Compatible alternative for Ralink RT3290 for HP Pavilion 15-n090er

[KeygenUA]

Hello everybody. 
My wireless network chipset RT 3290 is dead. Laptop doesn't see the chipset at all.

As far as i know HP laptops have whitelist of chipsets in BIOS.
I hope somebody can share expirience and tell which chipsets supported by my laptop.
Its the 2nd chipset RT3290 on this laptop and i dont whant to use it anymore. Can you please advise what alternative solution for my laptop might be.
Thanks in advance.

[praveen196 · Accepted solution]

@KeygenUA Welcome to HP Community!

I understand that you are looking for Compatible alternative for Ralink RT3290 for HP Pavilion 15-n090er

If your notebook currently has two antennas connected to the Ralink wifi adapter, you can install this model wifi adapter.

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 802.11 ac 2x2 WiFi + BT 4.0                HP Part #710661-001

You could purchase the part from HP, use the HP Parts surfer to identify the part: http://partsurfer.hp.com/search.aspx 

And order it via the HP Parts store: https://parts.hp.com/hpparts/CountryChoice.aspx?mscssid=&ccode=ZZ&lcode=ZZ 

Or alternatively, Contact HP for setting up an order/service via phone support   

You cannot upgrade to a dual-band wifi adapter unless there are two antennas available to connect to it.

And yes, I agree that the RT3290 should have a maximum connection speed of 150 MBPS.

If it was a 1 x 1 card, then the connection speed would be limited to 72 MBPS.

But I would not know how you can get the max out of it.

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