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02-24-2014 03:28 AM - edited 02-24-2014 03:52 AM
Hello!
Problem in probook 4530s! Intel dual band wireless-n 7260!7260hmw nb. Whitelist! BIOS F.41
Please help me!:smileyindifferent: May be patch bios?
Or can i modifi bios?
I would be very much obliged to you
02-24-2014 07:38 AM
If you read through this entire thread you will see that there are people out there modifying various bios versions to 'update' the whitelists. You do it at your own risk, of course.
The safest alternative is to add an external wifi dongle.
02-24-2014 08:21 AM
And HP has made it clear from its complete lack of response on this issue (both here and to customers directly) that it has no interest in doing so. The only reason I've ever heard is that it needs to ensure that the cards don't violate FCC rules when used in a given device. That would seam reasonable if they gave a decent selection of modern, fully capable wifi cards, but for the most part they don't. I've noted here that cards used in the last few years may well have far worse capability then ones they used earlier. One card I had in a fully equipped (otherwise) 17 inch laptop barely communicated at G speeds even though it was a N card. Speeds on it near a modern router were about 56 mbps peak - while my router was capable of 450 at that range.
