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[shiraz2many]

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

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[Jesston]

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]

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]

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]

Did your bluetooth work without the grey cable?

[harkiratbrar]

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.