HP 630 ar9285 upgrade

[Flo1miliard]

Hi can you tell me which is the best upgrade I can do

HP 630 is old enough to have the wifi "whitelist" issue so I don't know which one I can buy

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Your notebook does have a BIOS whitelist, so the only cards you can buy would be one of those listed in chapter 3 of your notebook's service manual.

c02834036.pdf (hp.com)

The card must have the HP part number on it, or it will not work.

I recommend that you try and find a used but tested and working wifi card on eBay.

Search by the HP part number and only buy a card that has an actual picture of the card with the part number showing.

It looks like the only card that would be an upgrade to dual band N would be the Realtek 8188BC8 802.11a/b/g/n 2×2 WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0+HS Combo Adapter 602993-001.

It may not work with Windows 10 though.

[Flo1miliard]

Oh no !

So I cannot get rid of the 802.11N  bottleneck with this computer (I have 1Gbps connexion)

Just to be sure AC and AX aren't possible at all ?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

No card other than those listed in the manual will work.  Absolutely none.

I suggest you look into a dual band USB AC wifi adapter.

They make one that is dual band AC and also has Bluetooth and is very compact.

TFR Bluetooth WiFi USB Adapter for PC, Wireless Dongle 600Mbps Dual Band 2.4G/5.8G USB Adapter Bluet...

[Flo1miliard]

Ok

Thank you very much

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.