[SOLVED] PCIe wifi and bluetooth card, whats that extra cable?

[Joey27R]

I was looking at a pcie card with bluetooth and wifi connection and there is an extra cable you are meant to plug into your motherboard somewhere, where does that go?
My motherboard is the one from the hp compaq sff 6200 pro.

 

[Colif]

can you show us a link to the card so we have somewhere to start from?

most of the WIFI cards I can find don't have internal cables as well, only cables I see lead to antennae

its possible the cable is meant to to be plugged into a USB connector, it might be the BT - https://community.spiceworks.com/to...i-fi-and-bluetooth-what-s-this-cable-used-for

 

[OrlyP]

^ That's correct.

Most of these combo wireless cards has a cable going to the motherboard USB 2.0 header. The Bluetooth radio is accessed via USB while WiFi uses the PCIe interface.

 

[Joey27R]

Since i havent bought any of these crads yet since i was skeptical, would that mean the cable would go directly into the motherboard or would i have to snake it out of my case (which is possible if easiest option).

 

[Joey27R]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08C598...olid=2IOBLT9HAZFLW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
here is the amazon link to the spefic card (i cant seem to upload a picture) on its pictures in the description it shows the extra cable going into the usb header but i have no idea where it is on my motherboard

 

[Wolfshadw]

You need to use a third party site to host your images at and then link to them here.

It looks like the 9-pin USB ports on your motherboard are between the SATA ports and the rear I/O ports.

-Wolf sends

 

[Joey27R]

I found in a picture online where they are, does anything apart from the i/o plug into those ports

 

[Wolfshadw]

Typically, just the front USB ports plug in there, but I'm not sure about the HP. If they're currently not in use, I wouldn't worry about it and use them.

-Wolf sends

 

[Joey27R]

ok thanks for ur help ill post back if theres any problems when i get the card

 

[itsdigger]

I was looking at a pcie card with bluetooth and wifi connection and there is an extra cable you are meant to plug into your motherboard somewhere, where does that go?
My motherboard is the one from the hp compaq sff 6200 pro.

That plug is a 9 pin usb plug for bluetooth that plugs somewhere on the MB that ONLY that plug will fit .