Wireless Wifi Link Mini Card
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(4.5 out of 5)
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(5 out of 5)AWESOME UPGRADE for NOTEBOOK PC's mine is a GATEWAY C-140X!!!***
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1C03GFH0N7Y49 Upgrade your Convertable Notebook C-140X or C-140XL or E295C to an N wireless card from Intell. The card part is listed as 4695AGN via www.amazon.com or another vendor if you can find one. Card works Perfectly after I installed it as you can see with this video. As a disclaimer I believe the reason why this works so well is because the motherboard on my laptop is an Intel 965PM or 965GM is the exact same thing. Many laptops with various companies makes and models use this mobo at the current moment so the card should work!!! Make sure you go to the website and update any drivers and not use the CD that comes with the packaging. Lastly, remember don't use the 3rd middle space for your antenna just use the outer 2. 1=white and 2=black. That's it. Make sure the antenna's are in there securely too you will see that can take a while. Now you have N speeds and this will work great with the D-Link 655 N Router!
You can go here, http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_filter.aspx?ProductID=2753 , and update the drivers as soon as you install the card. It will work prior to you installing these driver updates. Wireless Wifi Link Mini Card
(1 out of 5)Not for HP owners, and maybe not for anyone :(
Although I've given a it 1-star rating, I really dont know how this product performs at all since I could not complete installation.
First thing you see on opening the box is a warning from Intel explaining that A/ the device is not approved for end-user installation and B/ the device must be certified in the type of computer it's being installed in by the computer manufacturer to comply with FCC regulations. If you ask me its just a bunch of pointless red tape; in order to be compliant, radio devices must all A/ not cause interference and B/ must accept interference from other devices (though given A, one would think there could be no case for B...)... but in any case, dont shoot the messenger.
Well, I didnt know about the warning before purchasing, so I bought one of these little cards. When it arrived I was able to remove my old Intel miniPCI card from my HP dv9235nr laptop and physically install the new card in about 3 minutes. I did note, though, that the new card has 3 antenna connectors, where my old card had only two, and of course there are only two antennae built into the laptop. However, it has been reported elsewhere that the card will still work, and I figured if I had signal strength issues I could probably rig a third antenna (presumably this is what the FCC dont want me doing..).
Turns out, its all moot for HP devices. Upon power-up, my laptop began its POST tests, and almost immediately I got a black screen with an error message claiming that an "incompatible wireless device was detected", followed by a system halt.
After trying for 2 weeks to get a credible, useful answer from HP support, I gave up. Their tech support was worse than useless; they wanted me to backlevel my BIOS to a 3-year old image for a completely different laptop series, then they decided I needed the most current image (which is what I was supposed to backlevel from, duh!). They also directed me to download and install memory card reader drivers (for what, I dont know), and then directed me to install new drivers for a completely different Intel networking card (a PCMCIA, not miniPCI unit). When I explained that the service pack I was supposed to fetch was for the wrong device, the tech hung up on me!
I reluctantly concluded that this is pretty much a useless piece of hardware for HP owners, and I have since returned it to Amazon. I replaced it with an external PCIExpress D-link DWA-643 card that gives me excellent Wireless-N (draft) performance paired with my D-link DIR-655 router, and both took almost no effort to install. (Incidentally, the DWA-643 card works flawlessly under Vista). My understanding is that Dell owners may be able to make more progress with the Intel card than I could, since the Dell BIOS appears not to be hobbled like the HP is, but your milage may vary.
(2 out of 5)Compatibility with Lenovo T 60P
I got this card to "fit in" with my Linksys WRT600N setup at home. On the recommendation of Lenovo, I purchased it from Amazon's site and especially liked the price. However, My Lenovo T60P would not boot up with this device installed. Apparently Lenovo Bios does not allow this card and may be more tolerant of the Atheros based card. So, I don't know how this card functions until after I have hacked my Bios. To make a long story short, this card is now working happily on my Lenovo. I had to "fix" the bios in order for the card to work along with a "taping over" of contact # 20 in order to disable the disable signal that is sent via the hardware switch (believe it or not, this last sentence actually makes sense). Now, I control the card with the software switch within Access Connections and everything is fine and dandy.
(5 out of 5)Works great in my HP Laptop
This was pretty easy to install in my HP (intel) laptop. The Laptop purchased at Costco in Feb came with the Intel BG version of this card which uses the same driver as the AGN card. The 5GHz N connection with the Linksys WRT600N is rock solid and fast. I purchased the card and router due to heavy interference in the 2.4GHz band in our office. This card is a great deal if you have an Intel based laptop.
(5 out of 5)Great bang for the buck. Gateway MT6705 Laptop 2GB of ram
This product exceeded my expectations. Does not ware on the battery life. I installed this in about 20 minutes the video that one of the customers showed on how to install the card was exact on the money. The internet works EXTREMELY FAST on B and G networks and lowers the legacy time about 5MS to 10MS per website. Drivers worked seamlessly for Vista SP1 and is a good compliment to larger enterprise networks and works awesome on Verizon Fios. Please contact me if you have any questions. This is a great card for the money. THIS CARD SHOULD ONLY BE INSTALLED BY A TECHNICIAN THAT KNOWS WHAT HE OR SHE IS DOING. IF THIS IS NOT DONE PROPERLY IT CAN RESULT IN VOID OF WARRANTY OF CARD AND COMPUTER. so know what you are doing before attempting to install this data card.