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Intel Wireless-Ac 9260, 2230, 2X2 Ac+Bt, Gigabit, No Vpro?
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TL;DR (or maybe not? it's still long.)
Pros:
It's XPS. The XPS. Dell has found their sweet spot and is unlikely to change, which is a good news for us.
So, all the pros for XPS 9560.
i5-8300H is actually capable to do many tremendous things so many people can think twice before paying for an i7.
Lower end configurations have surprisingly good value. Again, think twice for i7.
GTX 1050ti Max-Q is chicken dinner friendly. And is Montana's cheeseburger friendly. And is slightly better at graphics rendering. For many people struggling between gaming laptops and performance laptops, this will be make them pull the trigger.
Again, the inclusion of 1050ti MaxQ makes it dumb to buy Asus UX550VE. Or Macbook Pro 2017 so Dell has several months without a real competitor.
Cons:
All cons for 9560.
Discouragingly expensive for high end models. $3000 for i9? Well Lenovo workstations can do it better. Or a dual setup. On the flip side, the also good 9560 will be way cheaper.
Killer 1535. Seriously? I mean, Dell, did you signed a soul selling contract with them? They need to spend $100+ for every complaint against wireless cards, which is, like, 100% of all purchases. For your interest, buy this and install it immediately upon purchase.
Fingerprint magnet. I cannot definitively say this because they may change the materials, but XPS 9560 gets dirty in all directions and requires frequent cleaning. This is usually undermined by reviewers but it may bug you so I mention it here.
Amazon.com: Intel Wireless-Ac 9260, 2230, 2X2 Ac+Bt, Gigabit, No Vpro: Computers & Accessories
This is what I bought. It does fit, and I was able to connect to my wifi network so its functional.
Thanks so much! I wasn't including ngff on my searches for antennas so that must have been why I was having issues finding ones that worked with the 9260.
I was just going to get this one since it seems to be the cheapest of the bunch on Amazon even though they all appear the same. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_4GrjDbDXYZZG2
I'm not sure why my back panel has 3 antenna holes but I'll just cover the 3rd one with foil tape I guess. I haven't seen any antenna set for a m.2 WiFi card that has 3 antennas.
Yeah I wanted to avoid a pcie card since I have a 5700XT and wanted as much free space for airflow as possible. Not sure if it would matter but figured it couldn't hurt.
Thanks again for the help!
ah looks like its some newer realtek chip. Sounds like it works from your description but the driver is buggy. Honestly I would just order an Intel AC 9260 from Amazon and be done with it. My XPS 9360 came with some Killer WiFi module and I had all kinds of connections issues. Swapping the module resolved my issues and improved performance. Just make sure your device supports M.2 2230 modules and allows for swapping.
fwiw, I followed the upgrade guides in this sub and spent $20 on this upgrade.
Intel Wireless-Ac 9260, 2230, 2X2 Ac+Bt, Gigabit, No Vpro https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_M0NS0NH2WPH90FNG219Z?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
est 30min for my second time opening up the R1 and plugging in a component.
The specs say this supports BT 5.0. I did need to install the Intel driver to make this device recognized. The primary difference I noted was significantly better wifi throughput and signal stability at about 40 ft from the router.
I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard(s) to be Bluetooth compatible. I currently have an Asus z390-p and a b360M-a, both with 9600k CPU's installed.
I'm considering this chip, as they both have m.2 2230 slots open on them: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_13GAC6DAQKVC3ZY96YGQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
My question is, would I need to buy an antenna solely for the Bluetooth? I don't care about the wifi necessarily, as I have them hard wired. If I do need an antenna, are there any in particular that would be recommended?
Thanks so much in advance!
Open the laptop, remove the broadcom wifi module and install an intel module from amazon. This is one of the newest cards. Have to make sure the form factor is compatible but should be able to swap it out and make this so much easier to manage.
np :)
it also has an m.2 slot for wifi+bluetooth. the modules themselves are cheap (ie this one. 16$). it would fit right beneath the SSD.
From what I've seen it's the wifi card, which every single laptop that claims to have wifi 6 is using. A laptop swap won't save you. 😭
Drop $30 on Amazon and downgrade to something compatible with your router or upgrade the router.
It's hard to know exactly what it is, but I would probably do the following
- Start by doing the old network troubleshooting built into windows, that can help if some weird issue with the DNS or something exists.
- Check device manager to see if there is an issue with the network card and also install drivers. You can usually download the drivers from your manufacturers support page, but sometimes the wireless cards manufacturer has more recently updated drivers. For example, killer or Intel. Use cpuid or device manager to check which you have.
- it's also possible you would need a new wireless card either because it's older tech and not able to see the new frequency or even malfunctioned. In either case a new one would fix it.
By the way, I'm not sure if you have a killer WAN, but I've had issues with those in the past and I recommend Intel instead. A new one would upgrade your wireless internet as well as Bluetooth.
Here is one I recommend if your laptop is compatible. Intel Wireless-Ac 9260, 2230, 2X2 Ac+Bt, Gigabit, No Vpro https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2hFQDbTJXPX9C
Pretty inexpensive way to upgrade a laptops wireless. Cheers
I bought a barebones used model off ebay. Lot of things were missing but I saved a lot of money putting the parts in myself. Main battery, BIOS battery, storage, bottom cover, RAM. The wireless I stuck with was an intel 9260. Intel stays on top of driver updates with their stuff and they have rock solid reliablity because of it. https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1/
You can also buy the brand new intel ax200-- has the new wireless ax standard and backwards compatible with ac and older.
As for how mine runs, it ran like crap (crashes, unstable) until I upgraded from the original BIOS to the current latest 1.50 BIOS. I think this unit may have been a review model because the BIOS was like version 0.3. Once AMD released official drivers for their mobile chipsets (the original dell ones were poor, but it may have improved if they upgraded their drivers since then) most of my remaining stability issues went away. I also uninstalled any Dell related software that was not system drivers.
I installed the Intel 9260 No vPro without issue in my XPS 9570. I did see that the colors/labels were swapped so I matched the connector used for Main on the old Killer WiFi card to the Main connection (disregarding the colors). Is there any reason why you chose the vPro model? Not sure if this requires a specific chipset.
i got the 9260. Does this one look correct? Here's the link.
I'll read a guide on how to connect it, thanks for the heads up!
It could be the card itself rather than the driver. Realtek, Broadcom, Atheros are terrible. When you hear people say they are having wireless issues despite spending a fortune on a nice wireless router it's because of the adapter.
I'm not sure if that card can be taken out and be replaced. This Intel 9260 would be HUGE improvement.
I found one on amazon for 23 bucks. I can get it two day shipping is that good. Here it is. do I need the adapter go to to be compatible with my motherboard? There are m.2 ngff pcie to wireless adapters on Amazon as well that say they are compatible with the 9260. My last question is is that the heat one? I saw serveral different versions of the card. I was just wondering the difference. Thanks for your help btw.
>Never mind, it is in the original post.
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>Looks like yours is an M key as well. I'd suggest this card: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QH5KW1/
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>In doing research, this card is typically the most reliable on ASUS systems, while still getting us that lovely 1.7Gbps speed.
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>Finally, the wifi card sits UNDER the primary m.2 slot, here is a teardown video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74pgSfBzz7Y
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>Note: You do NOT have to remove the battery, but you do need to disconnect it as shown.
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>Good luck!
Actually one thing I just noticed is that listing says it needs Intel SoC. If I had to guess it probably means you need to have an Intel CPU and it needs to be above a certain generation? For example i7 9XXX
You may have to through the listings yourself and find one that matches you. That's assuming you even have an intel CPU.
This one right here for example says it's compatible with Intel 8th generation and above:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1
and this one is an older version of the one I originally posted.
You should probably listen to that other guy.
I think the fact that m.2 can be electrically sata or nvme might be confusing you. msata is a thing, but it's older and not as common as m.2 wifi cards for the past several years now.
If you want examples of m.2 wifi cards, all you have to do is google up "m.2 wifi card"
Examples:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wi-Fi-Gig-Desktop-AX200-NGWG-NV/dp/B085M7VPDP/
You get something like this and then the antenna wires that attach to the connectors to route in your case:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1
I have this one in mine
I bought this WiFi card: https://www.csv.de/artinfo.php?artnr=A2711434 (English: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=intel+dual+band+wireless-ac+9260&qid=1638186981&sr=8-4)
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to install in a new mini PC build (Asrock Deskmini X300, Ryzen 5600g). Device Manager shows that it's installed properly, but it's not picking up any WiFi networks or bluetooth devices. Is it actually compatible with my build?
I replaced my wifi card back when I got this laptop and basically doubled the wifi performance. There may be something newer/better/similarly priced, but this is the exact card I used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QH5KW1/
I use Intel 9260 in my XPS 15 9570. I believe Intel 9560 is a cnvi model which is not pin compatible with the dell xps laptop.
So something like this? It seems bigger than any spot I saw when I opened the back. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_GqM6FbMY08EQ8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
You may have more luck with this: https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce
I've used it under Ubuntu, and online people have reported it works under Fedora as well, despite not being supported.
If it's at all possible, I would honestly reccomend just replacing the wireless card with one by a vendor that actually supports Linux properly. Intel is personally my preferred brand due to good experiences, you can get a replacement card for $14 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=intel+9260&qid=1550993117
If you don't mind a little DIY and the slow shipping from China, you can get the Intel 9260 (1730Mbps+BT5.0) and a PCIE M.2/NGFF card for $24.29. The same on Amazon (fulfilled by) is $30.88, 9260 for $16.89 andFenvi M.2/NGFF Wifi card for $13.99.
The card doesn't need drivers, the Intel 9260 drivers are here, if you go this route.
You can buy external antennas, they all use a standard SMA connector.
That said a heatsink isn't necessary. Any of the M.2 Intel cards are not going to overheat inside a case with proper airflow.
If I were you, I'd just get an Intel 9260 and a PCIe Adapter off Amazon:
Are you using WiFi or Ethernet? My brother has an Inspiron 15 5000 series (Not sure the exact model) and after a little over a year of ownership, he had this same problem you seem to be having when connected to WiFi, which turned out to be the wireless card malfunctioning. Luckily, these are very easy to replace and you probably won't need anything more than a Phillips screwdriver and 10 spare minutes.
So first off, if you're using WiFi, try connecting an Ethernet cable to your router and running that way instead, see if it makes a difference.
If this helps, your wireless card is most likely malfunctioning. If your laptop is out of warranty or you just don't want to deal with sending it to Dell for repair, you can order a new wireless card on Amazon for about $13. Here's the one I put in my XPS 15 and by bro's Inspiron 15, an Intel Wireless AC 9260: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1
The Dell support page for your specific laptop model will have disassembly instructions, along with what tools you'll need.
Hope this helps you out!
Swap in an Intel Wireless AC 9260 card and be done with it.
You can have 16GB 2400 Mhz RAM and you can also get an Intel AC9260 Wifi Card if you don’t need WiFi 6(Wifi AX) capabilities or if you do the Intel AX200
Ah gotcha. So something like this? It says it may not work with non-intel processors and ill be using a 2600x
Relatively easily. I recommend getting an iFixit kit for it, since some parts require tools you don't commonly have. In particular you need the supdger (pick) tool, to open the cover.
See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdZbOOU6LeA
This WiFi chip worked OK for me.
I bought the latest intel wireless card and an adapter so that it would go into a pci slot.
Intel card 9260 with bluetooth 5.0
I then went to the intel website and installed the latest intel proset drivers for the wifi and a seperate file containing the latest bluetooth drivers as well. When I first connected to my home router I was getting 250Mbps down. This is significant because the ISP only offers 50 Mbps around here. A few hours later, the ISP slowed the speeds to what I pay for, but it was nice to see none the less.
and here's the wifi card-
Intel Wireless-Ac 9260, 2230, 2X2 Ac+Bt, Gigabit, No Vpro https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_goPSBbP43JENP
Absolute best is the Asus PCE-ac88. That's overkill though, get a intel wifi card and an adapter so it can use a PCI slot. When you put it into the adapter, make sure you connect the tiny antenna connectors and that you have a good set of antennas. Something like this, https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532689387&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=intel+wifi+9260&dpPl=1&dpID=51BF3bhIM7L&ref=plSrch
Pro tip: next time buy a new laptop wifi card and a PCI-Express adapter for it. You'll get way, way better performance and newer features for a similar price.
Get an M.2 Key E device like the Intel 9260. It has high bandwidth 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.0. You’ll also have to buy a set of MHF4 antenna cables but they are like $12 on amazon
Antenna Mod Kit for NGFF Wireless Cards & M.2(NGFF) 3G/4G Cards
This is one of the few boards with a 3rd M.2 slot just for this purpose. It’s well integrated, cost effective and seems like the best solution out there if it works as advertised. I’m working on doing the same thing on an ASRock Z370 board right now.
Edit: if you look close, a lot of the PCIe adapters (including the one linked below) are just intel M.2 cards pre installed to a riser board with the antennas connected out to the back panel. I think most of the ones available use the older intel 8265 card which has half the WiFi bandwidth and BT 4.2.
>How about this one:
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>Intel Wireless-Ac 9260: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-Ac-9260-2230-Gigabit/dp/B079QH5KW1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531685530&sr=8-1&keywords=intel+wireless-ac+9260
That has vPro. I bought the one without vPro (which was $23.99 on Amazon).
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QH5KW1 This is the link to the exact one I bought.
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