WiFi AC 3165 upgrade

[MariosC]

Hi, hope everyone is doing fine.

Would you be kind enough to help me please.

I have a HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook - 15-ak005na (ENERGY STAR) with a 80A9 91.1E mainboard model, an intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz  and an Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165.

I want to upgrade the wifi card to a Wifi 6/6E (AX200/AX210)  if not to AC 9260/9560.

Could you please advise me what my options are, which is the best I can have or my laptop supports.

I live in the UK.

I read something about no vPro, my new card should one of them.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Marius

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, Marius:

The only Wi-Fi cards that are guaranteed to work are the ones listed in chapter 3 of your notebook's service manual and it appears that the best card HP offered in the model series was the Intel 3165

c04823146.pdf (hp.com)

The one card I can 100% guarantee you will not work is the Intel 9560, because that is a CNVI card and will only work in a notebook that it originally came installed on.

I think the AX200 will work but I cannot 100% guarantee it will.  Maybe the AX210 will too.

These are the HP part numbers/SPS numbers you need to find:

Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.0 MU-MIMO M.2 2230 non-vPro   HP part # / SPS #L35282-005

Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX + Bluetooth 5.2 M.2 2230 non-vPro   HP part # / SPS # M27269-005

[MariosC]

Hello again, just a quick update.

I did upgrade my WiFi card with an Intel AX210 and does work.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09P1B55JQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

I did the same with an older HP and a newer Asus VivoBook.

I tried it also in a Dell Vostro 11th gen i5 and in an Acer XC885 9th gen i5 but they are not compatible.

Thank you for your time and support, much appreciated.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, and thanks for confirming that the Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E card will work in the HP 15-Ak0xx model series.