Upgrade Acer AO521 with Intel wi-fi card

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by Guest, Mar 19, 2011.

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    Guest Guest

    Hello,
    this is my 1st post :)
    I'm an owner of Acer AO521. I purchased it being sure it supports 5 Ghz wi-fi because it's equipped with 802.11n card. Unfortunately, lack of technical knowledge played a trick on me. Acer's Atheros AR5B95 is b/g/n card and it only works on 2,4 Ghz :roll:
    Having a Netgear WNDR3700 (v1) router I badly want to try out 5 Ghz wireless network. Besides, my Sony wireless headphones use 2,4 Ghz channel and there's some sound distortion when Acer's using wi-fi for heavy data transfer (like streaming video from the web). I've tried all channels in Netgear's configuration panel (1-13 in Europe region and 1-11 i USA region) with no luck. Headphones have no switches whatsoever to change the channel.
    Finally, a wi-fi card supporting a/b/g/n standards would be a nice upgrade :D
    I've discovered that it should be easy to replace the Atheros-based card. After some research and vacillation I'm looking towards buying Intel Advanced-N 6200 card. It is a half-size PCI Express card 3 cm x 2.68 cm so should fit in the netbook perfectly.
    Things I have to take into consideration:
    1. If acer BIOS will support this new device. On Newegg website someone reported about replacing Atheros card with Intel 6200 in Acer AO532h netbook. While mine is a different model, that looks promising. Besides, on Netgear forum someone posted about excellent transfer speeds between WNDR3700 router and Intel 6200-based laptop.
    2. If I will lose bluetooth support after removing Atheros card. I'm not sure, but it looks like AR5B95 is somewhat integrated with bluetooth :roll: If I'm talking nonsense please bear with me :eek:
    So basically my question is:
    Will Intel Advanced-N 6200 card work in Acer AO521? Chances are, some owners switched Atheros to Intel.
    And will I lose bluetooth?
     
    Guest, Mar 19, 2011
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    Bumping...

    I guess I could just buy it and return it if it does not work.
     
    casemods, Apr 6, 2011
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