can't change wifi card

[Senmiko1]

So I tried to change the wifi card to an intel dual band wireless 3168AC from my old HP Laptop, I even installed the drivers but the wifi card didn't work so I'm asking if my bios is locked and I can't change hardware such us wifi card?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The only model Intel card that I know of that should work in your notebook is this one:

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

It will only work correctly if your notebook has two wireless antennas to connect to the card.

Since the Intel 3168AC Wi-Fi card requires two antenna wires to for both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to work properly, I'm assuming that it does.

If not, reinstall the RTL8821CE Wi-Fi card it probably came with because that is the only one where both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth will work with a single antenna wire.

[Senmiko1]

I will try to put the wifi card again on my pc and test it if it does work I'll tell you if not I will just say that it didn't work

[Senmiko1]

So this is my device manager after I installed the intel 3168 Wifi card and as you can see it's not listed right there as an unkown device and I got it from my old HP laptop

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That's right.

Many times, if an Intel Wi-Fi card is not supported, it will not show up at all in the device manager.

The only card I see is the Realtek RTL8852AE Wi-Fi card you removed showing up as a hidden device since the drivers were still installed when you removed it.

[Senmiko1]

any ideas why it's not supported. I'm saying that because bluetooth is working so I'm confused

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Unfortunately, I would have no idea.

All I can tell you is I highly doubt you will be able to get the Wi-Fi portion of the card to work.

If the Realtek AX card is broke (those cards are horrible anyway), try the Intel AX200 card I posted, because I'm pretty sure it will work in all respects.

I have a HP 15-ee0047nr notebook with an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U processor and the card/HP part number I posted is the exact same model HP installed in my notebook from the factory.

The cards can be found on eBay. 

Maybe you can use eBay, France? 

I don't know what your options are in Tunisia.

[Senmiko11]

We have no options in Tunisia xD, and for the intel AX210 will it work?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I know for a fact that the AX210 won't work because several forum members tried one in their 15-ec-2xxx notebooks, and it didn't work in any one of them.

The Intel AX200 with the part number I referenced did.