M.2 shorts board when Intel wifi chip is added?

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   This is the intel wifi card I had/tried: 
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-7265-IEEE-802-11ac-Bluetooth/dp/B00RCZ4I6S

And it's a combo wireless AND bluetooth card which is nice and as you can see it's key A and designed for the M.2 slot. so I figured since I already have 2 brand new Samsung 850 pro SSDs for Win7 & Ubuntu 16.04 so they're on separate devices, it would be a shame to waste the money/grade for an M.2 SSD and the port in general and was a nice thought at the time to stick a combo card in the port instead of letting it go vacant.

I'll be sending it back to amazon for a refund.

I'm debating on getting the intel 7265 PCIe card, but it requires long antennas:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106251&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Network+-+Wireless+Adapters-_-N82E16833106251&gclid=CPCHy7Cc5csCFQiUaQodMsMCUA&gclsrc=aw.ds

I could run it in the PCIe 2.0 x16, I think, right?

Or I am going to go with a wireless AC dongle & perhaps a 4.0 blutooth donle as well - but thus far the only blutooth devices I have are my microsoft keyboard and mouse and they already have their own dongle, but it would be nice to sync things like iphones & ipads through the blutooth capability.

Thoughts on all of this?

I assume I would get a better, stronger overall signal with the Intel PCIe card vs dongles won't I?

Edited by thegreywizard - 29 Mar 2016 at 2:10pm

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thegreywizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2016 Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote thegreywizard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: M.2 shorts board when Intel wifi chip is added? Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 2:09pm
	This is the intel wifi card I had/tried: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-7265-IEEE-802-11ac-Bluetooth/dp/B00RCZ4I6S And it's a combo wireless AND bluetooth card which is nice and as you can see it's key A and designed for the M.2 slot. so I figured since I already have 2 brand new Samsung 850 pro SSDs for Win7 & Ubuntu 16.04 so they're on separate devices, it would be a shame to waste the money/grade for an M.2 SSD and the port in general and was a nice thought at the time to stick a combo card in the port instead of letting it go vacant. I'll be sending it back to amazon for a refund. I'm debating on getting the intel 7265 PCIe card, but it requires long antennas: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106251&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Network+-+Wireless+Adapters-_-N82E16833106251&gclid=CPCHy7Cc5csCFQiUaQodMsMCUA&gclsrc=aw.ds I could run it in the PCIe 2.0 x16, I think, right? Or I am going to go with a wireless AC dongle & perhaps a 4.0 blutooth donle as well - but thus far the only blutooth devices I have are my microsoft keyboard and mouse and they already have their own dongle, but it would be nice to sync things like iphones & ipads through the blutooth capability. Thoughts on all of this? I assume I would get a better, stronger overall signal with the Intel PCIe card vs dongles won't I? Edited by thegreywizard - 29 Mar 2016 at 2:10pm

parsec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 May 2015 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 4996	Post Options Post Reply Quote parsec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 1:21pm
	The Ultra M.2 slot on your board is strictly for M.2 SATA and PCIe SSDs, not M.2 wifi cards. The M.2 "key" (the pattern of notches on the contact end of the card) on your Intel 7256 card is an unusual type. We really need to not consider an "M.2" slot as a generic interface, it really isn't. I'm not aware of an M.2 port that will accept both M.2 drives and wifi cards. M.2 SATA and PCIe SSDs use different M.2 keys, which identify each type of device. So do M.2 wifi cards. I can't even tell you without checking what key your wifi card uses. Your M.2 port will work fine with M.2 SSDs, I use them in multiple boards including my X99, and they work fine.


thegreywizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2016 Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote thegreywizard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 11:17am
	Well I got the itch and put it all back together before a full 24 hours and we're back up and running smooth again! I think I'm done messing with the M.2 slot lol It would be nice to know if I have a faulty M.2 slot or is it's strictly for SSDs? I'll post what I hear from Asrock when they email me back in regards to this. Thanks for the help.

thegreywizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2016 Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote thegreywizard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 4:51am
	Of course I just threw the damn box out like last week too. But yeah that's a good idea, I've already emailed tech support when this happened so we'll see what they say. I was just reading over the mobo info on their website and it does include "Full Spike Protection" So lets hope that it works and applies to my situation too! lol

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 22928	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 4:39am
	You can always try an RMA. If the fault was with the slot it should be honored.


thegreywizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2016 Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote thegreywizard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 4:28am
	Ok thanks, I just did that. I'll give it a full 24 hours and keep my fingers crossed. I'm going to assume this isn't covered under warranty? lol

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 22928	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 4:20am
	I would pull the PSU leads from the board, both the 24 pin and the 8 pin/s while the battery is out. Good luck, let us know if it wakes up.


thegreywizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2016 Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote thegreywizard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 3:54am
	No I removed the wifi card shortly after it shorting out. Although when the situation happened, by me trying to get it to turn on it might have turned on & immediately right off a few times before I stopped and realized I was dead in the water (at least for the time being hopefully)

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 22928	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 3:51am
	When you tried it again was the wifi card still in the system?


thegreywizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Feb 2016 Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote thegreywizard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 3:25am
	Well the computer has been uplugged with CMOS battery out for about 10 hours and I just tried to plug everything back in and it's completely dead. I'm going to leave it uplugged with battery out for a full 24 hours, but I'm so pissed off right now. I thought there was built in safe-guards for stuff like this and is it even possible to fry out the board by putting a M.2 wifi card into a SSD M.2 slot?