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    İs it compatible please help

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Mohammad Kadid, Apr 25, 2021.

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    So i have a hp laptop with an i7 5500u and it has a wifi 4 card and i want to upgrade the wifi card to wifi 6 but i do not know if it is compatible

    Here is the model number of the laptop: hp 15-ac049ne
     
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    It would be nice to have a picture or at least the model name and number for the current wireless card, so that we can assist you. Even a Device ID can be handy.
     
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    The model number of the card that i am using currently is Broadcom BCM43142
     
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    Right so basically a Mini PCIe card (HMC).

    So 2 issues seems to arise from this.

    1) Does HP still use Whitelists (Which will block WiFi upgrades)

    2) Finding a WiFi 6 card in HMC format. (Else you will need a NGFF m.2 to Mini PCI-e adaptor)

    I have found one which seems to be a BGA AX200 mounted to a HMC PCB.


    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264772356660


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    This is a pic of it:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LqfG13JS3B7OSRyta6oWwNCcBYx7Hgvj/view?usp=drivesdk
     
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    So that makes it easier.

    Look for a Intel AX200NGW this is an AX Wifi card that will work in there so long there is no whitelist issues.
     
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    Thanks M8
     
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    So i bought the exact wifi card you said but it is not showing up in my device manager what can i do to get it working

    The card itself is working because after a while i touched the wifi card and felt some heat also the antenna area
     
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    Check your bios - you ma need to enable it there. You may need to check on the HP laptop forum to see if others have used this card. HP had a history of only "whitelisting" certain cards in the bios, and one could not install other cards. It would be very shortsighted of them not to whitelist such a common, high quality card as the Intel, but it is not impossible. Let us know what happens.
     
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    So, I enabled the wifi card in the bios like this in pic https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lt3MS5HVgvqMST7x-aq6l0royBg2ZHVP/view?usp=drivesdk
    After that i restarted still didn't not see it in device manager
    So, i downloaded the drivers for it from intel's website and installed them and yet it did not show up
    After that i went to device manager and added it as a legacy hardware and got this error
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ML8uKWkPIFJDwCmrwWkrF4pgmMcDgQP0/view?usp=drivesdk
    And after it i did not know what else to do so i came to tell you everything hoping you would help and thanks in advance
     
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    Did you get the NGW version of the card? As there are two versions of the same card one is for systems without CVNI (For systems without CVNI support like yours) then theres one with CVNI which wouldn't work on your system.

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    You enabled network adapter boot in the bios - you shouldn't need to do that. I would check to be sure you have the most recent bios for your laptop (HP site). Most recent drivers for that wifi card are 22.40.0.7 (3/3/21). You could get those from the Intel site. You may just need to uninstall, delete drivers, reboot, and reinstall. You may be close to success.
     
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    Yes i did get get ngw one

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    I have it on the latest version.

    I figured that the card is just not detected in the system these are just the drivers installed

    So is it whitelist thing?? [​IMG] [​IMG]

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    I do not think i need to do this trick since my wifi card is not a mini pcie module even the original one.. i just think it is the whitelist

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    Look at the link I sent you. Its near the bottom I think on NGFF its pin 55+56.

    NGFF also has power pins.

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    Other than this i figured out that my laptop model is whitelisted and i will try to find the appropriate modded bios for it and thanks for your help... Oh and one question if i download a modded bios removing the whitelist is there going to be chance that i am gonna need to use this trick??


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    Not sure, its handy to know just in case you need to use the trick.

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    Thanks anyway for your time and consideration

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    Does the card need two antennas i forget to ask??

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    Yes

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    So now i do not know what to do to let it work do you have any idea
    I ran a diagnose to see if it is running from the bios and this is what i got [​IMG]

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    Although it is installed it says that [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    Right take a photo of both wireless cards side by side front and back.

    As close as possible and clear as possible


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    Yes of course.. the one on the left is the old one in both pics [​IMG] [​IMG]

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    It should work, are you able to test the card in another system?

    Try taping the inner pin on the E slice see if that helps.

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    No

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    I will try


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    Thats the only difference i can spot between an Intel 9560 and the AX200 and Intel 9560 are known to work in laptops of your model.
     
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    Like this? [​IMG]

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    Yes, If that doesn't work you could try and tape like in this image (remove the tape from the current section though)

    [​IMG]
     
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    The one you said did not work so i removed it
    Now I have six in the area which do i tape [​IMG]

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    I taped those [​IMG]

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    HANG ON!
     
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    Yeah do not worry i did not plug it in

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    Waiting on GIMP to load on a Dual Core is a nightmare.
     
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    Like this? [​IMG]

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    Untitled.png

    Give that a try, just note i accept no liability if cats fly and the world burns etc
     
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    Like this?? Is there a chance for it to malfunction because of this taping? [​IMG]

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    Yes like that, it shouldn't cause any damage, however i put that in to cover my back.
     
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    Yeah no problem


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    Did not work unfortunately

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    Do you have another laptop or system yo test the new card in to insure its a working card.

    If not it looks like WiFi 5 is as far as you can go, although technically it should work.

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    So what should i do now


    No unfortunately

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    Put in your current one and make sure that is still working though.

    Maybe some one else with more knowledge can help.

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    Thank you for your time and help

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    There is an HP notebook forum here - see if someone there has experience with upgrading wifi with a similar notebook. Sorry not to have a better idea.
     
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    Sorry I couldn't be of more help bud. Goodluck

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    Yeah i posted today on that forum

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