Importantly, it didn't stop and start too often and artefacts weren't an issue. The video was a little 'jumpier' than it was when I was playing locally-stored video files, but it was still of acceptable quality and enjoyable to watch. I also tested the WiDi adapter (and stressed the wireless adapter in my laptop) by streaming Internet video from the NBA's LeaguePass Broadband service at a quality of 1600 kilobits per second (Kbps). Locally-stored video files on the laptop played smoothly through WiDi, although there were some dropped frames now and then. I set up the Netgear adapter to act as a secondary display with a resolution of 1280x720 (the recommended resolution for WiDi adapters), which allowed me to continue to use the laptop for Web browsing and writing tasks while playing a video on my TV. In my tests, I used an Intel Core i7-based laptop with an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 wireless adapter located 3m away from my TV and the Netgear WiDi adapter. If you'll be using the Internet heavily while also using WiDi, the wireless adapter in your notebook might not be able to keep up with the WiDi bandwidth requirements and you might notice things like dropped frames, image break-ups or artefacts. You'll need to bear in mind that because your notebook's wireless adapter will be used to transfer the video information from your laptop to your TV, any other network traffic can impact on the video performance. It's very much a plug-and-play solution and the only settings that can be tweaked involve the screen size and the behaviour of the mouse pointer on the screen. WiDi relies on a direct connection between your notebook's wireless networking adapter and the TV-connected Netgear adapter, which means that there are no network settings for you to fiddle with. A four-digit PIN will be shown on the screen, which you will need to enter in order to connect securely to the adapter, and you won't have to do this again from that laptop.
Fire up the Intel WiDi software on your laptop, perform a scan to find the adapter, and then connect to it. You will see the Netgear welcome screen, which shows that the adapter is ready to make a connection with your laptop. Power it on and then switch to that input on your TV. If it hasn't, you will need to download the software from Intel's Web site.įor best results, use HDMI to plug the Netgear Push2TV in to your TV. If you have one of these adapters (look under the Network adapters section of Windows 7's Device Manager to find out), you can check in the Windows Start menu, under the Intel Corporation folder, to see if WiDi software has been pre-installed by your notebook manufacturer. You won't be able to use this adapter unless your notebook has a WiDi-capable Intel wireless networking adapter installed, which means your laptop will need to have one of the following adapters:
So, as of being as PC tech since the early 1990's, I think I know what I'm talking about.Installing the Push2TV HD isn't difficult, but you will need to make sure your laptop is properly configured to handle WiDi.
And HP does not provide Windows 10 drivers for this computer model. And the drivers that Windows Updates provides do not work.
Because, if the techs decide to change the card and put in another INTEL CENTRINO WIRELESS N-2230, I'm gonna have the same issues.Īnd you might say: So what is the problem? Just use the drivers that work!Īnd I would say good idea BUT these are Windows 8 drivers and I wantto use WINDOWS 10 and the Win 8 drivers will not/should not work. So, I am putting the question out to you guys. I doubt that the diagnostic program examines every single circuit in the card to see if it works or not.
But just becaused it PASSED, doesn't mean that it is not bginning to fail. I say this because the WLAN MODULE check passes in the BIOS diagnostics. It doesn't make sense that the latest and greatest drivers shouldn't work - unless the card is starting to fail intermittently. Is there a problem with the card OR are these drivers specifically configured to work with this card. I have to keep resetting the wireless adapter every 5 minutes or sooner!
The driver in question that works is: INTEL 15.10.3.2 - Released on Īll other versions, including the latest intel wireless pro drivers, I get connectivity issues and they are pretty bad. Wireless connectivity keeps dropping on me unless I use the driver that comes from a clean factory HP restore. Ok, my computer is being sent into the shop for the following reason. In regards to INTEL CENTRINO WIRELESS N-2230 CARD ON AN ENVY M6-1158CA