upgrade internal wifi card from 2,4ghz to 5ghz

[andewwww]

Hallo sir, i have laptop hp 431 with internal wifi card qualcom atheros ar9285 2,4ghz have dual anthena and can i upgrade to wifi 5ghz ?

if it can be upgrade, what recomended internal wifi card between Wi-Fi 6 MPE-AX3000H or intel dual band wireless-ac7260hmw ?

thanks sir

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Your notebook has a BIOS whitelist which prevents the installation of any wifi card other than one of those listed in chapter 3 of the service manual from working.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03015501

None of the wifi cards listed are dual band.

If you want dual band AC, you will need to use a USB dual band AC wifi adapter.

[andewwww]

thanks for your reply sir

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.