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‎04-11-2019 09:46 AM

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Product: Pavilion 15 au502-tx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi everyone, I have a Hp pavilion 15 au502-tx laptop which has a Realtek RTL8723BE 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi Adapter. I am looking to upgrade to a Intel Wifi Adapter, do you guys have any suggestion on which Wifi Adapter is compatible to my laptop?

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‎04-11-2019 12:06 PM - edited ‎04-11-2019 12:07 PM

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Hi:

 

Here is the problem you are facing...there is only one wifi antenna cable connected to the Realtek wifi card in your notebook.

 

The supported Intel wifi cards all require two antenna cables, so if you install one, it won't work right.

 

For example on the 3168 AC either the wifi will work or the bluetooth will work, but not both.  It will depend on what terminal you connect your single antenna cable to.

 

What I suggest is to try the Realtek 1 x 1 AC card that only needs one antenna to work.

 

Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11 ac 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.2 Combo Adapter (MU-MIMO supported)  HP Part # L17365-005.

 

The only place I have been able to find the above card is on eBay.  It has been on back order on the HP parts store website for ages now.

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=L17365-005&_sacat=0&_sop=15

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