Intel ax210 not appearing in device manager

[Hermsies]

I put the intel ax210 into my laptop (Hp pavilion gaming laptop 15-ec1xxx) because the bluetooth of the previous module had stopped working. Now i have working bluetooth but the wifi part of the network adapter doesnt show up in my device manager. However there is something called the bluetooth device (Personal area network) #2 under network adapters. I know other posts exist on this issue but following along with them has not fixed my issue.

[Carl501Jeffrey]

Hello!

Your Intel AX210's Wi-Fi not appearing in Device Manager, despite Bluetooth working, strongly suggests an HP BIOS whitelist issue common in HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec series laptops, preventing the BIOS from recognizing the Wi-Fi component. While a clean driver reinstall is worth one more attempt (uninstalling all previous network/Bluetooth drivers, rebooting, then installing fresh Intel AX210 drivers), if it persists, the BIOS whitelist is almost certainly the cause. Your best options then would be to source a specific HP-branded Intel AX200 card known to be compatible or revert to your old card and use a USB Bluetooth dongle.