Wireless adaptor in HP Pavilion dv7-6110sl

I would like to change my adaptor with one that knows dual-band wireless (2,4 and 5 GHz) and bluetooth.
I was looking at this one: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-advanced-n-6230.html
Can you tell if it will fit in my notebook or not?
And is it any good, or you recommend other adaptor?
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You're very welcome.
No, it has to do with HP locking out untested, unvalidated cards from being installed as their way of meeting the FCC SAR compliance testing standards mandated by the U S government.
Folks have complained to the n'th degree about this, but to no avail. HP's handlng of this will never change even though other notebook manufacturers have to meet the same requirements and don't lock unsupported cards out of the BIOS.
If you want further info regarding this matter, you can read this link below.
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/kdb/GetAttachment.html?id=22884
Folks from other countries complain that this regulation has nothing to do with them but they seem to miss 2 points:
1. HP is a US corporation and has to follow US rules. And again, this is how they choose to comply.
2. Their own countries may have similar regulations they don't know about.
Just make absolutely sure you read the service manual and get one of the cards with the HP part number on it, if you plan to install another supported card than the one you have.
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