Upgrade Wifi on 15-cc507la laptop

[trentcreek]

I got this now 8 year old laptop. Still functions okay, but the Wi-Fi is painfully slow. I see it is an RTL8723DE in an M.2 slot. The card is smaller than the slot.  I guess that is an 16x30mm?

What type of key slot is supported for that? I would like to upgrade to 802.11AX.

Thanks!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

If your notebook has the RTL8723DE Wi-Fi adapter, then there is only one Wi-Fi antenna wire.

A Wi-Fi 6 card would require two antenna wires in order to work properly.

You can do a direct swap from the RTL8723DE card to this dual band AC card which can work with only one antenna wire.

Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac 1 × 1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.2 Combo Adapter (MU-MIMO supported)  HP part # L17365-005.

If you want to go through the extra work to add a second antenna wire, then this dual band Wi-Fi 6 card should work:

Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.0 MU-MIMO M.2 2230 non-vPro 160 MHz PCI-e + USB WW with 2 antenna(s)   HP part # L35282-005

Below is the link to the service manual:

HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC Maintenance and Service GuideIMPORTANT! This document is intended for HP au...

[trentcreek]

Strange it has only a single antenna. I have an old Toshiba from 2009 which has two antennas. I ordered a mini PCIe 802.11AX for it. Only problem is the card is too short so I had to order a card extender for it. 

Thanks for the tip. I went ahead an ordered that card for now even though it is a step back with its Bluetooth 4.2 vs the 5.0 in it now.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Any HP notebook I am aware of that comes with the Realtek RTL8723BE or RTL8723DE M.2 Wi-Fi cards have one antenna wire.

But looking at the parts list for your notebook, there is some conflicting information.

HP PartSurfer

It shows in one entry the notebook has two antenna wires.

928953-001   ANTENNA, DUAL

But then further down the page it shows this:

928955-001   BACK COVER, LCD SGD W/ANTENNA

So it will be interesting to know exactly how many antenna wires your notebook actually has.

If it does end up having two antenna wires then you should be able to upgrade to a Wi-Fi 6 card.

Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 802.11ax 2 × 2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5 (non-vPro)    HP part #/Intel SPS # L35282-005

[trentcreek]

I have opened it up. It has only a single antenna.  Not sure why I am even keeping it around as it's been a Lemon. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Well, now at least it will be a lemon with dual band Wi-Fi.