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‎03-22-2023 11:03 PM

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Product: HP 630 Notebook PC

Hello guys, I have hp notebook 630 made around 2010. It has a HM65 chipset and currently has Qualcomm Atheros AR5B195 mini pcie half size card. I would like to upgrade to a better network card that would work on this laptop, would atheros AR5B225 work? Is Atheros ar5b225 a dual bandwidth (frequency 2.4g/5g)? Which other mini pcie network cards are compatible with my laptop? I would really appreciate your help, thank you. 

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‎03-22-2023 11:16 PM

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@josh0165 

 

Due to the whitelist in BIOS, the chance to upgrade wifi card for machines which were manufactured before 2015 is very slim or none. I actually have to use USB adapter:

 

        https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/asus-ac1200-nano-dual-band-usb-wi-fi-adapter

 

They are selling many similar around and much cheaper too.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎03-23-2023 01:40 PM

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Since the bios is whitelisted, is there a way of changing that? Or is there a way of knowing which network card mini pcie  cards Are compatible to it depending on the whitelist

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