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We just went through this with another post. The WalMart laptops tend to have budget wireless systems that use an inexpensive wireless card and a single antenna. While the system will accept a higher end wireless card with dual band, it will not work right without 2 antennae.
Page 61 of the Manual shows wireless installation. It is not an easy thing and will jeopardize your warranty. The Manual shows 2 antennae, but we know it is possible, even likely there is only one.
The recent post I am discussing involved an OP buying a dual band card, then he took it to Best Buy where the Geek Squad charged $40 to install the new card, saw that there was only one antenna but proceeded to install the dual band card, anyway. Surprise, it was worse than the old card. I specifically advised as in this post not to do it unless there were 2 antennae.
So what you have to do is open it up first, see whether it has one or 2 antennae. If 2, then you are good to go. You can order this from amazon prime and have it the next day and wait to get it before reassembling. If you see 1 antenna in there close it back up and go on down the road because your wireless can't be made much if any better.
If you have one antenna consider a usb wiress option, unless you are a laptop tech wiz in which case we can discuss adding an antenna. It's a lot of work, but not expensive to do.
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Delivers dramatically faster Wi-Fi speeds (up to 867 Mbps) than 802.11n, with more bandwidth per stream 433 Mbps), more capacity for more users (extended channel bonding 80MHz), broader coverage and better battery life (more data transmit efficiencies reduce power consumption). Dual m...
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We just went through this with another post. The WalMart laptops tend to have budget wireless systems that use an inexpensive wireless card and a single antenna. While the system will accept a higher end wireless card with dual band, it will not work right without 2 antennae.
Page 61 of the Manual shows wireless installation. It is not an easy thing and will jeopardize your warranty. The Manual shows 2 antennae, but we know it is possible, even likely there is only one.
The recent post I am discussing involved an OP buying a dual band card, then he took it to Best Buy where the Geek Squad charged $40 to install the new card, saw that there was only one antenna but proceeded to install the dual band card, anyway. Surprise, it was worse than the old card. I specifically advised as in this post not to do it unless there were 2 antennae.
So what you have to do is open it up first, see whether it has one or 2 antennae. If 2, then you are good to go. You can order this from amazon prime and have it the next day and wait to get it before reassembling. If you see 1 antenna in there close it back up and go on down the road because your wireless can't be made much if any better.
If you have one antenna consider a usb wiress option, unless you are a laptop tech wiz in which case we can discuss adding an antenna. It's a lot of work, but not expensive to do.
If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it.
Delivers dramatically faster Wi-Fi speeds (up to 867 Mbps) than 802.11n, with more bandwidth per stream 433 Mbps), more capacity for more users (extended channel bonding 80MHz), broader coverage and better battery life (more data transmit efficiencies reduce power consumption). Dual m...
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