Asus ROG Maximus VIII Formula Wifi/Bluetooth Question

Lord Kram · 13 Jul 2020 at 17:20

Hey, hoping someone can give me a bit of help, I managed to pick up one of these boards cheap:

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/R..., crave quiet,Formula is the winning formula.

But with no addition cables etc, just the board and the IO cover. Does the wifi/Bluetooth on board work without the antennas connected? Would I need to get the connectors separately and if so are they available to buy?

Thanks

dannywaugh1 · 14 Jul 2020 at 21:33

I would say it would definitely need the antennas to work properly.

Tetras · 14 Jul 2020 at 22:23

Sometimes they can work without antenna, try it and see

You can buy the part, but from what I've seen the original is more expensive than it's worth.

Lord Kram · 15 Jul 2020 at 10:14

I do actually have a couple of antennas from a good wifi router I don't use from a netgear nighthawk, would they do a similar job?

Tetras · 15 Jul 2020 at 16:49

If they fit, give it a go, shouldn't do any harm.

Lord Kram · 16 Jul 2020 at 17:21

All fitted today with my motherboard swap over and the antennas seem to work perfectly as before signal was only 3 of 5 bars after it was full signal! Saved some money here defo