Thanks for your reply, I have already tried setting to AHCI and the system cannot find an OS. If this is possible what do I need to do to accomplish this? I also want to set up this laptop to dual boot with Linux, would switching to AHCI allow this or would I have to switch to Legacy mode? I know that for earlier versions of Windows if the HD was set up for ATA mode you could edit the registry to enable the switch to AHCI mode without having to reinstalling the OS. I am not interested in setting up a Raid array and was wondering if switching to AHCI mode is possible without needing a reinstall of Windows 10 Pro. This laptop along with the mSATA SSD has two additional HD bays and if you buy a HD cady to replace the optical drive will give you the ability of having 3 internal HDs. If I leave this Raid setting and install additional HDs do I actually have to configure them as a Raid? At the moment with the current Raid setting and only the one SSD the boot time is greatly delayed while the Bios is looking for HDs that are already a Raid or that can be configure as a Raid. The default set up that Dell uses on this laptop is UEIF Raid, there are other options as well the other one is AHCI as well as a Legacy setting that would allow the installation of I think Windows 7. Years ago companies used to force you to use only their parts with bios based restrictions but you seldom see that any more and if you so it is in their devices sold to corporations where a company wants 1000 laptops that are identical.I recently purchased a refurbished Dell Precision M6800 laptop that currently has one drive installed, a 256GB mSATA SSD. You should be able to find a compatible card by searching intel 7260 half pcie it does not need to be a dell brand. They make adapter boards but the cards are not really designed to use those. The major issue for you is all these newer devices will not connect in your machine because they use m.2 connectors. If your machine was newer it is not ever a choice because the wifi6e cards cost the same as the wifi6. What you would want to do is run wifi6e which can run on the 6g radio band. WIFI6 will likely not be any faster or better because of technical restrictions and over crowding on the 5g radio band. I would replace it with another card that uses the intel 7260. They generally install a web browser so you can run speedtest and run internet but when you might have to wait for hours for it to fail or it is somehow trigger by actual usage it doesn't work as well.Īs far as replacing the card that is a fairly old machine. Problem with this type of test is the linux stuff is not real usable for most people other than for basic testing. These run 100% from the usb and do not install so they will not damage your machine. The fastest way to rule out drivers software etc is to boot from a usb linux boot image. Thanks in advance guys and really appreciate your help. which one is the best among the provided list of by dell ? attached the spec link of m6800 includes available wifi list for m6800 or could i go for some other not mentioned, latest in-built card? if yes kindly do guide on this as well. Kindly guide should I go for the wifi card which will be plugged in motherboard? or for some latest wifi adapter of tp link or d-link AC-1300 or so or could go for wifi 6 adapter? would my system even be able to fully use the latest wifi 6 speed? (yes i will by wifi 6 router later =D ). Secondly if this is my WIFI device/card i am thinking of buying a new device. I have to stop the wifi from task manager and start the wifi again and connect it to my available network some times i have to disconnect/connect several times.Īt first i thought i am sitting further from the wifi or my wifi router is over whelmed or this could be windows 10 playing tricks with me or maybe driver isn't compatible with window 10, but now i am starting to think may be my wifi device/card is not in 100% working condition.įirst kindly guide what could be the possible reason for this constant disconnectivity? I have been using it for nearly 2+ years but since day 1 my internet gets disconnected on it's own. I have dell precision m6800 with dual band wireless-AC 7260.
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