Wifi card upgrade

[james1092]

Does hp still do bios whitelisting on their laptops? the default card on my machine is only 2.4 GHz and is dreadfully slow. when I took apart my machine to replace the hard drive with an ssd I noticed that there was only one attanae for the card but I don't have an issue with adding another one. If they still do whitelisting could anyone suggest a compatible upgrade preferably with wifi 6 and bt 5.0? 

edit : I went with an intel ax200 chip and added an antennae. It worked perfectly 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SH6GV5S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QDTXGGJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

There is only one dual band wifi card you can upgrade to with only one antenna cable, and that is this one...

Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + Bluetooth 4.2 Combo Adapter (MU-MIMO supported)      HP part # L17365-005.

The only place I have been able to find this model is on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=L17365-005&_sacat=0&_sop=15

The Realtek 8821CE wifi card will have a maximum throughput of 433 MBPS on the 5.0 GHz wifi band with an AC router.

[BastianW]

When it comes to HP a general guide is no whitelists on notebooks made in 2013 or later, some models made in 2012 don`t have them, and all models made from 2011 and earlier do (as far as I know). Additional there are a couple of models made in 2015 that have whitelists, such as the 14-ac and 15-ac model series.

As your Notebook do not fall in the range above its working (see also here).