Broadcom 4313GN Upgrade - Drivers for Intel AC7260 card

[RF76]

Yeah, I spotted that earlier today but, it seemed too risky to me. I'd prefer trying to upgrade the BIOS version, if there was one...

By the way, I have another hp laptop: HP 15 TS (15g041ca) on AMD processor - with Qualcomm Atheros wireless card.

Do you know if it's possible to upgrade the wireless card on it, or would be the same issue with whitelist? This laptop is a couple of years younger than the other one.

Many thanks again,

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, you can upgrade that model but there is a different roadblock.

There is only one Wi-Fi antenna wire, and a dual band card will need two wires for both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to work.

Since your notebook has an AMD processor, you would also be limited to one of these two Broadcom cards that should work if you connect the single antenna wire to the card's 'Main' antenna terminal, but you will not have Bluetooth and the wireless reception may be degraded.

But since you have it available, you can try the Intel 7260 in there and see if it will work. 

I don't think it will, but it can't hurt to try it.

The Broadcom cards:

867 MBPS max throughput on the 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi band:

Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0 combo   HP part #724935-001

300 MBPS max throughput on the 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi band:

Broadcom BCM943228HMB 802.11 a/b/g/n 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0 combo   HP part #730668-001

[RF76]

Hi Paul,

Thank you so much again for clarifying - I had no idea about the single wire - this model has no service cover, so you must open the laptop entirely to access the memory, wireless card, etc. which is a pain...

I have a last question about the BIOS version: I was able to find sp60864 which is version F.66 - from the hp doc I saw, it supports Pavilion g6 in general - does it have to support the exact laptop model?

From the source you provided earlier today, it seemed F.37 (the one I currently have) was the last version available, but then I found this F.66...since my model is no longer supported (can't find it on HP support portal) is there anywhere I can check/confirm the last BIOS version available that would fit on my laptop?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

It is somewhat difficult to take these newer notebooks apart since you have to remove the entire bottom cover.

Here's the link to the service manual if you are ever interested in opening up the notebook.

HP 15 TouchSmart Notebook PCHP 15 Notebook PCCompaq 15 TouchSmart Notebook PCCompaq 15 Notebook PC M...

Yes, the BIOS update has to be for the specific g6 model series it was written for.

I don't see where you provided the link to the post or the model number of the g6 the guy said the BIOS update removed the whitelist from.

The release notes for the softpaq file you posted are vague.

https://ftp.ext.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp60501-61000/sp60864.html 

If you want to try it, that's up to you.

https://ftp.ext.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp60501-61000/sp60864.exe 

If it works great, but hopefully if it is not the right one you will be notified instead of it installing and wrecking your notebook.

[RF76]

Understood - thanks again Paul.

I wanted to take a precaution and create a bios recovery flash drive before anything but, from the downloaded sp61005, it doesn't show that as an option to me when I run it. Is there a different file I should download specifically for that or what am I missing?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I believe that the only way to run BIOS updates with that model series is from Windows, with no options to create a recovery drive.

[RF76]

When trying to update the BIOS, I get a popup from InsydeFlash utility with "No match file in Multi-FD" error

Any insights about this? I've found another thread here about it, unresolved with multiple people asking the same.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That means the file is not the right one for your notebook's BIOS. 

[RF76]

Thank you so much for replying so quick - strange that when I run the same BIOS file that I have on my notebook (sp61005), happens the same thing.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

The only thing I can think of is that since you already have that version installed, it won't let you reinstall the same version.