This laptop has BIOS whitelists for both Mini PCIe slots!
It is not possible to:
- install any WLAN card into the WWAN slot
- install an “unknown” WLAN card into the WLAN slot
However, the Intel WLAN cards shipped by HP are not branded, so it should be possible to install “normal” Centrino Advanced-N 6205 or 6300 cards. (Confirmed PCI ID for 6205: [8086:0085] (rev 34), subsystem [8086:1311])
Atheros cards do seem to be checked against HP-specific subsystem IDs, this is not verified however. Note that the BIOS seems to be verified against a RSA signature on boot, so a removal of this whitelist is not likely possible.
The whitelist, as of BIOS rev
F.04, reads: (note the “HP brand” indicator)
103c:7006 103c:0001 ETD MiniCard Hewlett-Packard Company - ?
14e4:4353 103c:1509 QDS-BRCM1041 Broadcom Corporation - BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n »[HP brand]» WMIB-275N Half-size Mini PCIe Card
14e4:4353 103c:1510 Broadcom Corporation - BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n »[HP brand]» ??
14e4:4359 103c:182c QDS-BRCM1054 Broadcom Corporation - BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n »[HP brand]» BCM943228HM4L 802.11a/b/g/n 2×2 Wi-Fi Adapter
14e4:4727 103c:145c QDS-BRCM1050 Broadcom Corporation - BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller »[HP brand]» ??
1590:005d 103c:0001 test_Device Hewlett-Packard Company - ?
168c:0030 103c:1627 Atheros Communications Inc. - AR9300 Wireless LAN adaptor »[HP brand]» HB112AGN 802.11abgn 3×3 Wi-Fi Adapter
168c:0032 103c:1838 PPD-AR5B125 Atheros Communications Inc. - AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter »[HP brand]» ??
8086:0082 8086:1301 PD962205ANH Intel Corporation - Centrino Advanced-N 6205 »> Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
8086:0082 8086:1301 PD962205ANHU Intel Corporation - Centrino Advanced-N 6205 »> Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
8086:0082 8086:1306 Intel Corporation - Centrino Advanced-N 6205 »> Centrino Advanced-N 6205 ABG
8086:0083 8086:1305 Intel Corporation - Centrino Wireless-N 1000 »> Centrino Wireless-N 1000 BGN
8086:0083 8086:1306 Intel Corporation - Centrino Wireless-N 1000 »> Centrino Wireless-N 1000 BG
8086:0084 8086:1315 PD9112BNHU Intel Corporation - Centrino Wireless-N 1000 »> Centrino Wireless-N 1000 BGN
8086:0084 8086:1316 Intel Corporation - Centrino Wireless-N 1000 »> Centrino Wireless-N 1000 BG
8086:0085 8086:1311 PD962205ANHU Intel Corporation - Centrino Advanced-N 6205 »> Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
8086:0085 8086:1316 Intel Corporation - Centrino Advanced-N 6205 »> Centrino Advanced-N 6205 ABG
8086:0890 8086:4022 PD92200BNH Intel Corporation - Centrino Wireless-N 2200 »> Centrino Wireless-N 2200 BGN
8086:0891 8086:4222 PD92200BNH Intel Corporation - Centrino Wireless-N 2200 »> Centrino Wireless-N 2200 BGN
8086:422b 8086:1101 PD9633ANH Intel Corporation - Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 »> Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 3×3 AGN
8086:4238 8086:1111 PD9633ANHU Intel Corporation - Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 »> Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 3×3 AGN
8086:e9e4 fff9:000b ?0003 Intel Corporation - ?
8086:ebec fff9:0013 ?0002 Intel Corporation - ?
8086:ef34 fff9:000c ?0001 Intel Corporation - ?
I know, it's quite an old BIOS version listed here but the devices whitelisted should not have changed. Maybe someone can get you the whitelist from the current BIOS version. See
HERE for the source.