This is exactly what I needed! I tried to update my card in my laptop, but couldn't attach the antenna.

This are very informative thank you for this tutoial!

i broke both the snap on things so solder direc to 6e card now hardly any singnal wifi and speed droped from 500 to 70 also does it matter which wire goes where and on each lead is there a live and neg

my laptop model asus rog gl552v 2016 I think now wifi connection very bad and weak dont have 5ghz can I upgrade wifi card? I use usb anthena it work and can connect 5ghz but sometime wifi missing and disconnected self

Do I need to replace the antenna cables for a 6E card or the existing ones for MT7921 (on ASUS TUFF A15) would work?

Great video, is it needed to download the intel drivers or i could just let window update install them since i would be connected via ethernet while doing that ?

One other not3 some older devices only use wpa2 not wpa3. Wifi 6ghz roughter default to wpa3. This can cause connectivity issues so you may want to revert to wpa2 if you are having connectivity issues after a wifi 6e roughter upgrade.

My Lenovo will not boot up after changing WiFi card, Is ther any work arounds or Lenovo approved ungrades?

do I need to install Intel drivers if I install an Intel AX200? If so, where would I find it?

Can you upgrade an AX200 to an AX411 WiFi6 M.2 card?

no need to upgrade the wifi antennas or better to do?

I broke the antenna while putting it back on and I don’t know what to do

please note that 6Ghz doesn't always show up after current intel drivers are installed. This is the case on older platforms. I'm running a gen 4 i5. I was able to get 6.gz to show up with the .45 driver. I think intel is currently on the .180 or .190 driver. The .45 driver is hard to find 9n the intel website and you have to dig. I keep testing a new driver for 6ghz whenever Intel updates it but no luck yet so I revert back to .45. Windows 10 also doesn't tell you that yiur connected to a 6ghz network. But it does tell yiu if you are connected to a 5 ghz or 2.4 ghz one. I named all my networks different names so it easy to find the one i want.

@sokre988

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean ˛˛older platforms˛˛? I have 2022 TUF A15 laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor. I think it´s the latest platform available. One thing for sure, I´ll try your routine with .45 driver and update my comment. Anyway, thnx for the advice regarding driver.

@gammafilter

Жыл бұрын

@sokre988 o domt have newer system so all I got to test with is a 4th gen. i guess i had assumed it was a tpm thing. make sure you fully remove all other drivers... im building a new ddr5 i5-13600k system on z790 chip set this weekend. I got a ax1690i the killer wifi m.2 card that uses .180 drivers... ill try those. Then the 190 to see if I see my 6ghz. If not, I'll revert back to .45.

Oh... Just use an EDIT at the scene i always F*** up! Yeah, big fingers, little itty bitty clips that I always seem to bend and destroy somehow... I hate those wire. No one really shows how the snap on very well.

Question: what would I do if the card I’m replacing is the exact same model as the one I had? What would I do in terms of the drivers? I have an Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51 with an Intel Ax200 wifi 6 card in my system. Recently I was doing a fan replacement and repaste of the heat sink, and I accidentally pulled the aux cable and the aux connector came off while trying to reattach. I wasn’t sure if I should upgrade to AX210 (cause it’s scared of it not working), so I was wondering whether I could just do a straight swap of AX200 for AX200. Would I ned to install any kind of driver, if the new card is the same model as the old…? Or would upgrading to AX210 be better all round as a solution. I just want the least painful and quickest experience

@mztahhan

11 ай бұрын

if it didn't work you can always replace it back

@Olivia-W

9 ай бұрын

For future readers: I mean, if the new AX200 works properly, yes, you can replace it without issue. It shouldn't require any driver change. Just install the new one. Most likely the AX210 will also be compatible with a driver update.

Already done ;-)

All good, good tutorial, but you will need to run Windows 11, otherwise the 6 GHz band will not be visible...

What is your opinion of some of the notebook WLAN products compared to each other such as Intel vs Qualcomm vs MediaTek?

@mztahhan

11 ай бұрын

go for intel as after investigating intel is better

my router supports wifi 6e but how do I know I'm connected to wifi 6e and not wifi 5/2.4 ghz like wifi 6 usually do.

@Johnkram

7 ай бұрын

My router has a separate ssid for 6e. The 2.4ghz/5ghz is on its own ssid.

Cheers for that. Nigh on impossible on my old HP G7 laptop though. IIRC, HP has a whitelist and disallows WiFi / Bluetooth modules in BIOS on laptops of this vintage. BTW, for laptops with built in battery, I recommend running the battery down completely if possible. Otherwise in many cases you can just disconnect the battery before working on it.

@charleshines8523

Жыл бұрын

On modern ones they stopped doing that I think. I have an HP laptop I bought this year and while the AX200NGW is not one that HP listed as supported it worked anyhow. I think they just said it is not compatible because the laptop has one antenna and the AX200NGW needed 2. I just had to find a spot in the case safe for it (since I don't want to mess with the display). It works a lot better than that horrid Realtek 8821CE it had in it from the factory. Really I never cared for Realtek WiFi. I can tolerate sound from a Realtek chip but their WiFi chips are mediocre!!

my laptop barely catches nearby wifi signals, would this diy fix the problem?

@charleshines8523

Жыл бұрын

It might. I upgraded to WiFi 6 with an Intel AX200NGW and it helped. I also upgraded my router to a TP-Link AX300 Pro (looks like similar to the Intel version but no Intel logo). That router retails for $179.99 normally but is frequently on sale for $129 or at least a lot less than the normal price. I have had good luck with TP-Link because they are good routers. I never have to go and reset it. Some laptops have just one antenna cable but that doesn't mean you are out of luck with upgrades. I just got one that comes with antennas and used one of those. I didn't need the other because it was already installed. I found a space in my laptop where a hard drive would be on a similar model and placed the antenna there. They have strong tape so place it wisely. I did that after attaching the antenna to the WiFi card since those connectors are small and difficult to couple then stuck the antenna down. I just made sure it would not touch other electronic parts. Depending on where it is you may have some slack in the cable. Don't cut it, that is thin coaxial cable not wire. If that end comes off the connector you will never be able to reattach it yourself without causing a short between the two conductors which would destroy your WiFi card I installed my antenna this way to avoid taking the screen bezels apart which is a fairly difficult thing to do. To answer your question, you might get a better signal once the upgrade is done. Just make sure to download the drivers first to a flash drive or the computer you intend to upgrade. If you can't connect to WiFi yet you will need to connect via ethernet or use a computer that still has internet to get the drivers. Not everyone has a second one.

Dell seems to block on a firmware level. I did this for a Dell desktop a month ago and it won't boot. Works again with old Wi-Fi.

@benjamintrathen6119

2 жыл бұрын

so does Acer

Followed the steps but doesn’t show up in device manager, only comes up as Bluetooth device personal area network :(

@mztahhan

11 ай бұрын

did you install the drivers ?

@jasyamaha

7 ай бұрын

Same here and yes I installed the current drivers. I installed an Intel BE200 adapter.

I tried to do it on Lenovo z50-70, and upon start screen I get an error of unauthorised wireless card, please power off and remove it. I have used bios menu and disabled and wireless from BIOS. I then installed the bluetooth after logging in, bluetooth works fine but the wireless still dont. I believe I need to whitelist the wireless adapter. Can anyone suggest me the solution ?

@kornelkawulok

Жыл бұрын

I have the same issues. Do you have any idea how to Fox it? My laptop is HP Aero 13 Ryzen 5800U, card is Intel Ax211

@omkarhiremath8502

Жыл бұрын

Did you find a solution..?

Tried to do this upgrade on my Dell XPS 15 9500 - didnt work! Apparently the Killer WIFI 6 network card is soddered to the motherboard making the upgrade impossible.

@charleshines8523

Жыл бұрын

That sucks. is it an ultraportable computer? I know in some of those even the RAM is soldered in. That can make things hard when you ever have a bad RAM chip.

@vinylmonster4907

Жыл бұрын

@@charleshines8523 NOPE was able to upgrade the ram to 64gb even the nvme drives - just not the wifi. Not a big dead really since i rarely use the wireless option and connect via a 10gbe adapter via rj45 ethernet into a 10gbe switch powered by an intel dual port 10gbe nic

@charleshines8523

Жыл бұрын

@@vinylmonster4907 I can also. I could probably push it further if modules with a high enough capacity existed. I know I can push my desktop to 128 GB and it uses DDR4 like my laptop. If there were 64 GB DDR4 SODIMMs there may be a chance that it would work unless the firmware limits it artificially and some laptops do have limits of that type on some things sometimes.

Hello, I´ve upgraded my Asus TUF A15 from Mediatek wifi6 card to Intels AX210 6E (bought on Aliexpres), installed proper drivers, but when I try to connect my Samsung Galaxy S22+ wifi Hotspot over 6GHz, it can´t. I can connect it over 5GHz, can it be something in settings? What do you think?

@gammafilter

Жыл бұрын

See my comment above.

@tanishqtaya516

Жыл бұрын

bro how is it working right now is bluetooth working fine ?

@tanishqtaya516

Жыл бұрын

@sokre988

@sokre988

Жыл бұрын

@@tanishqtaya516 yes, it works fine.. Bluetooth and wifi 6ghz network. Things I needed to change: *Upgrade to windows 11, *Downgrade drivers for card like 10 versions below latest. Search internet for exact one.

@tanishqtaya516

Жыл бұрын

@@sokre988 i see and is the lan connection working fine also where you downloaded drivers ?

Oh, those fans! Canned air please.

Windows 10 does not support WiFi 6E

@mztahhan

11 ай бұрын

i think in 2 years Microsoft will force windows 11

@Johnkram

7 ай бұрын

You need a special driver to use 6E on Windows 10

omg dude just open the device manager... don't build us a watch...