Replacing WiFi/Bluetooth Adapter

[coroneta]

Hi!!

I bought this card for hp 250 g4  (bios  f29 ) to replace the original infamous Broadcom BCM43142 and it doesnt work....the laptot doesnt boot because hw incompatibility , what s the difference between the card of ebay and aliexpress??

I think its the same model....

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/32899352640.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.157e63c0yp3fmp

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Unfortunately, I have no idea.

It sure looks the same to me.

The only difference is some of the ones on eBay have the actual HP part number L17365-005 on a white label.

I can't imagine what difference that would make.

If you look at the eBay listings, many of the cards have the same SPS number on the card itself.

[kflash08]

I'm still using my HP 250 G4 with BIOS version 29 and have no problems with the Realtek RTL8821CE WiFi/Bluetooth adapter. As Paul stated, make sure the adapter has a HP spare part number sticker affixed to it to ensure compatibility. I know mine did as the seller on eBay stated all that information in the listing, and that's what I went by.

I also don't know if different product models have different types of hardware support. Mine is a N2S69UT#ABA, but there are other models of the 250 G4 that come in different hardware configurations, mainly being the motherboard and the attached processor.

[coroneta]

Hi!

My 250 g4 its an i5 6200u....But regarding phisicaly mi card it show older h/w revision.... HW2V1 and FW 1.19

The card branded as L17365-005 shows HW2V4 and FW 2.00....