I was tinkering with my old MSI B550 motherboard and found this out. Didn’t know that the built in WiFi is an actual m.2 WiFi card. Is this how most motherboard manufacturers implement WiFi?
I was tinkering with my old MSI B550 motherboard and found this out. Didn’t know that the built in WiFi is an actual m.2 WiFi card. Is this how most motherboard manufacturers implement WiFi?
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upgrade your old m.2 wifi card to wifi 7 be
Yes this is how all motherboard manufactures do this, even laptop wifi cards are just like this
It’s cheaper to buy cards like those since its same standard size used for laptops and most of those wifi cards are used in laptops.
Holy shit. Didn’t know this, maybe I can look mine if I can change it. Because its not working anymore and now that I own a meta quest 3, wifi would be cool to get.
Fun fact: some motherboards are picky about what goes into the Wi-Fi adapter slot, but some DGAF, allowing you to put an M.2 Ethernet or SATA controller into the slot (although the metal box will have to be modified so the connectors fit)
I based my build on this. Ripped open the assembly and replaced it with a wifi 6 card using the same box that the board comes with.
Yep, thats the easy solution.
From what I’ve seen, many newer boards have gone this route. Some older WiFi boards are soldered in place.
Anything related to radio emissions has to be tested/certified. That’s why most manufacturers go with already tested and certified modules rather than putting the whole board/laptop through the certification process.
Didn’t realize m.2 was physically compatible with pcie
I mean you can upgrade it so plus for this board i guess