thanks will check, have also asked over on there too.I saw this - Need Help in Installing DR7915
I have the same tvi7309x, I've bought Wallys MT7915 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004992184544.html for ESXi8+OpenWRT and it works well with high speeds. I've just removed wifi chipset radiator and cool it with fan. Also I've made a custom cover instead of factory, suitable for this fan. There are a photos
I found out about the WLAN module via the openWRT forum, but unfortunately my country is not listed as a destination country.
Which BIOS version do you have?
Have you set any special settings or is it running with default values?
What RAM modules have you installed in the mini pc and what kind of SSD do you use?
I calculated with too little hardware myself and will buy a 1TB SSD and 32GB RAM if I get a good offer.
thanks, yeah did try this already by disabling sata ports, usb ports even and just leaving the mini pcie wireless card in the slot and booting openwrtx86 off the usb stick, lspci still shows no device. Card is warm though.The card doesn't need drivers or firmware to be detected, basic PCIe detection has some universal primitives that work as long as the link can get established.
It's possible that the card needs something that's not available on the mini PCIe slot, like a dedicated clock or interrupt line, some specific PCIe revision or maybe it needs to draw more power than the slot can supply (all hypothetical). I do know that some of the CWWK boards have multiple slots that share some clocks and as soon as you plug in two devices that both need it, it doesn't work for one or both of them. You could try with just the PCIe card plugged in and nothing else, and then boot from USB and do an lspci from there. Also check if the card gets warm, it should at least get power to run the embedded cores.
Could be the lane width or generation in that case. The 6 port model does use lanes for the NIC chips that others can 'spend' on the mPCIe port. If the card insists on an x2 or x4 link and the slot can only do x1 for example, that would be an issue (a weird one tho). It's also possible it's not an mPCIe port at all, but considering others have SSDs running on it, it would be weird if that were the case.thanks, yeah did try this already by disabling sata ports, usb ports even and just leaving the mini pcie wireless card in the slot and booting openwrtx86 off the usb stick, lspci still shows no device. Card is warm though.
I have spoken to a few others on openwrt community and they suggest the mini pcie slot is for USB only, so it won't actually work on wireless mini pcie devices, that is their thoughts at least.
Still confusing then how others got topton units and got their wallytech wifi same model cards to work, only obvious difference is their units were 4 port and mine is 6 port, maybe an 4port nic unit has the mini pcie slot better connected and working not sure.
cwwk and topton support have no idea.
Well about 3 other openwrt guys have now mentioned that mini pcie port is for usb 3g/4g modems only and not wireless mini pci-e cards.Could be the lane width or generation in that case. The 6 port model does use lanes for the NIC chips that others can 'spend' on the mPCIe port. If the card insists on an x2 or x4 link and the slot can only do x1 for example, that would be an issue (a weird one tho). It's also possible it's not an mPCIe port at all, but considering others have SSDs running on it, it would be weird if that were the case.
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Hi Adrjl64,It’s a JST 4pin connector with 1.25 pitch. I purchased a set on Aliexpress (link) to convert a 40x10 5v Noctua fan. PWM works like a charm now.