Notebooks compatibility with Broadcom cards
I know there were some series of notebooks accepting only one kind of wireless cards. Not sure what vendor was that... Dell or HP maybe? Do you have any idea if I should be somehow careful when changing wireless card in my Acer? It's really old Acer Aspire 5024 with 4318 as default. I'd like to exchange this to some 802.11n Broadcom wireless card. I think it would be ASUS WL-270N as it seems to be the easies to but in my country. However if you know any other choice that's easy-available, I can change my decision. Also is this possible my notebook is just too old to handle new wireless 802.11n card? Maybe too old mini pcie, or something like that? -- Rafał ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: Notebooks compatibility with Broadcom cards
Rafał Miłecki wrote: I know there were some series of notebooks accepting only one kind of wireless cards. Not sure what vendor was that... Dell or HP maybe? HP and IBM/Lenovo both have BIOS checks for particular PCI IDs and only allow cards with certain IDs to be plugged in. Do you have any idea if I should be somehow careful when changing wireless card in my Acer? Sorry, no idea. Also is this possible my notebook is just too old to handle new wireless 802.11n card? Maybe too old mini pcie, or something like that? Check that the expansion socket is compatible. The 4318 is probably a mini-PCI card and .11n cards are usually mini-PCIe which is very different and not at all compatible. The card you buy must fit your socket. I've bought an Atheros miniPCI .11n card off eBay for my X40: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=400078624952 But I haven't received it yet so I can't review. It's supposed to be supported by ath9k. I expect that I have to fiddle with the EEPROM on this card to get my ThinkPad to boot with it. Also check the antenna situation. .11n often uses MIMO so it might need an extra antenna to be installed in your laptop. Note how the above card has three connectors, and comes shipped with one antenna. Also note the MIMO arrangement so that it fits your needs. (In simplified terms it can be optimized for receive or transmit.) //Peter ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: Notebooks compatibility with Broadcom cards
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Rafał Miłecki wrote: I know there were some series of notebooks accepting only one kind of wireless cards. Not sure what vendor was that... Dell or HP maybe? HP and IBM/Lenovo both have BIOS checks for particular PCI IDs and only allow cards with certain IDs to be plugged in. Do you have any idea if I should be somehow careful when changing wireless card in my Acer? Sorry, no idea. Not sure about the 5024, but the 5720G has freely-interchangeable wireless cards. (However, it also comes with 2 full miniPCIE slots, something not many Acers have.) Also is this possible my notebook is just too old to handle new wireless 802.11n card? Maybe too old mini pcie, or something like that? Check that the expansion socket is compatible. The 4318 is probably a mini-PCI card and .11n cards are usually mini-PCIe which is very different and not at all compatible. The card you buy must fit your socket. I've bought an Atheros miniPCI .11n card off eBay for my X40: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=400078624952 But I haven't received it yet so I can't review. It's supposed to be supported by ath9k. I expect that I have to fiddle with the EEPROM on this card to get my ThinkPad to boot with it. Also check the antenna situation. .11n often uses MIMO so it might need an extra antenna to be installed in your laptop. Note how the above card has three connectors, and comes shipped with one antenna. Also note the MIMO arrangement so that it fits your needs. (In simplified terms it can be optimized for receive or transmit.) //Peter ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
