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‎01-29-2022 12:05 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion 15 p211nx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello,
I have a question about my hp laptop which i could do with upgrading. It is a HP Pavilion laptop, model number 15-p211nx. It runs Windows 10. 

The day to day usage of this laptop is great, it has an i5-5500U, 8GB and 1.5TB storage. The only problem I have with this laptop is the abysmal Wi-Fi speeds that I get, it has a 2.4ghz only Wi-Fi card which I believe is a Broadcom BCM43142 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi Adapter.  Is there any way I can upgrade the Wi-Fi card to something that supports wireless AC, as well as 5GHz?

 

Any help and advice greatly appreciated!

 

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‎01-29-2022 07:12 AM

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Hi:

 

You would only be able to upgrade the wifi card to a dual band card if there are two antenna wires connected to the Broadcom card currently installed.

 

A dual band wifi card won't work right with only one antenna wire connected.

 

You would have to open up the notebook and check.

 

Chapter 6 of the manual has the wifi card removal and replacement procedure.

 

h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04511833.pdf

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‎01-29-2022 07:12 AM

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Hi:

 

You would only be able to upgrade the wifi card to a dual band card if there are two antenna wires connected to the Broadcom card currently installed.

 

A dual band wifi card won't work right with only one antenna wire connected.

 

You would have to open up the notebook and check.

 

Chapter 6 of the manual has the wifi card removal and replacement procedure.

 

h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04511833.pdf

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