I'd like to upgrade the Intel dual band wireless -AC 7265 Network adapter in HP's 360 Spectre.

[CateQ]

Does anyone have any recommendations for upgrading the Spectre 360 Intel dual-band wireless-AC 7265 network adaptor to some other model?

Thanks in advance

CateQ

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I recommend the Intel 9260 AC non-vPro wifi card.

It is newer and has double the throughput.

Comparison specs...

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=99445,83635

Amazon.au has it, but hopefully you can get it cheaper elsewhere.  In the USA, the card costs around $12.00.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=inte...

[CateQ]

Thanks Paul 🙂

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

[CateQ]

How easy would this be to DIY install, Paul? I'm ok at pulling things apart, but not so good at putting them back together!

The 360 has a one-piece base, and I have no idea what it looks like inside! 

Cheers

Cate

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, Cate:

Yes, I imagine it may be pretty hard to take the notebook apart and put it back together.

It will also be a bit tricky to remove the extremely thin and delicate antenna cables from the 7265 and put them on the 9260.

Personally, I wouldn't do it again.

I have a PCIe x1 wireless card for a desktop PC and it had the 7265 as the wifi card.

So, I said to myself...this should be very easy to replace the 7265 with the 9260.

...Except for the fact that I broke both of the antenna terminals off the 7265, and they got stuck inside the antenna connectors.

It took me two hours with a jewelers loupe, a needle, a bright light, and small needle nose pliers to remove the broken pieces from the antenna cables so I could attach them to the 9260.

The worst part was...the 9260 didn't work any better than the 7265 did. 

I'm thinking because the PCIe x1 slot the contraption plugged into was too slow to run the faster card.

Anyway, here is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

After reading the removal and replacement procedure section, you should be able to decide if you want to do the job yourself.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04925076