Killer 1103 Issues? TRY THIS!

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Spoke to soon. Killer 1103 seems as good as a paper weight.
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Hi guys! I'm not really new to the forums, but I haven't been around for a long time.

My Killer 1103 was acting up a lot. I tried a lot of things that people recommended online, but nothing worked. I even tried configuring a lot of settings on my own to no avail. I grabbed my old wireless network card to throw in my NP9370, but I realized something was wrong with the antennas when I opened up the back cover. I believe they were incorrectly connected to the Killer 1103 when my laptop was built because when I tried it the according to the color coding and number scheme inside of my laptop it worked, and still works now. Whenever I used to come to the college library it would connect then disconnect repeatedly. I would go home and get similar issues until I did this. I also updated my Killer software which may have also helped.


Can someone tell me if this actually fixed the issue, or if it was the software update? Thanks!
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Spoke to soon. Killer 1103 seems as good as a paper weight.

 

There should be absolutely no difference since all antennas are identical. Since you've also changed software there is no way of telling of it actually helped in any way or not unless you are willing to reconnect the antennas as they were and see if it wasn't indeed software that did the trick.

 

Okay. I was going to install my old Intel 5100 in my laptop if it were to mess up on me again with this 1103 in here. It has only two antennas, and they are (1)MAIN and (2)AUX. Should I just hookup the numbered wires to the numbered antennas on the Intel 5100? Or is there a better configuration when hooking up the wires to the two antennas on the Intel 5100?

 

I would really like to get some help here. Can someone answer my previous question?





Is there any way I can make these antennas reach the other mini-PCI Express slot where my old Intel 5100 wireless card will sit? Or am I totally off and this is where only an mSATA drive sits? Thanks guys, I'm good with desktop guts, but not so much laptop guts.

 

Put the 1103 in the full height slot for taller cards and tape it down or buy an adapter so the antenna wires reach the posts on the 1103.
http://www.amazon.com/Height-Expres...=8-3&keywords=mini+pcie+wireless+card+adapter

Express-PCI-E-Bracket-Adapter/dp/B007VXJ9IS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1411425982&sr=8-3&keywords=mini+pcie+wireless+card+adapter

BTW,it's not hard to add the 3rd antenna to get 450 Mbps link speed if you have a router that supports it
Without the 3rd antenna an 1103 will perform like an 1102

Put the antenna wire on whichever posts on the 1103 that they reach.It makes no difference which wire is on #1,#2 or #3

 

I already have the Killer 1103. It cuts out and drops connection with medium load, and heavy load. I have an Intel 5100 laying around that's taller than the half-size Killer 1103, but the three antennas in my NP9370 won't reach the Intel 5100 card.

 

My thought is the wires could not have been seated fully initially. I've had that on several occasions and also swapped wires which resulted in a better connection. But I think the connectors just seated better together or something. That "slot for taller wireless card" in your image is just an mSATA slot as I don't believe it's wired for PCIe.

 

Well, the thing is I made absolutely sure those antennas were seated really good (OCD is good sometimes). I still exhibited those same issues, and I spoke too soon thinking I had initially fixed the issue. I contacted Sager customer support confidently thinking they were going to ship me a new WiFi card, and sure enough they're shipping me a new one for free (Intel AC 7260 I believe). I'm still in warranty though with a 3-year plan I had purchased in October 2012. Courtesy of David from Sager, for he was great to work with regarding this issue. I'm almost done, I need help regarding these next two questions.

1. The Intel 7260 is coming in. It has only two antenna connectors. My NP9370 has three antennas, so how should I connect these wires for optimum performance? Does anyone have a picture, or any idea where the antenna wires run throughout the NP9370?

2. What if I had gotten an Intel 6300 from somewhere else? Sager doesn't have any Intel 6300 cards. My main concern is, is the Intel 7260 better than the Intel 6300 regarding response time (ping), signal strength/stability, and speed?

Thanks!

 

Hook any two wires you want to. They're just wires going up the LCD. Easy enough to remove the LCD bezel and check it out and hook whichever you prefer. Maybe one on left side, one on right side... There really will be no difference in response time or signal strength, speed, etc for N speeds. 7260 adds AC support (with the AC card version of course). I had a 6300 previously and had no issues or concerns with it. I just wanted AC speeds.

 

When you get your AC-7260 and are ready to install it make a post in the AC-7260 thread if you need help.

The AC-7260 is designed to perform best on the 5ghz band while paired with a quality AC router.

On the 2.4ghz band the card may not perform to expectations.

The card requires some settings tweaks in the router and wireless card configuration Advanced Settings.to get the best performance.