Lenovo G550 Wi-Fi upgradable?

Hello Community,
my uncle recently got a new internet router. Unfortunately, WLAN reception with his Lenovo G550 has been very poor since (almost no throughput at the desired location).
The G550 still has a 802.11g Wi-Fi adaptor installed (BCM 94312MCG). I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade this to a 802.11n device (preferably but not necessarily 2.4GHz + 5GHz). I already checked the insides of the G550: The Mini-PCIE slot is easily accessible and there are two antennae available. The installation procedure isn't a problem for me, but because I had some bad experience with my own HP notebook, which involved a BIOS Wi-Fi adaptor whitelist, I first want to clarify if the Lenovo G550 also contains such a "feature".
Will the G550's BIOS work with any Wi-Fi device in the Mini-PCIE slot or is it restricted to certain adaptors?
Best regards,
Christoph

Hi meinerheiner,
Welcome to the forums
Yes the G550 has an upgradable wifi adapter. make sure its a Mini PCIE Adapter and your good to go Personally havnt faced any issues while upgrading a users Wifi adapter on his G550
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