Windows 10 WLAN driver for Broadcom Model: 43224

[_Chunder_]

I have purchased a Broadcom BCM943224HMS 43224 Mini 2102 5103 Half Height WLAN 
Model: 43224. The existing WLAN card is Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000.

It is supposedly a supported card according to the dealer. The HP Pavilion dv7t-4100 CTO is specifically listed on their compatibility list.

1) I cannot find a driver update for Windows 10. I see that HP Service Pack sp49541.exe provides Broadcom driver support for Windows 7. Is their any point in trying that one?

2) when I replaced the Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 card with the new Broadcom card. The computer cannot complete boot. It stalls just after the login. Running HP diagnostics crashes at 61% progress in Short DST Test in progess then powers off.

Should I disable the driver for the Centrino Wireless-N 1000, shutdown and power off, then reinstall the Broadcom 43224 and try a restart? 

I have spent a lot of time searching for a driver, to no avail. I was thinking that maybe a driver search by windows would work (connecting via hardwire ethernet) after a successful boot. 

Please advise

[_Chunder_]

I read in a post: 

spapakons says in <https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/31008-windows-10-drivers-backwards-compatible-windows-7-a...>

Yes! Anything from Vista up to Windows 8.1 should work in Windows 10 (exceptions are very rare), as long as they are of the same architecture (32-bit or 64-bit). Some drivers will install as normal. Others might require to run the setup as Administrator (right-click and select Run as Administrator) or even set compatibility to Windows 7 or 8 to pass the version check. Few may require manual installation from Device Manager (right-click on device, select Update drivers, select last option, then last option to see a Have disk button. Click on the button and browse to the folder where you extracted the driver files. Use WinRAR to open and extract executable drivers).

I first right-click on the setup and Run as Administrator, to make sure access rights won't block the installation. If this is not enough (rare but it could), then I try to set compatibility to Windows version of the driver. In worst case, I try the manual installation as described above.

Download drivers with the following order: Windows 10 -> Windows 8 -> Windows 7 -> Vista -> XP (only for 32-bit and if no other version is available).

Does this imply that HP Service Pack sp49541.exe might work for Windows 10?

[Dvortex]

Hello, @ _Chunder_ – Hope you are well 🙂
 

Thanks for reaching out to the HP Forums! I would glad to be of your assistance 🙂

I understand that you are having issues after updating the WLAN module. You can definitely try to install the printer drivers manually by changing the driver compatibility and from device manager. But this is not an assured way of installation. While it works most of the times, you might encounter issues with certain drivers and components.

First off, check the WLAN module compatibility. Go to http://hp.care/2k4TQkz and go through the page no’s 58-60. It explains the compatible WLAN modules with the part number and also the steps to replace the module correctly on your specific notebook.

PS: sp49541.exe is for Windows 7. You can try the Win 8.1 which might work better. You can download it here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp72501-73000/sp72931.exe

Those steps should do the trick, let me know the outcome!

Good luck 🙂

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