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    Can the NP300E5A WiFi (centrino 130) be upgraded?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by alavena, Apr 3, 2020.

  1. alavena

    alavena Notebook Guru

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    Hello all.

    I have a NP300E5A with a Centrino 130 network card, which is only good for 2.4 GHz band.

    I'd like to upgrade it to a better card with 5GHz support. AFAIK, it has the Bluetooth module as well.

    Problem is: I don't know if a new card will work, mostly when the control goes through the Samsung Settings program.

    Does anyone have any experience about swapping the wireless card in these laptops? I'd like to know before purchasing it.

    Thanks.
     
    alavena, Apr 3, 2020
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