Hello,
Some time back I decided that it was time for a new router. My old Linksys was doing it's job but there had to be a faster solution for our home network and reading email.
![Angel]( "Angel")
I soon discovered the 802.11AC routers and adapters. I realized that if I bought an AC router that I would have to buy several AC adapters also. I had just bought a DELL E6410 laptop to replace an HP that quit. Well lo and behold, I found an article about installing the Intel 802.11AC adapter in this older computer. Here;
http://www.legitreviews.com/upgrading-an...ard_135084
I bought an ASUS router and ordered the adapter from NewEgg. The install for both was a snap. I upgraded my internet bandwidth and I was smokin'.
I also had an HP Intel processor laptop that I was sure would benefit from the AC protocol. However, I soon read about the dreaded whitelist. I went ahead and orderd another Intel wi-fi adapter and sure enough, the code 304 error message when I tried to install it. After several hours research I found this site and the large cache of modded BIOS files. With a USB prepared for a recovery and a modded BIOS file I flashed the HP....wha-lah, just like it should be and then some. And in goes the Intel AC adapter.
At around the same time, while reading and learning about the mod process for the HP, I installed the latest Intel wi-fi adapter in my ACER Netbook. No problems, no whitelist. When that netbook was new, due to a BIOS limitation you could only use 1gb of memory. With the BIOS upgraded from ACER and now with 2gb of memory and an AC wifi adapter, it was a smoker. So easy............
So now I have the DELL, the HP (with Intel) and the Netbook all using 802.11AC connected to my ASUS dual band router. In the wings is a newly refurbished HP 17-E189NR with an AMD processor. I had orderd and was using a TPLink 802.11AC USB adapter, connected to the USB 3.0 it was quite a speedster. However, I wanted the internal wifi adapter to get away from the dongle.
I had messaged and posted on this forum my interest in a BIOS mod knowing the limitation of modding the EUFI to remove the white list. There were no encouraging replies. There were no AC wifi adapters in the HP parts list for this computer with AMD processor only for Intel. I guessed and decided to try a Broadcom 802.11AC mini wifi card and ordered one for the day that someone cracked the EUFI barrier. That adapter came today. I thought why not try it and see what the error message will be from the non-BIOS.
When the computer went right to the hour-glass/circle of Win8 without an error message and without stopping, I knew that something good was happening.... and it was. Win8 installed the driver software for the Broadcom card, only problem was, it was only bluetooth drivers. I grabbed the TPLink dongle, connected to the web and Windows found the network drivers. Hallelujah !! God is sooooo good to me !!
I have no idea why this worked, but it is what I wanted, 802.11AC on my AMD EUFI laptop.
The Intel HP is a G71-343US with T6600 processor and now with modded F.23 BIOS, SP51527, courtesy of Camilom and help from BDMaster, Sml6397 and donovan6000.
The Intel wi-fi adapter is the 7260HMW available from NewEgg and also from Wal*Mart.
The Broadcom adapter is AzureWave Broadcom BCM94352HMB available from Amazon.
This is longwinded, I'm sure you agree, but you might get something from it that might help you. The only thing that I know for sure is that the modded BIOS in the Intel HP works fine and the AMD HP with EUFI does not whitelist the Broadcom adapter that I used. Maybe since the AMD HP was refurbished it had something to do with it. I doubt that. Maybe I just live right.
Fuzz
