Help finding laptop wireless card

[gabe927]

Hi,

I have an HP Envy dv6, and the wireless card in it recently died.  The old card is and Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 and i need some help finding a replacement card.  I've been looking at something like the Intel Centrino Wireless AC 7260 or the 8260 and I was wondering if one of these would work in the computer since the old card was wireless n.  Please let me know if I can use a wireless ac card, and if you can please give me some suggestions on what I should get. 

Thanks for the help!

[dragoon20005]

these wifi card uses the PCI-E so-dimm slot

 

 

so you need to look for PCI-E version

 

 

the newer wifi comes either in PCI-E or NGFF aka M.2

[riawoias]

Be careful HP might be using wifi card whitelists like lenovo, 

 

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/dv6-supported-wifi-cards-BIOS-white-list-update/td-p/2680111

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/Upgrading-to-a-Dualband-Wireless-Card-for-my-DV6/td-p/927875

 

Its easiest to just get the identical replacement part or just risk it with anything close.

 

If your BIOS has a whitelist on it then installing anything but the HP approved part with an HP part number on it will likely get a boot time lockout.

 

If you have your exact model number then I can try and look up the service manual and get the list of compatible cards.

 

Choose from the following, 

HP ENVY dv6-7200 Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7200 Quad Edition Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7200 Select Edition Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7300 Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7300 Quad Edition Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7300 Select Edition Notebook PC series

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

these wifi card uses the PCI-E so-dimm slot

 

 

so you need to look for PCI-E version

 

 

the newer wifi comes either in PCI-E or NGFF aka M.2

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[dragoon20005]

Be careful HP might be using wifi card whitelists like lenovo, 

 

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/dv6-supported-wifi-cards-BIOS-white-list-update/td-p/2680111

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/Upgrading-to-a-Dualband-Wireless-Card-for-my-DV6/td-p/927875

 

Its easiest to just get the identical replacement part or just risk it with anything close.

 

If your BIOS has a whitelist on it then installing anything but the HP approved part with an HP part number on it will likely get a boot time lockout.

oh darn forget the HP white list part

 

*faceplam

 

 

Hi,

I have an HP Envy dv6, and the wireless card in it recently died.  The old card is and Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 and i need some help finding a replacement card.  I've been looking at something like the Intel Centrino Wireless AC 7260 or the 8260 and I was wondering if one of these would work in the computer since the old card was wireless n.  Please let me know if I can use a wireless ac card, and if you can please give me some suggestions on what I should get. 

Thanks for the help!

you might be limited to getting a similar card instead of the newer AC

[gabe927]

Thank you all for the quick responces

 

 

Be careful HP might be using wifi card whitelists like lenovo, 

 

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/dv6-supported-wifi-cards-BIOS-white-list-update/td-p/2680111

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/Upgrading-to-a-Dualband-Wireless-Card-for-my-DV6/td-p/927875

 

Its easiest to just get the identical replacement part or just risk it with anything close.

 

If your BIOS has a whitelist on it then installing anything but the HP approved part with an HP part number on it will likely get a boot time lockout.

 

If you have your exact model number then I can try and look up the service manual and get the list of compatible cards.

 

Choose from the following, 

HP ENVY dv6-7200 Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7200 Quad Edition Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7200 Select Edition Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7300 Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7300 Quad Edition Notebook PC series

HP ENVY dv6-7300 Select Edition Notebook PC series

 

 

The notebook is the HP ENVY dv6t-7200 CTO Quad Edition Notebook PC with the product number B6C68AV

[riawoias]

Thank you all for the quick responces

 

 

The notebook is the HP ENVY dv6t-7200 CTO Quad Edition Notebook PC with the product number B6C68AV

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03591281

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Description Spare part number For use with all computer models:

Atheros 9485GN 802.11b/g/n 1×1 WiFi and 3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Combo Adapter 655795-001

Atheros WB225 802.11b/g/n 1×1 Bluetooth Combo Adapter 675794-001

Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n 1×1 WiFi and 20702 Bluetooth 4.0 Combo Adapter 657325-001

Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 WLAN module 670691-001

Ralink RT5390R 802.11b/g/n 1×1 WiFi Adapter 691415-001

Ralink RT3290LE 802.11b/g/n 1×1 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 Combo Adapter 690020-001

Atheros AR9565 802.11b/g/n 1×1 WiFi + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo Adapter for use only on computer models equipped with an Intel processor 690019-001

Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 WLAN module for use only on computer models equipped with an Intel processor in Japan 670290-001

 

Looks like according to the service manual your stuck with an exact replacement. (I think you may even need to purchase it from HP or it must have the HP spare part number on it as they may even block identical hardware that lacks the OEM serial number checking garbage)

 

The mfg has no real incentive to update the whitelist to support the latest adapters. As a consolation prize the replacement is cheap 10-20 dollars on amazon it seems. Be careful those 3rd party resellers seem to be mixing up the product numbers and list an RAlink as the intel card's number.

 

In the past it was possible to do some BIOS hacks to change the whitelist but with UEFI and secure boot signing stuff and all that new stuff it might be much harder and more likely to brick your laptop completely if you screw it up. ( http://airodump.net/hewlett-packard-bios-hacking/ )(I don't think that guide works anymore and I wouldn't recommend risking it even if it did still work)