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XPS L502X network card
I'd like to upgrade my network card. It's getting flaky and has to reset every time I start the laptop. The original cards are not available new, just used online.
Any ideas on which newer cards will work. I'm running windows 10.
Picture of current card.
ejn63
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January 26th, 2021 09:00
You may have trouble finding a brand-new card that will work, as most new systems use M.2 cards. Your system takes the older PCIe format, which is physically incompatible with an M.2 card.
Before buying hardware, you may want to try reloading the drivers for your current card -- remove the existing ones, reboot and load the latest driver for the card you have.
If you do need a replacement card, just about any half-size PCIe network card with two antenna inputs should work.
U2CAMEB4ME
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January 26th, 2021 10:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @dcgayhart
The N6230 would be a good choice as your support page has drivers for that card.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/xps-l502x/drivers
It is 2.4 / 5.0Ghz and Bluetooth 3.0.
Best regards,
U2
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January 30th, 2021 07:00
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March 3rd, 2021 05:00
New network card is working great! Getting speed at the other end of my house over 100 Meg, formerly under 10 Meg if it worked at all.