ASRock Z370 Pro 4 Wi-Fi M.2 card compatibility.

[PerhapsJames]

Hi,

I recently found an AC 9560 Intel M.2 card for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth that I had from an old Dell Laptop. I tried to get it to work with my z370 board, but it doesn't seem to work. 

I have checked on some forums and apparently the 9560 doesn't work with ASRock Z370 due to some CNVi chipset compatibility. 

 

However, will the 9260NGW work with my board? My motherboard has the Key E slot under the CPU power phases.

 

I have a 970 Evo in the top M.2 slot and my SATA 3 ports are being used by 4x 3.5 HDD's and 2xSata SSD's. I only use the topmost 16x PCIe slot for my 3060ti.

 

[mariushm]

z370 has no CNVi support,  z390 chipset does.  

So I think you need a wireless card WITHOUT CNVi, that can just work on its own and talk through pci-e lanes and usb (for bluetooth).

 

There's no mention of CNVi in the specifications for 9260NGW : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/99445/intel-wirelessac-9260/specifications.html

or in the product brief linked on that page :  https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getcontent/571710

so I guess it should work. 

 

This page says the part numbers below use CNVi so they won't work on your board : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000026155/wireless.html

• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX203
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX101
• Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
• Intel® Wireless-AC 9462
• Intel® Wireless-AC 9461

I would probably look for the AX210 because it's WiFi 6e and it's fairly cheap on ebay .. for example one result shows it at around $22 : https://www.ebay.com/itm/125417730880

 

Here's an AX200NGW from a US seller at $14.5  : https://www.ebay.com/itm/394338401143

Though at the time AX200 was popular there were some driver issues with bluetooth, and some people were complaining about random disconnections, maybe they fixed it since then.

 

I see 8260 is under 10$, some 9xxx cards under 20$, lots of choices.

[PerhapsJames]

38 minutes ago, mariushm said:

z370 has no CNVi support,  z390 chipset does.  

So I think you need a wireless card WITHOUT CNVi, that can just work on its own and talk through pci-e lanes and usb (for bluetooth).

 

There's no mention of CNVi in the specifications for 9260NGW : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/99445/intel-wirelessac-9260/specifications.html

or in the product brief linked on that page :  https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getcontent/571710

so I guess it should work. 

 

This page says the part numbers below use CNVi so they won't work on your board : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000026155/wireless.html

• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX203
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
• Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX101
• Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
• Intel® Wireless-AC 9462
• Intel® Wireless-AC 9461

I would probably look for the AX210 because it's WiFi 6e and it's fairly cheap on ebay .. for example one result shows it at around $22 : https://www.ebay.com/itm/125417730880

 

Here's an AX200NGW from a US seller at $14.5  : https://www.ebay.com/itm/394338401143

Though at the time AX200 was popular there were some driver issues with bluetooth, and some people were complaining about random disconnections, maybe they fixed it since then.

 

I see 8260 is under 10$, some 9xxx cards under 20$, lots of choices.

Thanks, I think I'll get the 9260NGW then. It's on discount and I can get it returned if it doesn't work.