Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.216.181]:60189 "EHLO mail-qy0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753504Ab1A3M2x convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:28:53 -0500 Received: by qyk12 with SMTP id 12so5165677qyk.19 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:28:52 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4D444F62.7040206@erley.org> References: <20110128161612.GC2452@redhat.com> <4D444F62.7040206@erley.org> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:28:52 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Mini PCIeWiFi card not detected in non-mini adapter From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= To: Pat Erley Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka , Brian Prodoehl , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: W dniu 29 stycznia 2011 18:33 użytkownik Pat Erley napisał: > On 01/29/11 04:37, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> >> W dniu 28 stycznia 2011 17:16 użytkownik Stanislaw Gruszka >>  napisał: >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 06:19:56PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >>>> >>>> What I've bought is following adapter: >>>> >>>> http://allegro.pl/adapter-wifi-mini-pci-e-na-pci-e-3-anteny-kp13-i1429732145.html >>> >>> I'm using adapters form http://www.hwtools.net/ , they work pretty well >>> for me, >>> but they are also quite expensive. >> >> Yeah, they have adapters few times more expensive than my one :( >> >> >> Yesterday my friend was nice (and brave :P) enough to let me open his >> notebook and test my card in it. Card was detected just fine in his >> Windows 7. >> >> Today I managed to test my adapter (with my Broadcom card inside) in >> some other PC with PCI Express x1. It was detected again! Motherboard >> in this PC is: Asus/Pegatron IPMTB-TK. >> >> >> So: >> 1) My Broadcom card is fine >> 2) My adapted is fine >> >> There must be problem with my motherboard/BIOS/PCI Express x1 slot. >> >> I'm much happier now when I know I don't need to return that adapters >> (I bought 2) :) >> > My experience with pci-e bridge cards like this and not being detected: > > If your mobo supports SLI, but you're not using SLI, disable detecting > sli, this caused mine to not be detected.  In my bios, the setting set > the slots into x16,x1,x1,x1 instead of x8,x1,disabled,x8. > > If you have a pci-e serial card using an old TI chipset, they seem to > block enumeration and detecting in the following slots. > > I'm using an AR9280 in a riser that shipped with some other card I never > tested. > > What I would test is re-arranging the pci-e cards (if you have more than > one), and look into sli detection if you're not using it. > > Good Luck! Thanks for your help! My motherboard has integrated VIA GPU and possibility to add external GPU. I can set in BIOS "Primary Display Adapter" to "PCI" or "PCI-E". However, that was not the source of my problems. After digging more in BIOS settings I've finally noticed: Advanced → Onboard Device COnfiguration → Ex/SATA-PCI-E*1 Option with two values to choose: 1) Ex-SATA 2) PCI-E*1 So... My PCI Express x1 slot was working in some Ex-SATA mode! After switching that, my WiFi card is detected fine finally! :) Thanks everybody for help and sorry for bothering you with problems that came from my incorrect BIOS configuration... Ups :) -- Rafał