I suppose you can use an external USB adapter but I would get one with an external antenna connected to it, because I would have to believe the 3 antenna wire setup in your notebook has to provide superior reception over a plain USB wireless adapter with an internal antenna as its only antenna. You can try a different card listed in the manual if you want.īroadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g WLAN module (not a wireless N card) The Intel 5300 is not supported (only the cards/part numbers listed in the service manual can be installed) and your notebook wouldn't boot until you removed the card. What I meant by my statement regarding you having the better of the available cards for your notebook is that, yes, I am sure the Intel 5300 is an improvement over the 5100, but the problem is you can't install the 5300 in your notebook. Business PCs, Workstations and Point of Sale Systems.Printer Wireless, Networking & Internet.DesignJet, Large Format Printers & Digital Press.Printing Errors or Lights & Stuck Print Jobs.Notebook Hardware and Upgrade Questions.Intel does not warrant or assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any information, text, graphics, links or other items within the Software. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Intel does not intend to offer updates to mitigate any security vulnerability in this Software, whether currently known or discovered in the future. Intel Customer Service Agents will no longer respond to telephone, chat, community support forum, or email inquiries for self-service products.Īs this Software relates to “End of Life” products, it may contain security vulnerabilities. Help from other users is available at the Intel Support Community.Click product name to find the related article directory, available downloads, and other self-service options. The available support options for discontinued products include: Identify your wireless adapter, then check to see if your adapter is listed in the table below. The following Intel® Wireless Products have been or will be discontinued by the self-service support dates listed.

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