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    Can P150HM be upgraded to Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by belegdol, Mar 24, 2016.

  1. belegdol

    belegdol Notebook Geek

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    Hello,

    since my P150HM is still going strong I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade to a wifi card supporting 802.11ac? The reason being that my ISP keeps upgrading to ridiculous speeds that are faster than 802.11n can push through. There is a HMC version of the card available, is there any reason why it wouldn't work?
     
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    Yes, so long as you get the mini PCI-E version, the M.2 version will not fit.

    Also be sure to get the AC version as there are some that only do N.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 24, 2016
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    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    indeed, i myself upgraded my P150HM to that wifi adapter before the machine died on me....
     
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    Cool, thanks for confirming guys!

    Wysłane z mojego XT1580 przy użyciu Tapatalka
     
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    those initial problems were just with older drivers :) so nothing to worry about

    Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10 using Tapatalk
     
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    ohhh, and I thought I didn't have problems like others complained about disconnections because it was the revised edition. Good to know that the drivers stabilized it!
     
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    AC is the way to go these days
     
    Zoltan@zTecpc, Mar 24, 2016
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    It did seem to vary by conditions as well but it looks to have been sorted.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 25, 2016
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    I can now confirm that 7260 AC HMWWB.R works in P150HM

    Wysłane z mojego Nexus 9 przy użyciu Tapatalka
     
    belegdol, Apr 6, 2016
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    glad u got it working without any issues, enjoy! :)

    Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10 using Tapatalk
     
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    What kind of internet speeds are you getting now?
     
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    250 Mbits, full speed as advertised

    Wysłane z mojego Nexus 9 przy użyciu Tapatalka
     
    belegdol, Apr 8, 2016
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    Very nice speeds ;)

    I can see why you need AC wireless for that!
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 9, 2016
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    I am going to do the same thing to my P150HM. Just wondering these AC adapters have 2 Antenna connections or not? And how about the laptop? Does it support 2 connections?
     
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    I am going to do the same thing to my P150HM. Just wondering for 5GHZ connection, these AC adapters have 2 Antenna or not? And how about the laptop? Does it support 2 antenna?

    *oops, sorry for double post
     
    Yushi, Jun 27, 2016
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    It probably depends which card you had installed originally, mine had two antennas

    Wysłane z mojego Nexus 9 przy użyciu Tapatalka
     
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    yes and yes :) i had a 7260 installed in my previous p150hm and it ran like a champ

    Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
     
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    All the performance models have at least 2 antennae :)
     
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