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‎10-23-2015 10:49 AM

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Hello Scoobynz...

 

Are you saying that you installed a new 802.11ac card in your HP 4530S laptop and it worked WITHOUT having to hack the BIOS?

 

If so, could you let me know what model card you installed as I have the same laptop and I want to upgrade it to AC also.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

 

TOM DEE

‎12-28-2015 06:39 PM - edited ‎12-28-2015 06:41 PM

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scoobynz, thank you for sharing! I have an Elitebook 8460p and was able to replicate the method in your link also.  My 8460p has the exact same chipset so the fix was simply to add the exact same line to my grub.cfg.  I now have an Intel 7260 802.11ac card working.  The only minor annoyance is that I still have to hit ENTER during the post when it initially tells me the card is unsupported.

‎04-14-2016 04:19 PM

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I just bought an Intel 7260 for my dv7-7023cl and the bluetooth on the Intel doesn't work. Is this something to do with the BIOS whitelist?

‎05-09-2016 02:04 PM

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I normally hate to register online.

 

But I took a couple of minutes to do it here. Just to say once I've known this HP policy regarding whitelisting wifi cards and never let customer upgrade to a decent hardware - I WILL NEVER BUY HP **bleep** ANY MORE. And will pass the word to whoever I know.

 

HP guys, have fun being jerks.

 

Thanks.

‎07-19-2016 08:54 PM - edited ‎07-19-2016 10:02 PM

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@TyTN wrote:

I just bought an Intel 7260 for my dv7-7023cl and the bluetooth on the Intel doesn't work. Is this something to do with the BIOS whitelist?

It is unlikely that this is a BIOS problem. If so, you would get an error message upon booting (black and white screen) saying that the card is not compatible with your computer. It sounds like a driver issue. Try to see if HP Support Assistant will detect and download the appropriate drivers; otherwise, try the Intel Driver Update Utility.

 

Background:

Given a Mini PCIe card, wireless cards with Bluetooth built in generally work like this:

  • WiFi typically uses the PCIe signals on the connector.
  • Bluetooth typically uses the USB signals on the same connector.

Wireless cards without Bluetooth typically forego the USB and use only the PCIe.

 

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