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XPS 15 9550 Wi-Fi Upgrade to Intel AX200
Upgrading exisitng DW1830 Wi-Fi card to Intel AX200NGWI Wi-Fi card.
My current Wi-Fi Card is a Broadcom DW1830 3x3 802.11ac 2.4/5GHz + Bluetooth 4.1
My Logitech MX Anywhere 2S keeps dropping out once a day and have read about some BT issues with the DW1830. So I want to replace the DW1830 card with Intel AX200NGW - Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), 2x2, Bluetooth® 5.1, M.2 2230.
I have read that perhaps the AX200NGW is not compatible with 6th Gen Intel CPU. I also note that the DW1830 uses 3 antennas with the AX200 only use 2 antennas. Will the loss of one antenna be a major loss in performance?
Please confirm the compatibility of using AX200NGW card with:
- i7-6700HQ CPU
- Windows 10 64bit environment
- Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Many thanks
Jesston
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October 21st, 2020 06:00
Hey any luck accomplishing what you asked about @shiraz2many?
I am looking to do the exact same thing with my Dell 9550 laptop.
Thanks in advance for any tips on the procedure. I ordered the intel ax200ngw from Amazon. (see link)
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07S5Z2V6K/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A4IZZSUIXHUDB&psc=1
shiraz2many
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October 21st, 2020 14:00
Hi Jesston,
After all my s/w tweaking, I then tried a full format of the hard drive and a clean reload of Windows 10 64 bit, reload of all apps and data, resulting in less Wi-Fi failure but not full success.
I have ordered the Intel AX200 from Amazon, it arrives in 1-2 weeks (I am in Sydney Australia), so we are still waiting to see the result.
Kind Regards
izometric
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January 5th, 2021 02:00
I just upgraded my Dell XPS 15 (9550) wifi card from DW1830 to AX200NGW.
I plugged the two white and black antena wires, I left the grey just hunging there.
The card works flawlessly. No issues whatsoever. I am browsing the internet for more than 2 hours and listening Spotify with no more interruptions whatsoever.
I recommend this upgrade.
By the way: I ignored the colour labeling on the intel card and I just pluged the antenas in the exact same order as on the old card.
Piece of advice: plug the antenas into the card before you plug the card into the slot. It is much easier to find the miniscule antena plug correct position.
Veloblur
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July 25th, 2022 00:00
Did your bluetooth work without the grey cable?
harkiratbrar
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September 29th, 2022 15:00
I just replaced DW1830 with intel AX210NGW, both WIFI and Bluetooth works perfectly fine. Note: Windows 10 do not have drivers by default so download them before removing old WIFI card. Also left the grey wire just hanging in there, I just covered the tip with sticky note paper to ensure it not doing any short-circuits.
5minutesAlone
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June 2nd, 2023 13:00
Do you have a link to these drivers? I've just replaced the WiFi chip in my XPS 9550 with the AX210 and none of the drivers I downloaded are finishing. They all error out with "unsupported platform". They are all 32 bit drivers, but I can't find 64 but WiFi drivers anywhere.
ElPadreJuan
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February 20th, 2024 06:07
@5minutesAlone Try this.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html
it worked for me... and got the right drivers
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July 8th, 2024 20:33
@ElPadreJuan the link may be broken I’m getting an error on the intel website.