What wireless network adapters will work in a Pavilion 23?

[Andyinhilo]

My Pavilion 23 AIO locks up when I connect to WIFI. It works fine when connected via Ethernet cable. I assume that the WLAN card needs replacement.   Which WiFi WLAN Half Mini PCI-E Card will work in a Pavilion 23-b010 AIO, I see there are many available.

[old_geekster · Accepted solution]

@Andyinhilo, welcome to the forum.

Have you tried updating the driver for the wireless card?  This may solve your problem: Device Manager/Network adapters/right click on your adapter/Update driver/Search automatically for updated driver software.  If there is an updated driver it will be found and installed.

If this doesn't work, here is a card that should work for you.  It is dual band (2.4 GHz/5 GHz) which means if you want to up your wireless performance you can use the 5G band.  You will need a router that supports 5 G, however.  I have had this card in a HP desktop and HP laptop.  It works great!

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.

[Andyinhilo]

Been there, done that with the driver update. Froze right afterwards. I connected an old 802.11.b/g usb wireless adapter and and it works fine if a bit slow. I will look at your suggestion for the intel card. Does it come with software?

[old_geekster]

Thank you for the additional information, @Andyinhilo.

The only software that is necessary is the driver for the card.