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Intel Centrino Wi-Fi Card

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By star_pilot475
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So I bought this Intel Centrino WiFi/Bluetooth card for the mini pcie slot on my pc so that I could stop using the USB WiFi adapter. I popped it into the slot and my pc won’t recognize it, any tips to help set it up? 

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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Yeah I did, it installed and everything.

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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is your minipcie slot enabled in bios?

sometimes it shares resources with sata ports/controllers or pci-e x1 slots...

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33 minutes ago, mariushm said:

 

sometimes it shares resources with sata ports/controllers or pci-e x1 slots...

I totally forgot about that! That’s probably what it is! I’ll get back to you and let you know if it works.

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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So... not so successful. I did a little more research and maybe it’s because I don’t have antennas for it???? I suppose it makes sense that you can’t just have the card plugged in and have it work. 

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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It would still detect, its most likely one of the newer cards that have part of the WiFi chipset in the CPU.  They only work with compatible CPUs.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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Ok, so now it’s detecting and I can see it in Device Manager, but still can’t use WiFi or Bluetooth without my USB adapter. 

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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Well you DO still need the antennas.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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