray console
command stuff for you [of course, giving away information like this can be
a bit dicey].

 

I haven't tried Bluetooth yet but it recognized and set it up. The WiFi LED works as it should along with the WiFi toggle (F12). Everything works as it should. The range is really good and when I search for available networks it found alot more than my stock Realtek RTL8188CE WiFi card did. It connects to my "N" network fast and tranfers across the network are routinely 300 Mbps. I'm connected right now @ 300 Mbps!

Installation was so simple. Remove the battery, open bottom cover, remove black and white antenna leads, remove one screw holding original WiFi card, install new card, secure card with screw, install white antenna lead on connection marked by white triangle and black antenna lead on connection marked by black triangle. Replace the cover and battery, reboot, after new card is found and configured, install drivers to a folder then run setup.

That's it!

 

Thanks OhioLefty! I ordered one for my DV6z. Hoping to have same success. I ended up running only 802.11g on my network because of my laptop when I much prefer 5GHz N.

 

whitelist remove bios + soft OC huh

 

I know how you feel. I had a brand new HP "high performance" notebook that couldn't access and take full advantage of my "N" 5GHz Home network. For over two months I hounded HP and begged for a solution and was told I was out of luck and the solution has been there all along and fixed for $23!

I can't thank zuvieltext and iyshannon enough for their helpful posts and time.

 

meh, DV6, beside the nice c/p ratio hardware, the machine design make me....

 

No need to remove whitelist. That didn't work for me anyhow.

 

Which adapter you used? 6300 worked fine, I just got a 6200 recently which just doesnt work.

 

Intel 6230. I believe it's the bluetooth that's mucking things up. I would go with 6300 or Killer NIC, but this RAlink one is only $14.

 

sorry for the dumb question but whats the difference between this wireless card and the one that comes with the laptop

 

^^^ Dual channel N ^^^

anyone....

since the original configuration were separate wifi and bluetooth cards... does the Ralink 3592BC8 have any issues with the Broadcom 2070 BT ... or can/do they peacefully exists???

thanks
j

 

The difference depends on what wireless card came in your notebook. Tell me which card you want to compare to the Ralink 3592BC8 to and I'll try to tell you the difference.

But, as Jerohm said, the Ralink 3592BC8 is an 802.11 a/b/g/n dual channel (2Tx2R) wifi card with Bluetooth. Dual channel 802.11 a/b/g/n was never an option when purchasing or custom ordering a dv7tqe-6c00.

 

My original configuration never had Bluetooth so I can't offer any helpful info. With the new Ralink 3592BC8, the Bluetooth seems to have set up properly. Have not had a chance to actually test it.

 

Well the one I have on my laptop is broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/b/g 1x1, is there a huge difference between these two? better signal & speed on ralink?

 

If it works for you then no worries. But 5GHz N is fast, longer distance, and less likely to slow down due to the many 2.4GHz signals used by pretty much everything else wireless.

 

And you need to have a 5Ghz router.

 

Differences in RED.

The Ralink 3592BC8 is an 802.11 a/b/g/n dual channel (2Tx2R) wifi card.

Do you have a 5GHz "N" network? Do you use your home network to stream audio or video? Do you move large files around your home network?

If you answered "no" to any of these, you probably won't see much benefit. This card won't speed up your internet connection.

 

Alright thanks, thats all I needed to know and no I dont do any of those

 

N has a greater range than G by a significant amount. Just for quick reference Wikipedia shows 802.11n has indoor range of 230ft vs 125ft of G. 2.4GHz and 5GHz with N are similar range.

IEEE 802.11n-2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Thanks guys, been looking for an N 5 GHz card since I bought my Dv6 with the Intel Wifi 1000 card.

OhioLefty, did you get a used one? I bought one but it was listed as USED.

 

5ghz is shorter than 2.4ghz. The stock card come with 2.4ghz N.

wiki say citation needed = meh. Any router review will show 5ghz is shorter than 2.4ghz.

 

Hello

I have a DV6 that came with the Realrek atc8188ce802.11 b/g/n wifi card. I have no bluetooth. I have to use a dongle for that. Would using this card give me the bluetooth option? I was reading the HP service manual. The manual shows the DV6 I have, uses a bluetooth cable and module. Would installing this card just be a simple swap out of the card?

 

I bought mine from a seller on eBay that listed the card as new and from everything I can see, it is new. It came sealed in an anti-static bag and looked fresh from the factory. When I purchased mine, I couldn't find any seller with used cards and I paid $23 for mine. It wasn't until a few days ago that I found the seller I listed a link to that had the card for $14 shipped but it appears to be the same card.

I think the main thing to check when buying one of these cards is that it is marked as a Ralink RT3592BC8, it has the HP Part Number: 630813-001 and it clearly states Dual Band 5GHz (2Tx2R) 300 Mbps.

Good luck...

 

I didn't order my DV7 with the Bluetooth option because I don't use it. I replaced the same card you are using (Realtek RTL8188CE) with the Ralink RT3592BC8 and it was just a simple swap out of the card. Now I have Bluetooth but as I said, I don't use it so I haven't tested it but it shows up as being there and working.

People thinking of upgrading to this card need to keep in mind that most performance gains are utilized only across the 5GHz "N" network (streaming videos, music, transfer of large files to a NAS) you are connected to. It will not increase your internet speeds.

 

Ohiolefty
Thanks for the reply. I'll order Ralink RT3592BC8
Thank You

 

I used the Ebay seller you linked. If you checked your own link, it's the correct Ratlink 3592BC8 but listed as used for HP 4530S. I just hope it works.

 

I just purchased the $14 dollar card It appears the shipping will be slooooow I'm in no hurry

 

Looks like my card, same HP part number as my card and a good 180 day warranty. I would say if it doesn't work, the seller will have no problem refunding your money.

Good luck...

 

Yes sir, I see what you are saying. I want to thank you, iyshannon and OhioLefty for making this resolution available to us.

 

So just wondering who was the seller or ebay link to the card that you bought?

Thanks

 

link to Ralink RT3592 I purchased

Had the $14 card been available at the time I bought mine, I would have bought the $14 card instead of the $24 I paid. I linked the less exspensive card as an option for people that wanted to save a little money.

If I were to guess, these look like pulls from HP notebooks, which would be a good thing. This seller sells a lot of HP parts.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

Ok thanks. I'm not sure which to go save money and get a used card or just spend some bit more and get a new card.
I'm ok with used but it'll depend on the item I'll get and if it's too big of a difference.

Thanks.

 

I understand. I certainly can't make any guarantees as to which card will work but I can say the card I purchased works perfectly in my HP dv7tqe-6c000 with the unmodified HP F.12 BIOS

Good luck...