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K53E upgrade advice

tjmcs
Level 7

‎04-14-2019 08:18 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:14 PM by Community Admin

I've got a K53E-BBR4 and as you all know, ASUS will not help with upgrades. I want to take out my Realtek RTL8188CE wireless n LAN and replace it with an ac LAN. Is this possible in the K53E? And if so, what do you suggest.

Thanks.
tjmcs
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raju2529
Level 9

‎05-20-2019 09:59 PM

If it's laptop then you can't be upgrade, because it's fixed on the motherboard and related embedded chio is soldered on MB
Intel i5 7200U_ Nvidia 940MX _Windows_11_Enterprise_64bit_22H2_buildno_22621.754
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tjmcs
Level 7
In response to raju2529

‎05-31-2019 05:41 AM

The card is not soldered in and can be taken out. it is an AzureWave AW-NE139H. I replaced it with an AzureWave AW-CB161H. No go. On install I get the message it can not work with my OS which is Windows 7. Strange, but the NE139H is showing up in device manager as an Atheros AW8151. Even stranger, Asus told me that this laptp does not have Win 7 installed, even though the sticker says so.
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