Is there a bios whitelist for WIFI/Bluetooth adapters on acer a515-56g-724t

TharushaJ
TharushaJ Member Posts: 2 New User

I'm having some issues connecting to wifi and Bluetooth so i think i need a upgrade. Is there a whitelist

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  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 13,953 Trailblazer

    The Aspire A515-56G-724T came with 3 different Wi-Fi/BT cards which one do you have, as they should work perfectly as these cards don't go faulty very often, you must have a corrupted driver or router or BT device, try to first fix this problem and follow the below guide and refresh the existing drivers of the Wi-Fi and BT and do the same for both drivers in Device Manager :

    Go to > Device Manager > Network adapters > select your Intel or Atheros or MTK card > right click the card Properties > Driver > Update Driver > Browse my computer for drivers > Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer > and then pick the last and most recent dated Wi-Fi driver that is in that list, and reinstall that driver, as afterwards your Wi-Fi should work.

    If the above docent work, then the problem could be either at the modem or the BT device and lastly with your Wi-Fi/BT card that could be faulty and needs replacing with a new card. Good luck and hope this helps you out.

    Aspire A515-56G Wi-Fi/BT cards fitted by Acer to this laptop

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  • TharushaJ
    TharushaJ Member Posts: 2 New User

    It has an Intel AX201 currently, I m also running pop os 22.04. Can I put any m.2 wifi card ?

  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 13,953 Trailblazer

    The highlighted drive M.2 is the boot drive and its a PCIe 3 x4 drive. So the best Gen 3 x4 lane dive is the Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe or you can also put a Gen 4 x4 if its cheater as that will work too but will only give you Gen 3 x4 speed as all these M.2 drives are backward compatible.

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    These are all the PCIe 3 x4 M.2 SSD and 2.5" SATA 3 drives that Acer tested this laptop with and recommends, the capacity is not what your laptop can handle as it can work with a 1TB and 2TB M.2 SSD or a 2.5" SSD or mechanical drive SATA 3 also.

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