How do I upgrade the wireless card in my Acer Laptop?
I have an Acer Extensa (4420-5239) Laptop. It comes with a Broadcom 802.11g network adapter. (WLAN). It doesn't provide a very good internet connection and I heard a 802.11n would be much better. Is that true? How do I find a compatible card? (Also, how do I install it?) Thank You.
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The Broadcom one will be built-in, but if you look on the side of your laptop you will find an expansion slot with a little square button next to it (usually the left hand side on an Acer). There are 2 sizes of this slot (PCMCIA is the proper name for it), older, larger size, or the half size newer type so be careful and find out which you have. Then just buy the wireless card that size and you're sorted - any card of the right size will work magic. You could also just buy a wireless USB 802.11n dongle if you have a USB2 slot, but don't bother if it's just USB1.
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