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    Upgrade WLAN card on tx2500z?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by theneighborrkid, Nov 2, 2008.

  1. theneighborrkid

    theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist

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    Just wondering if I could upgrade the card to Intel Pro Wireless 3945

    thanks
    -TNK
     
    theneighborrkid, Nov 2, 2008
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    No. HP puts a whitelist in their BIOS that only allows a few "approved" cards.
     
    brianstretch, Nov 3, 2008
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    deton8r Newbie

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    Do some research. I just bought an HP Broadcom 4321 802.11n card off eBay for $22 shipped from Hong Kong and it dropped right in and worked on my dv9917cl. I noticed that there was a Broadcom driver on the HP site for my model so I fiugred my odds were pretty good. In this case I was right. I wasn't 100% sure it would work but I figured my worse case scenario was to flip the card on eBay if it wasn't on the whitelist and it was only $22 out of pocket. Hacking the BIOS wasn't an option for me.
     
    deton8r, Nov 3, 2008
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  4. theneighborrkid

    theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks, I think I will have to live with my current wifi card, not a big deal, I just was hoping to get Atheros or Intel card
     
    theneighborrkid, Nov 4, 2008
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