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03-20-2025 08:46 PM
So i have a realtek 8723BE wifi card with only 1 internal antenna, so should i go for upgrading my card to AX200, or should i install another secondarg internal antenna to boost the performance of my current card. My motherboard is HP 81EE with version 62.36,bios mode leagcy, i cant find any manual or specs of this mother board online not even in the unsupported section of hp, can someone tell me whats the max ram i can install, currently i have 4gb DDR4 of ram with 2400MHz speed but only 2133MHz is used , when i used the cmd window , and wmic memphyaical get maxcapacity, it gave me 33554432,which is around 32gb of max ram capacity and i have 2 slots, which means 16gb per slot, i am shocked to see such numbers, whether i should trust these numbers or not
03-21-2025 08:32 AM
You can do a direct swap to this card which only needs one antenna wire for both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to work.
Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11 ac 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.2 Combo Adapter HP part # L17365-005
If you want to upgrade to the Intel AX200, you will have to order the dual antenna kit listed in chapter 3 of your notebook's service manual for the Intel AX200 to work properly.
You need to order the non-vPro card with this part number and description:
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.0 MU-MIMO M.2 2230 non-vPro HP part # / SPS # L35282-005
Intel 7th gen core processors should be able to support 2 x 16 GB of memory, but the service manual indicates that 2 x 8 GB is the max.
What you can do is buy one 16 GB memory chip, add it to the 4 GB memory chip and if the notebook boots up works fine and reports 20 GB of memory, then it would be safe to install a second 16 GB memory chip afterward.
Or you can play it safe and order 2 x 8 GB of memory.