Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 alternative??

[mishmatta]

For the past few months, I have been having problems with my Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 wireless card.  I have spent hours on hours troubleshooting and reading.  The problem is that the card finds NO wireless networks at all.  I have replaced the card thinking it was bad, but the new card has the same issue.

I found this article that states that the Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 is NOT meant to work under windows 10 (which is strange that it worked for well over a year with no issues until  recently when it just stopped - no updates were done when it stopped working).  

I've done all the troubleshooting I care to and I'm ready to ditch the wireless card.  My question is this: is there an alternitive wireless card that can be used in place of the Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230?  I don't know much about hardware, not sure if another wireless card could be put in the slot that houses the centrino?

Thanks in advance.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

You can replace it with this card...

Intel Dual Band Wireless-N 7260AN 802.11 a/b/g/n 2x2 WiFi + BT4.0    HP Part # 717381-001

You can even opt for the AC version if you have, or plan to get an AC router...

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 802.11 ac 2x2 WiFi + BT 4.0                  HP Part # 710661-001

Do your search by the HP part number, not the model of the card.  Should be readily obtainable on eBay or Amazon.

Both cards are fully supported for W10.

[mishmatta]

Thank you for your quick reply!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Please post back and let us know how the wireless card upgrade went.

[mishmatta]

It's a thing of beauty when you plug something in and it just WORKS!!!!!

I didn't even have to download drivers.  It just worked.  (Wiping a tear away from my eye......months and months of fighting wtih the 2230!!!)

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Glad to know that the upgrade went well.

Yes, W10 automatically installs the drivers for that model wlan card.

Enjoy!