Asus T2R2 wifi antenna

[Skink5150]

I recently built a rig with an Asus Maximus Hero VI Extreme with the mPCIe dual band wifi / bluetooth card and everything was operating great until a couple of weeks ago when suddenly I had zero signal from any other routers . I reset the adapter etc and it says it's working ok in the device manager . The other devices in the home have great signal from the router . I suspect the T2R2 antenna is bad . I contacted Asus and was very disappointed that the antenna is out of the 30 day warranty , and even if it wasn't I'd have to return the whole mobo for testing . That ain't happening . The "tech" I chatted with online (phone and email were futile) finally told me after me asking several times that there is continuity between the two center wires of the antenna . Is there a resistance value ? Can I try to use a loop of wire to test my theory or buy another antenna or swap out another chassis wifi card ? I would like to try the bluetooth capabilities of the card which is one of the reasons I bought this mobo in the first place . Any help in understanding how this antenna works would be appreciated since Asus disappointed me greatly .

 

[Barty1884]

The chip will be wired to the antenna header at the rear of the motherboard - which you attach (usually screw) the antenna to. (The antenna you then place wherever you get the best signal).

Are you using Windows 10 by chance? It's fairly common. W10 will force a driver update for your Wifi/Bluetooth module and then it fails to work. You want to uninstall the driver and reinstall the appropriate version from Asus's website.

 

[Skink5150]

The chip will be wired to the antenna header at the rear of the motherboard - which you attach (usually screw) the antenna to. (The antenna you then place wherever you get the best signal).

Are you using Windows 10 by chance? It's fairly common. W10 will force a driver update for your Wifi/Bluetooth module and then it fails to work. You want to uninstall the driver and reinstall the appropriate version from Asus's website.

Thanks for the prompt reply .
As it happens , I uninstalled/reinstalled the network adapter and driver , and found some old antennae from a wifi card I wasn't using . This seems to have solved it , although I haven't tried the bluetooth yet .
Incidentally , I'm running Win7-64 , but your thought was a good one about the driver . I'm sticking to Win7 , they can keep their Win10 . Cheers !