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Problem with PCI-E wifi Adapter

sidglide

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Hi Gurus,

I have been having a weird problem while exchanging PCI-E wireless adapters between 2 Mini PCs' Looking for your expert advice.
I bought a new mini PC with i5 4300Y it came with a broadcom generic wifi adapter.
I already had an Intel NUC with N-7620 wifi PCIE slot.

Since the quality was poor, (signal strength and random drops) planned to exchange the two between the systems.

When i exchanged the wifi adapters between the system it is not recognized at all on the I5 system. when i put it back in the NUC it just works like a charm.

So i went ahead tried a few things. I uninstalled the drivers for the Broadcom adapter and then tried uninstalling the intel 7620. But still it will not get recognized in windows (10).
I am stumped here.

Any suggestions please!!