Hi,
I like to equip my home server with a wireless controller so I bought one. Unfortunately the card is not seen by the bios. When it shows "PCI device listing" before booting to Linux the card is not there. Also whe the OS is booted, the card is not there (as shown with "lspci").
The motherboard is a P5A-B rev 1.4 and I also tried it in a asus TX97-E, but that board does also not see the card.
The card is a 108Mbit TP-Link WN651G
The card has two "holes" in the PCI connector, so I thought it must be a pci 2.1/2.2 card and the TX97/P5A are 2.1, am I right?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike.
PCI Wireless controller not detected
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I would check with the card manufacturer to see what version of PCI is required (I could not find this on their site).
Thanks.
Ref: TP-Link TL -WN651G
Thanks.
Ref: TP-Link TL -WN651G
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It could also mean that "someone" just used "universal" connectors.
Thanks.
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Thanks for the replies! I just asked TP-link support and hope they have a clear answer to this. I never had encountered such a problem. I thought if the card fits the slot, it should work. But that is obviously not true.
Is this something that can be worked around with some manual settings in the BIOS? Like locking a free IRQ to the slot the card is in? Or is it a must that the BIOS should detect the card in the first place?
Thanks,
Mike.
Is this something that can be worked around with some manual settings in the BIOS? Like locking a free IRQ to the slot the card is in? Or is it a must that the BIOS should detect the card in the first place?
Thanks,
Mike.
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Hi guys,
I got a reply from TP-Link support, and it confirmed what I was affraid of:
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Dear sir,
Thank you very much for your email requesting information about our product.
In order to support the PCI adapter, the CPU frequency should higher than
333MHz, and the PCI solt version should higher than 2.2, please have a
check.
Any further help please feel free to let me know.
Best Regards
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So it is a PCI 2.2 card, not compatible with most S7/SS7 boards.
Too bad
Mike.
I got a reply from TP-Link support, and it confirmed what I was affraid of:
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Dear sir,
Thank you very much for your email requesting information about our product.
In order to support the PCI adapter, the CPU frequency should higher than
333MHz, and the PCI solt version should higher than 2.2, please have a
check.
Any further help please feel free to let me know.
Best Regards
----
So it is a PCI 2.2 card, not compatible with most S7/SS7 boards.
Too bad
Mike.