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‎01-30-2021 01:08 AM - edited ‎01-30-2021 01:10 AM

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Product: Pavilion g6-1a44ca
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hello,

 

Looking to update my old laptop. 

 

Did ram, going to download win10 soon. 

 

Also want to update bios and change out the ralink 2g chip for a 5g dual band upgrade replacement. Currently has Ralink rt5390 802.11b/g/n wifi installed. 

 

My laptop has AMD quad processor and has two antennas. Maybe an ac could easily work? Hopefully someone has made the switch. Help. 

 

Help me please find a dual band ac wifi chip for my computer. 

 

Thanks to all. 

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‎01-30-2021 01:32 AM

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@Justin_Canada 

 

Your machine is too old, due to the whitelist, the chance to upgrade wifi adapter is very slim to none. Options: please use USB - AC wifi adapter such as

 

          https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Networking/Adapters/67965-USB-AC53-NANO

 

There are many arnoud and cheaper too.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎01-30-2021 12:08 PM - edited ‎01-30-2021 02:42 PM

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I thought the whitelist is gone now. Dont I just do a bios update?

 

Im sure there is a cross compatible chip that works with the motherboard by now, especially after a bios update, correct...

 

What about the broadcom or intel ac chips others have mentioned? My laptop has an AMD processor so I know that may affect things. 

 

What about this chip?

 

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

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