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Empty places to install wireless antennas . some motherboards come with a miniPCIe slot or similar connectors, so you can install tiny wireless card close to the back of the motherboard and mount the antennas there.

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So what are these 2 connectors for.... Wifi? I am so dumb, I researched and I dont know what these connectors are called....

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Sniper B7 B150m

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antenna holes

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Just now, djdwosk97 said:

antenna holes

That was my guess, so gonna assume this is some sort of extension for my mobo i gotta buy separate? 

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Empty places to install wireless antennas . some motherboards come with a miniPCIe slot or similar connectors, so you can install tiny wireless card close to the back of the motherboard and mount the antennas there.

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1 minute ago, mariushm said:

Empty places to install wireless antennas . some motherboards come with a miniPCIe slot or similar connectors, so you can install tiny wireless card close to the back of the motherboard and mount the antennas there.

Any idea where I can buy one of these that is compatible? 

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Here's an example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320293

You can detach the antenna connectors from the metal bracket and just the same, you can detach the miniPCIe card from the bigger PCIe card and reconnect it to a miniPCIe slot on a motherboard.

 

Anyway, it even says in the manual that they're antenna connectors, but I don't see any special connector in a special location to make the location of those holes special. My guess is that the guys that designed the motherboard thought someone would plug a card into the pci-e x1 slot above the video card slot.

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2 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Here's an example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320293

You can detach the antenna connectors from the metal bracket and just the same, you can detach the miniPCIe card from the bigger PCIe card and reconnect it to a miniPCIe slot on a motherboard.

 

Anyway, it even says in the manual that they're antenna connectors, but I don't see any special connector in a special location to make the location of those holes special. My guess is that the guys that designed the motherboard thought someone would plug a card into the pci-e x1 slot above the video card slot.

ah alright. Thanks for clearing that up!

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I was wondering the same. my motherboard came with these. didn't read the entire manual. You are not alone my fellow dinosaur.

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