ProBook 4520s - Exchanging the Wireless-Network Card

[Colonie]

Hello everyone.

I'm thinking about exchanging the Wireless-Network Card in my Probook 4520s, because of the low data throughput.
So I searched for a while for a 5 Ghz supporting Card and found out, that I'm only able to get "whitelisted" Cards working. So I looked at this page:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c02487851&jumpi...

These Cards might be all, that were used in the 4520s. Mine (according to the device-manager) is the Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n. This thing only supports 2.4 Ghz. Now I looked at the list for a 5 Ghz supporting Card. I think the 802.11A/B/G/N WLAN Intel HMC minicard 572520-001 could run on 5 Ghz, because I read, that A is only listed with 2.4/5 Ghz Cards. Also I read, that 2.4/5Ghz cards have 3 antennas, but on this card I only the the slots for 2. Is this right? And would this Card run in my 4520s?

Greetings,

Colonie

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, Colonie:

You are absolutely correct regarding your statement about the dual band cards being described as A/B/G/N.

The easiest thing to do is to look at chapter 3 of your service manual.

You can only order one of the cards listed as supported and it MUST have the HP part number on it or it will not work.

I only see two choices for you...

The Intel 6200 and the Broadcom 4322.  Make sure you also get the part # that corresponds to what country you live in.

If your current Broadcom card has integrated Bluetooth, you will lose your Bluetooth capability unless you order an HP integrated bluetooth module and probably the cable too.

None of the dual band cards have onboard bluetooth.

Link to the service manual.

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02439213/c02439213.pdf

Then you can order a card at the link below.

If you don't live in the United States, you can change the country at the top of the page to yours.

http://h20141.www2.hp.com/Hpparts/Default.aspx?mscssid=6857BCBBC4CD4470B9282F130A563697

Paul

[Colonie]

Hi Paul.

Thanks for your fast reply. Okay so, according to the manual and your post, I would buy the Intel N6200 (802.11 a/b/g/n 2x2) with the part number 572509-001. This one is listed for Germany (yeah, that's why I'm writing this spooky :smileytongue:) and might work.

Do I have to buy it in the HP-Store to make it work with my Laptop or can I even buy, lets say, this one:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/HP-572509-001-a-b-g-n-Centrino-Advanced-N-6200-Dual-Band-300Mbps-WLAN-HF-Mini...
Ah and the Bluetooth thing...doesn't matter, never used it.

EDIT: I wonder, whereI can see my current BIOS Version? I found nothing in the BIOS Setup. I only have this black HP Boot-Screen and in the BIOS Setup this graphical interface, not the simple "blue-green-one-color-keyboard-only" one.

Colonie

[Colonie]

Okay I found the BIOS stuff. But my main question is still up-to-date.

Spoiler

"according to the manual and your post, I would buy the Intel N6200 (802.11 a/b/g/n 2x2) with the part number 572509-001. This one is listed for Germany (yeah, that's why I'm writing this spooky ) and might work.

Do I have to buy it in the HP-Store to make it work with my Laptop or can I even buy, lets say, this one:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/HP-572509-001-a-b-g-n-Centrino-Advanced-N-6200-Dual-Band-300Mbps-WLAN-HF-Mini..."

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Absolutely, you can buy that one.

As long as it has the HP part number on it, it doesn't matter where you get it from.

I always buy my wireless cards in used but tested and working condition on eBay and save a lot of $$$.

Never had a problem.

Please post back and let us know how your wireless card replacement went.

Paul

[Colonie]

Great!

I barely bought this one here but then I saw some other offers, where some things are different. They have the same HP part number, but not with "0A" behind the part number, but "0D" and also "HF" in the right corner (like here), which is also not on the others.

Do you know, if there's a difference?

Sorry for asking over and over again, but I want to make sure to order the right one, if I order from a other country.

Colonie

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Colonie:

Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to that question.

It may make a difference as to which suffix you get whether it works or not.

It may not.

Paul

[Colonie]

I just ordered this one. I decided to order a "HF" card because of the name on the HP Parts Store for the part number of the card. It says "802.11A/G/N WLAN HF minicard". Even if "HF" just means "High Frequency", I would like to be on the safe side.

So now I hope, that the automatic driver detection of Intel gives me the correct version for my card. I wasn't able to find one at the HP site.

I will give post my results.

So far, thanks again!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Sounds like a plan!

Here is the driver you need for it.

W7 32 bit - First download listed is for the driver only (use this if you let windows manage your wireless settings)

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21044&ProdId=3407&lang=eng&OSVersion=...

W7 64 bit: Same instructions as above.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21045&ProdId=3407&lang=eng&OSVersion=...

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Paul

[tuxor1337]

I just received the card from the exact same ebay offer and it works fine in a Probook 4520s. Connections seem to be more stable using Fedora Linux compared to a Ralink RT3090 card. Thanks for this thread, it helped me making my decision to buy this spare part 🙂