HP g42 manual lists unsupported WiFi card as supported

[SomeoneIsHere]

Broadcom WiFi chip isn't supported by my OS (BSD), so I needed to replace it.

Following the service manual for this laptop (http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02623161.pdf), I purchased another card that it says is supported:  AR9285. But laptop says that AR9285L isn't supported (due to the whilelist).

Why the list is wrong in the manual?

How do I disable the whilelist check?

[banhien]

Hi,

Firstly NO, you can't disable the whitelist check and secondly that is NOT the manual for the series of your machine. Your machines uses the following manual:

    http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02627955.pdf

Source: Last manual on the following link

            http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-G42-Notebook-PC-series/4346229/model/5048622/manuals/

Please note: The card may be on the list but manual is for the whole series which can have thousands of different models/products . Your machine is an HP G42-415DX. HP can have HP G42-nnnaa where nnn can be from 000 to 999 and aa  can be from aa to zz.

Your machines uses: Broadcom 4313AGN 802.11a/b/g/draft-n WiFi adapter (Shiraz)

Regards.

[SomeoneIsHere]

Yes, Broadcom adapter is the one that doesn't work well in BSD because Broadcom didn't share the spec.

I need to replace the card. How do I find which other WiFi card model is supported?

Or, alternatively, how do I disable the whitelist?