DV6725ee WIFI card upgrade

Hi,
I have a Pavilion DV6000 (DV6725ee) I am trying to upgrade the Mini PCI-e Wifi card, having looked at the service book I purchased a BCM94321MCP1, which is a listed compatabile device, however on installing and booting the laptop it hangs with a message saying that the WIFI card is not a compatabile one.
Is there a way to boot with this card installed or is there a compatatible BroadCom card that I can use?
Currently I am back to using the Intel one that is provided, but is tempermental.
Any help will be gladly appriciated.

Hi:
If you bought it from HP with the HP part # on it, it should have worked, and I would have no idea why it didn't.
I have a dv6810us and it uses the same card (for use in the USA/Canda, part # 434661-001.
I bought mine used on eBay for less than $10 a year or so ago. Works great.
You can only buy the card with the HP part number on it, or it will not work.
If that is what you did, then buy on eBay and query only by the part number.
Do not buy a card unless you see one with the actual picture of the card with the part # on it.
Here is a link to the 434661-001 cards available on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=434661-001&_sop=15
If you don't live in the USA/Canada then do your search by part # 434661-002.

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