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‎11-30-2017 08:33 AM

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Product: p7-1038
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

Greeting,

 

I have HP Desktop p7-1038. Under Networking it has LAN: 10-Base-T of Data transfer speeds: up to 10/100 Mb/s. Wireless card Data transfer speeds is up to 150 Mbps.

 

Is there a way I can upgrade it to Gigabit Ethernet LAN ?

Or what other options do I have to use Gigabit Internet speed ?

 

Here is p7-1038 specifications: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02871222

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‎11-30-2017 09:47 AM

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Hi,

 

I see that on the motherboard there are 3 PCIe slots. You can use one of the slots to insert a lan card with the desired specs.

 

Example:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Gigabit-Ethernet-PCI-Express-TG-3468/dp/B003CFATNI

 

Hope it helps,

David

 

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‎11-30-2017 09:47 AM

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Hi,

 

I see that on the motherboard there are 3 PCIe slots. You can use one of the slots to insert a lan card with the desired specs.

 

Example:

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Gigabit-Ethernet-PCI-Express-TG-3468/dp/B003CFATNI

 

Hope it helps,

David

 

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‎11-30-2017 10:38 AM - edited ‎12-01-2017 12:14 PM

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@abhi84,

 The card mentioned would not work, nor is it actually WIN 10 compliant.  It only mentioned lesser WIndows versions, like Vista.

The PCIEx1 slot has a 400MB/sec maximum.   The slot would achieve 1000 Mb/sec

https://serverfault.com/questions/11633/whats-the-bandwidth-and-form-factor-for-pcie-x1-x4-x8-and-x1...

 

This corrects an error I made.

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‎11-30-2017 11:04 AM - edited ‎11-30-2017 11:20 AM

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@wb2001

 

In the first link you provided it says 

 

legacy PCIe 1.x - 250MB/s per lane (16x == 16 lanes)

 

how does that translate to 400Mb/s. Would it not rather translate to 2000Mb/s?

 

Here is a link to one that specifically mentions windows 10, even though the other one will also work in Windows 10:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Realtek-Chipset-Ethernet-Interface-Software/dp/B007MWYCG2/ref=sr_1_6?s=electr...

 

David

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‎11-30-2017 12:53 PM - edited ‎12-01-2017 12:15 PM

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@iomare,

I corrected it.  Sorry

 

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‎11-30-2017 01:51 PM - edited ‎11-30-2017 01:54 PM

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@Provost 
legacy PCIe 1.x - 250MB/s per lane = 250 Bytes x 8 = 2000 bits
current PCIe 2.0 - 500MB/s per lane = 500 Bytes x 8 = 4000 bits

 

Thanks @iomare & @Provost, i'll get the card and test the speeed.

 

I am getting this Card in Canada. Hope is works.

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‎12-08-2017 05:17 PM

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Solution worked  Thanks 

 

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‎12-09-2017 01:05 AM

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Your welcome.

 

Yesterday I was reading about 10Gb networks. There are PCIe cards (however they need at least 4 lanes) which are still quite expensive. 

 

Anyway, please join us in the future again.

 

All the best,

David

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