Intel 5100 AGN replacement with an Intel 5300 AGN

I have an Intel WiFi 5100 and I was told to purchase a 5300 card as a replacement. The laptop starts, but stops and tells me that there is unregistered hardware trying to start and windows will stop it immediatley. HOW DO I INSTALL THE NEW DRIVERS for a presplash screen in windows 7?

I have an HP Pavilion DV7-2185dx and the Intel website was the one who directed me to the 5300 saying it was more stable and even though the third antenna connection would be open, the performance would more than make up for the lose of the WiFi extentended distance. AND just so you know: This network adapter had been working fine for years and years with little or no issues, then about 6 months ago it started to act up, dropping the signal and just working slowly. I tried, but was unsucecessful in downloading and installing the up to the minute drivers for this 5100. And finally, this is the mindblower: The card works extremely and without fault under the Ubuntu OS. I switched from W7 to U11 with the dual boot and NO ISSUES! SO, I believe it is something that MS has done with their many, many updates that come over constantly. They must have updated something else and screwed up the Intel drivers. If you look online, you will see hundreds of people with the same or similar issues that remain unresolved since 2011, with the only resolution being the use of a USB Network Key, of which I always had as a backup and troubleshooting device. So, before you look to chastise me for listening to an Intel tech, perhaps you should read the thousands of angry customers who have had their NIC go bad and HP and Intel have NO **bleep** ANSWER!!! Some crap, to say the least... PS...As I said the card works WONDERFULLY using UBUNTU 11, so I don't believe it is the card, but rather the software that is controlling it.

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Replacing my Intel 5100 AGN card with a Intel 2200 (X200 Thinkpad)

Hi there,
Does anyone knows if this will work ?
I'm planning to change the 5100 AGN card with an old Intel 2200 model because I want to play with OSX86 on my X200.
-- Shay

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Regarding using wwan in T400 with Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN

Hello,
Im interested to use of WWAN in my laptop, My is Thinkpad T400, having with Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN.
please guide me with process accesing the simcard slot in laptop.
Waiting for your reply.
With Regards
Santhosh

Hi,
I believe the SIM card slot is in the battery bay. Remove the battery to access.
That Intel 5100 is a wifi card, not a wwan card. Do you also have a wwan card installed, or is that what you are asking about?
Information on both (SIM and wwan card installation) is in the hardware maintenance manual: Hardware Maintenance Manual - T400 & R400
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Alternative to Intel Wifi Link 5100 AGN wireless network card?

I'm finding that my Intel 5100 AGN wireless network card is not performing as well as it used to. I've tried everything... even drivers are fully up to date. But I keep losing connection to my wireless router, even though connection strength is between 3-4 bars. I find that I rarely get dropped if I have 5 bars. But if it weakens to 3, I get periodically dropped no matter what wireless network I am using.
I want to replace this card with something better, but of course compatible with the HP dv5 (my specific model is dv5t-1000). Any recommendations?
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Hi, Gary:
What I meant by my statement regarding you having the better of the available cards for your notebook is that, yes, I am sure the Intel 5300 is an improvement over the 5100, but the problem is you can't install the 5300 in your notebook.
The Intel 5300 is not supported (only the cards/part numbers listed in the service manual can be installed) and your notebook wouldn't boot until you removed the card.
You can try a different card listed in the manual if you want.
However, you are limited to the:
Broadcom 4322 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN module
Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g WLAN module (not a wireless N card)
I suppose you can use an external USB adapter but I would get one with an external antenna connected to it, because I would have to believe the 3 antenna wire setup in your notebook has to provide superior reception over a plain USB wireless adapter with an internal antenna as its only antenna.
The antennas go all the way up to the top of your screen.
Did you fiddle around with your network card's advanced settings? They can be found by clicking on the card in the device manager, clicking on the advanced tab. make a note of where the settings are now so if something goes buggy, you can change them back.
Here is a guide to the advanced settings you have and the recommended settings for them.
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-025393.htm
Paul

E3000 Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN Disconnect Reconnect

I am on version 1.0.04 and my wireless adapter Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN keeps disconnecting and reconnecting? Anyone with similar problems found a fix?

Is the wireless connection dropping on all the computers or only on one wireless computer?
Make sure that drivers of the wireless adapter are updated.

MSI GX640 Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN dropping connection every ~10 minutes

Problem: Getting disconnected every 5-20 minutes. Network card: Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN.
Solutions tried: Router restarted? No idea what to do, googling it yielded no viable results, even though I can't say I'm pro at googling. Found no drivers on MSI homepage.
MSI GX640
Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Further information:
My MSI GX640 had problems with heating and was sent to be repaired and got its heatzink switched. I started getting disconnects every 10 minutes or so, sometimes less than a minute apart, sometimes up to 20 minutes without a disconnection.
Don't really know what information you might need, so please do tell if something is missing.

Those are not the newest: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=nbdriver&maincat_no=135&prod_no=1998
You'll get the newest at: http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/detect.htm - click the check buttom and follow steps. <- These are from 18-10-2010
But yeah you'll might need to change which wireless channels you are on. If you aren't using Wireless connection then you might have to check your LAN card drivers or this can allso be caused by your ISP or bad connection on your internet line.

Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN not connecting

I am having an issue getting the Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN on my HP Pavilion dv7-1275dx to connect to my wireless router (Zyxel P334WT). It would intermittently connect, then drops off for no apparent reason, and then refuses to connect for days. I contacted HP support and we spent three hours trying to fix the problem, to no avail. Strangely enough, when I stick my Netgear WG111v2 USB wireless adapter into the computer, I am able to connect to my network with no problem. The computer runs Windows Home Vista 64 bit. Thanks in advance for your help.

ok everybody you are not the only one my pavilion dv6000 has the exact problem and i just sent it to hp to get my motherboard changed and i still have problems btw <text deleted> Message Edited by adybotchev on 07-23-2009 01:46 AMMessage Edited by adybotchev on 07-23-2009 01:47 AMMessage Edited by WendyM on 07-23-2009 07:08 AM

WRVS4400N V2 and Intel 5300 AGN can't connect at N speeds

Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude E6500 with the Intel WiFi Link 5300 AGN adapter. I cannot get it to connect to my WRVS4400N V2 at anything higher than 54 Mbps. I have downloaded the latest driver from Intel and N mode is enabled. Has anyone else managed to get these two to work together?
Thanks in advance.

I am having the same problem as kirksaban. I have an HP EliteBook 8530p with an Intel 5300 AGN. It can detect my WiFi network from the WRVS4400N is 802.11n, but it will only connect at 802.11g speeds. We have both an older and newer MacBook Pro that both can connect faster than 54 Mbps, but the HP will not. I checked the product brief on Intel's site and it claims the 5300 AGN will operate at both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz (I will try to paste URLs below). Where did you find it would only operate at 5.0 GHz? Are we sure the band on the 5300 AGN is the problem?
http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/adapters/5000/index.htm
http://download.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/319982.pdf

T400 Intel 5100 AGN help!

Hi,
I recently installed Windows 7 and I have been experiencing slow internet speed ever since. I have already updated the drivers for both network adapters (Intel Wifi Link 5100 AGN ver 12.4 1.4 and the Intenl 82567LF Gigabet Network Connection ver 10.0.2.2). I used to be able to recieve 6mb/s for downloads, but now it has been reduced to less than 1 mb/s.
Here is my speed test:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/616886714.png
Are there other drivers or software that I need to update to get my speed back?
Thanks

Probably completely unrelated but maybe not...
I just put a test install of Win 7 Pro 64 on my T400 w/Intel 5100. It was running Vista Biz 64 and working fine with my Linksys N router. With '7 it wouldn't see the router most of the time, would occasionally see it and associate sometimes, and always drop in a few seconds.
The "fix" was to enable QoS in the router. Absolutely no idea why.
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Intel 5300 wireless issues

My fresh Arch 64 install doesn't appear to be recognizing the Intel 5300 interface at all.
I've reinstalled wireless_tools, iwlwifi-5000-ucode,
hwdetect --show-net results in:
NET : e1000e ppp_generic slhc mac80211 rfkill
ifconfig gives me:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:70:B9:C0:FB
inet addr:149.166.142.83 Bcast:149.166.142.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:42407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:48974218 (46.7 Mb) TX bytes:2501692 (2.3 Mb)
Memory:f6ae0000-f6b00000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2000 (1.9 Kb) TX bytes:2000 (1.9 Kb)
The iwlagn module should be loaded:
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(e1000e iwlagn iwlcore snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-pcsp snd-$
bash-3.2# lsmod | grep iwl
iwlagn 102148 0
iwlcore 86468 1 iwlagn
rfkill 12068 1 iwlcore
led_class 6408 1 iwlcore
mac80211 182184 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211 29840 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
Am I missing something obvious? The kernel is current as of today, which would make it kernel26 2.6.27.10-1.
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Chris

I'm getting this same error with the latest kernel
Linux koi 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 26 20:00:20 CEST 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
~ % lspci
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 2.6.33-ARCH-ks
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x50
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Unsupported (too old) EEPROM VER=0x114 < 0x11a CALIB=0x1 < 0x4
iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
iwlagn: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -22
~ % rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
The iwlagn is loaded. and this is 32bit arch
Last edited by el mariachi (2010-04-29 20:28:59)

X200s w/ Intel 5300 - New driver leaves me wireless-less.

Hi All,
I'm hoping this forum can be more helpful than the support line...
The pre-installed wifi driver on my x200s was giving me problems from the time it arrived. After a day of wifi usage, Windows would slow to a crawl. After some digging, I verified that the wifi driver was causing DPC latency issues.
I upgraded the wifi driver to the Lenovo v13 module and all ability to use the wifi card stopped. I tried using the ThinkVantage tools to upgrade, I tried complete uninstall, re-installs using the downloaded driver from the Lenovo site. Nothing worked. I can see the device in device manager without error, however, fn+f5 doesn't show any wireless cards but the network center CAN see the wireless device and shows full green bars.
I could not downgrade my driver since I couldn't find it on the Lenovo site.
I did install the Intel generic driver for the 5300 and that was able to have me connected, but once again, I was left with one day of usage then a reboot. Failing to reboot eventually leads to a BSOD.
I've called Lenovo support and the fellow there says, "The only reason their driver wouldn't work is if the hardware was broken." Which I find a little hard to stomach since it does 'work' using a different driver. He's asked me to reinstall my whole OS which seems unreasonable. He then asked me to ship my laptop to them to replace the card... again, seems like a "last effort" scenario. We compromised on having me bring it to a service center.
So, before I go to the hassle of replacing one wifi card with another; Has is anyone else having similar problems? Does anyone else think it's a bit daft that a software driver issue must be fixed by installing new hardware? It seems to me that the problem is in convincing Windows that the card is powered on... I doubt a hardware swap will change anything.
Your thoughts? Suggestions?
Details...
7465-CTO (x200s, 1.86GHz, 4GB, Intel 5300)
Vista Business 64-bit
wifi driver v13.0.0.107 (complete failure)

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[solved] Intel 5300 slow network transfer speed

Heya,
I'm having trouble with my WiFi card Intel 5300 AGN and i hope you can help me.
It's the transfer speed in linux that bugs me. While I get 9 MB/s in Windows I can't for the life of me get more than 2.5 MB/s transfer rate in linux. And this is only if I use NFS4 and turn off the wifi power saving feature. Samba/CIFS gives me transfer speeds of no more than 0.4 MB/s.
The problem has to be somewhere in my linux software/configuration. But where?
I don't have much experience with WiFi configuration in Linux so mine should be pretty vanilla. No manual change of frequencies, channels and the likes. I simply use netcfg to connect and sometimes iwconfig to toggle the power saving feature.
Here's what iwconfig shows me right now while copying a big file:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"bett"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:14:D1:C7:43:C4
Bit Rate=243 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=61/70 Signal level=-49 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:11922 Invalid misc:2 Missed beacon:0
As you can see, power management is disabled. The link quality is very good and the bit rate is at 243 Mbps (which should give me about 15 MBps right?). Yet the transfer rate is only 2 MBps, sometimes dropping as low as 0.7 MBps, sometimes spiking to 4.5 MBps for a second or two.
What can I do to improve my network speed?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
demian
Last edited by demian (2011-04-09 04:00:49)

Thanks for the reply zvxy.
I'm running the most current from [core], version 2.6.37.5-1.
Disabling the N mode improved transfer rates for CIFS/SMB shares. They are the same as with NFS now which is around 2.5 MB/s. Transfer speed for NFS stayed the same.
I'll try the kernel from [testing] and report back later.
// I've tested 2.6.38.2-1 a little bit now and as long as i don't disable wireless N i get transfer rates of up to 12 MB/s with NFS4. That's more than enough for me and i hope it stays that way. The downside is that transfer rate for CIFS is only 1 MB/s.
If i disable wireless n mode NFS transfer rates drop to ~2.8 MB/s while CIFS transfer rates go up to ~2.4 MB/s.
Guess I'll just have to stick with NFS (not that i don't mind but it's already thrown me some "stale" error messages with the new kernel ... i can't seem to catch a break ).
I'll consider this issue solved. Thanks!
Last edited by demian (2011-04-09 04:00:30)

WRT320N & Intel 5300, unable to connect.

Im having problem connecting when using encryption.
There are no problems with the wireless when im using no encryption.
I've tried WEP WPA/WPA2... Mixed mode, only B/G/N modes. 2.4/5Ghz tried to update driver for my Intel 5300 wireless card, also tried to downgrade driver... tried the XP wireless client and Intels Proset software.
I still get the issue where it starts to connect, and it says that its connected for about 3-4 seconds and then it "disconnects" itself.
If i set a static IP on my computer it stays connected to network even with encryption but i am unable to communicate with router trough wlan.
Router has the latest 1.0.02 firmware.
Any tips or tweaks to test?

How many wireless computers do you have ?
Are you getting on all the computers ?
You can try upgrading / reflashing the router's firmware.
Go to website linksysbycisco.com/downloads.........insert model no of your router in serach tab......select proper version of your router........download the firmware file......save that file on desktop
Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware on the device : -
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on a computer hard wired to the router...
In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1...Leave the Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
Click on the 'Administration' tab- Then click on the 'Firmware Upgrade' sub tab- Here click on 'Browse' and browse the .bin firmware file and click on "Upgrade"...
Wait for few seconds until it shows that "Upgrade is successful" After the firmware upgrade, click on "Reboot" and you will be returned back to the same page OR it will say "Page cannot be displayed".
Now reset your router :
Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router...
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HO G62x Compatible Wifi Cards? Intel 5300?

Hi,
I'm looking to upgrade my wifi card since the one I got when I purchased my G62x doesn't give me the speed I need. I was looking and seems the Intel 5300 is a pretty good option and relativetly cheap on eBay, etc.
I noticed there's 3 connectors for antennas and the current one I have only has 2, it that a problem or incompatibility?
Thanks,
PS: I'm looking at some card that fully supoprts Wireless N, both 2.4 and 5Ghz and the highest data transfer rate, minimum 150mb/s.
Ray

rayvara wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking to upgrade my wifi card since the one I got when I purchased my G62x doesn't give me the speed I need. I was looking and seems the Intel 5300 is a pretty good option and relativetly cheap on eBay, etc.
I noticed there's 3 connectors for antennas and the current one I have only has 2, it that a problem or incompatibility?
Thanks,
PS: I'm looking at some card that fully supoprts Wireless N, both 2.4 and 5Ghz and the highest data transfer rate, minimum 150mb/s.
Ray
Hi,
It's not as simple as it looks. Tell us what G62 model it is please and we can provide a list of compatible chips. One G62 (Intel Core i3/i5/i7) series has an Intel 5100agn listed as compatible. There also has to be the right form factor such as Half Mini PCIe, or Mini PCIe card.
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X301: Intel 5300 & WWAN Broadband Option Card

I just got my X301, which came with an Intel 5300 wireless card, and I went to install the AT&T 3G BroadBand Option currently being sold in the accessory store. So, turns out, the 5300 card is a full-size mini PCI-Express card... So is the 3G card. Yet, as far as I can tell, I can only hook up one full-size card, and I guess the other slot is for a half-size card. This is behind the memory door. What's the best course of action I can take?
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Glad you got that installed.
The AT&T support page describing how to connect using Vista or using XP may be useful to you. AT&T Connection Manager and Access Connections are not necessary to make a connection.
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Intel 5300 and barebone 1646 gt640

Does anybody have any idea why this wireless card doesn't find internet more than 10 ft away from the router? Even when its plugged in, there is literally zero range. It even has the latest drivers installed. Any ideas on what the best wireless card would be for this laptop? This one, is obviously not it. My buddy made an identical build at the exact same time and his intel 5300 also struggles to pick up any wireless signal. Ideas/suggestions and advice are welcome. Thank you!

I don't know much about those things but my sisters laptop has an Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN & Intel ProSet drivers in it and it works fine from over 15 (at least 45 ft) meters and several walls between it and my router.
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