PCI-E wireless network card isn't being recognized by motherboard

[rlspin]

I have just bought an Edimax EW-7822PIC AC1200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi PCI-E Adapter and installed it in a MSI H170A Gaming Pro Motherboard and it wont recognise it. The card is in the top PCI_E1 slot and a Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti in the PCI_E2 underneath. ive moved the wireless card to the PCI_E3 slot but still nothing. Anyone know what im doing wrong?
I took the card back this morning and they tested it and it worked fine.

 

[Get_Out]

First thing i recommend doing is puuting your gpu in the highest slot to get maximum performance you can out of it in your games. Now if you have another computer that has a pci-e slot put the adapter there if it works your mother board's pci-e slot is bad and you should replace or maybe the cpu has gone bad as i heard that may also be the cause of unrecognizable devices. If the adapter doesn't get recognized then it is probably the adapter that is bad and you should just RMA it. And just to double-check that the slots are bad put your gpu in the slot that wasn't recognizing the adapter to check of it really is the mobo. If it gets recognized it is definitely the adapter that has gone bad.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Their gpu is likely in the highest slot. My mobo has a pci x1 slot above the pcix16 slot for my gpu, im assuming that's what the OP is using when they say "PCI_E1".

Did you install the driver for the wireless card? If you did open device manger and look for a yellow icon indicating a problem with the device.

 

[Get_Out]

Their gpu is likely in the highest slot. My mobo has a pci x1 slot above the pcix16 slot for my gpu, im assuming that's what the OP is using when they say "PCI_E1".

Did you install the driver for the wireless card? If you did open device manger and look for a yellow icon indicating a problem with the device.

Yea your probably right i completely overlooked what you just said.

 

[rlspin]

Appreciate the quick replies.
yeh sorry, the wireless card is in the top pci x1 slot above the gpu which is in the pci x16 slot.
So i've take it back and was told it worked fine after they tested it, I've installed the latest drivers, ive changed pci slots.
I can see from the BIOS that the motherboard isnt recognising it at all. Found a thread that mentioned turning off the onboard lan but that didnt help either.

 

[Get_Out]

Appreciate the quick replies.
yeh sorry, the wireless card is in the top pci x1 slot above the gpu which is in the pci x16 slot.
So i've take it back and was told it worked fine after they tested it, I've installed the latest drivers, ive changed pci slots.
I can see from the BIOS that the motherboard isnt recognising it at all. Found a thread that mentioned turning off the onboard lan but that didnt help either.

Then refer to my earlier reply for help. As it explains what you might do to diagnose the issue. It will either be cpu, mobo, or adapter problem.

 

[Calvin7]

Use a light and make sure the card is in straight and inserted completely.