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Hello all

I have a cheap T470 which has a issue with the WIFI card. I was wondering can i upgrade this (instead of replacing like for like as its very old), to a new wifi card? i understand this is a M.2 card and the one i was looking at is: "Intel WiFi 6E AX210NGW M.2 Wireless Network Card 802.11ax Bluetooth 5.2 Adapter"

specs:
Transmission rate: 2.4G 574M / 5G 2400M / 6G 2400M
Interface: m.2 interfaces of PCIe protocol
Working frequency band: 2.4G/5G/6GHz tri-band

I have done similar upgrades and it can work sometimes. The cards are cheap enough to give it a try. All depends if the drivers work well with old-new-new-old hardware.

The AX200/AX210 needs W10.
Linux/MacOS works fine also.

RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 29, 2025 1:11 am

The AX200/AX210 needs W10.
Linux/MacOS works fine also.

I guess in future i wanted to go to win11 things won't work? if it needs win 10?