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How do I use my bt/wifi card with this gpu? (lemmy.world)
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My mainboard is an msi b450 Mortar Max. Until recently, I used a pretty small gpu, which left enough space for my network adapter to fit in the pcie 3x4.

I upgraded my gpu this winter, but there was only space in the second pcie 2.0x16, which (probably) doesn't provide enough lanes. That's why wifi stopped working, and bluetooth started to become buggy.

Now I was playing around with the thought of picking up a 2in1 usb dongle, but I heard they aren't that good.

What's would be the best thing to do in this case?

Edit: The network adapter is a Gigabyte GC-WB1733DI

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[โ€“] maniel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

it's weird BT works at all, haven't tried myself, but apparently usb connection is essensial for BT to work, even the manual say explicitly to connect the usb cable: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/card_manual_gc-wb1733d-i_20241120.pdf

as for wifi itself i'd try to enable the M2_2 port and take the disk out of it

alternatively you could try using some risers to access x1 port under the GPU, but then using usb adapter would be a lot easier

[โ€“] Fafa@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Is there any resource on how to use a riser cable in a case like this? Do I unscew the chip and flip it upside down to connect it?