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    wlan antenna

    Discussion in 'HP' started by totico, Aug 23, 2004.

  1. totico

    totico Newbie

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    where can i buy wlan antenna for my ph ze4420us
     
    totico, Aug 23, 2004
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  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Pretty much only directly from HP or through an HP authorized service center. Most antennas are built behind the LCD panel & I don't think HP will sell to an end-user. They may not even sell to a service center. HP LCD's are usually replaced whole, meaning, the entire LCD, back cover, hinges & front bezel are one unit. All the service center has to do is unscrew the old and pop in the new. You can try calling, but you may be out of luck. Is there a problem with the unit?

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Aug 24, 2004
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  3. anonymanx

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    Are you 100% sure there isn't already an antenna in your laptop? Many of the newer ones ship with the antenna in place even if there is no wireless card installed. My theory is that they do this because its cheaper to just include the antenna in all LCD assemblies than to worry about which LCDs have an antenna and which don't.

    How did I discover this? I've opened up several nc6000 laptops that didn't ship with wireless - they all have the antenna connectors run to the mini-PCI slot area. If this is the case with your laptop, you may be able to just add a mini-PCI WiFi card... or you could just go the PCMCIA WiFi card route...


    HP nc8000 | 1.7 GHz P-m | 1 GB RAM | 60 GB HD | 802.11a/b/g
     
    anonymanx, Aug 27, 2004
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