Will the DV4T support Wireless N 5ghz

I just received a HP DV4T laptop that I purchased direct from HP. When the laptop was ordered one of the upgrades was an "Intel Wireless-N card with Bluetooth" Upon receiving and configuring the laptop I have discovered that what was actually installed was an Intel Wifi 1000 adapter, which only operates in the 2.4ghz frequency range. After getting transferred around HP for a while basically they could not tell me if this was a mistake or just what they offer (their website is very vague on what "wireless-N" adapter you get). They offered to either credit me for the $25 upgrade or I could return the laptop. I elected to get the credit as I am otherwise happy with the laptop.

I can easily replace the wi-fi card; however does anyone on this forum know if the laptop has the proper antenna to make use of a wireless N card that transmits on the 5ghz (and 2.4ghz) bands?

Thank you,
-Kurt

 

Successfully using another WiFi card in your DV4t may not be as simple as you think. The reason is that HP uses a “whitelist” in the BIOS that will only allow specific cards to function in your unit. If a replacement card is used that is not in the whitelist, it will not function without BIOS modification.

As far as your antennae(s) goes, check here. I’m not sure what has changed on the newer DV4t models, but it use to be that Intel systems based on the Intel 5300 had 2 antennaes while those that were 5100 based had only one.

 

Just wanted to note: the 5300's have 3 antenna's and the 5100 has 2. The 5300 also does 5ghz in N band and i believe the 5100 does also. Now I'm not sure about the dv4t but the dv7t has 3 antenna and came with the Intel 5100 that could be upgrade to the 5300 or 5350.

 

Thanks nymkin….that’s absolutely correct. My bad.

A little more info can also be found here.

 

Thanks for the replies. I did a little more research and HP lists wireless part # 480985-001 as a replacement part for the DV4T. That part appears to be an intel 5100 card so I expect I could get it to be recognized. And if not I'm only out $20 or there-abouts.

-Kurt