upgrade wifi adapter

[thgoose3]

I have an HP Pavilion 17-e049wm - 17.3" - A10 5750M - 8 GB RAM - 750 GB HDD

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can I upgrade my wireless adapter to one with a/b/g/n/ac built in it and maybe bluetooth as well?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes, you can if there are two wireless antennas connected to the wifi card in there now.  Many HP notebooks with single band wifi cards only have one antenna connected, and a dual band wifi card requires two.

Once you confirm that, I will give you the suggested wifi card that has everything you are looking for.

Do not rely on the service manual picture to make that determination.  You will have to open it up and see.

Here's the link to the service manual which provides the instructions for the wifi adapter R&R.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04069163

[thgoose3]

thanks, i'll check and see.

[thgoose3]

I just looked and there are two white wires, a blue tag with the number 1 on one of them. The other, a white tag with the number 2 on it.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome

Glad to know your PC has two antennas.

Here is the only model AC wifi adapter that ticks all the boxes you wanted, that will work in your notebook.

Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0 combo

HP Part # 724935-001

Do your search by the HP part number, not the model of the wifi adapter.

This card should be readily available on eBay or Amazon.

Make sure you uninstall the current wifi adapter and driver in the device manager before installing the new wifi card.

If the card you have is also a combination wifi/bluetooth adapter, uninstall the bluetooth driver and software too.

There may be a Bluetooth software uninstall listing in the Programs section of the windows control panel.

If the wifi card does not have terminals labeled 1 and 2, they should be labeled Main and Aux(iliary).

Antenna 1 goes to Main, and antenna 2 goes to Aux.

Here are the links to the latest W10 wifi and bluetooth drivers for that model wifi card.

This package provides the Broadcom Wireless LAN drivers for supported notebook models running a supported operating system. Broadcom Wireless LAN drivers are required to enable the integrated Broadcom Wireless LAN adapter.

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp78001-78500/sp78044.exe

This package contains the Broadcom Bluetooth driver for supported models that are running a supported operating system. Broadcom Bluetooth Driver is required to enable Broadcom Bluetooth devices.

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp74501-75000/sp74988.exe

After you install the new card, please post back and let us know how the wifi card upgrade went.

[thgoose3]

I will, thank you.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

[thgoose3]

I am letting you know that buying the wifi adapter that was recommended worked!!!

Thank you very much!!!!!!!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.