PC wont boot after installing intel chipswt WiFi 6E card.

bigmike20vt

bigmike20vt

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well pants! I tried to install a pcie WiFi 6E card into my pc. it endlessly blue screens and tries to diagnose issue the fails. have tried unplugging my usb3 pcie card and using that as I know that pcie port works and still refuses to boot . not got time to fully diagnose right now and will get on it tomorrow I guess. will see if uninstalling the mobo Bluetooth drivers helps.. not sure if it has WiFi but if it does I will disable that and uninstall that too... but I would have hoped a driver conflict would have still gotten into windows at least

anyone any ideas?

it's windows 11 and an MSI tomahawk and 570 mobo
thanks
 
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If it's the MSI Tomahawk X570 WiFi then yes, it already has WiFi, 6 at that as well. Do you really need 6E? Do you have a 6E router/access point?

Could be some sort of driver conflict as the onboard is an Intel AX200.
 
If it gets into Windows (past the spinner) but then BSODs, I don't think it's going to be a hardware issue with the card- Far more likely to be drivers.
At a guess, you've probably installed the motherboard WiFi drivers / utilities, which is always a big mistake....

Disable the onboard WiFi from the BIOS, uninstall any drivers / utilities and then put the new one and let Windows pickup the drivers itself.
 
hi so I think it is sorted and it does appear to be a driver conflict
I thought I had disabled the motherboard WiFi driver.... it was not an option in the bios however I did disable it in device manager.


my mistake however I think was I then proceeded to uninstall the drivers from the pc.
on plugging in the new pcie card and booting windows I think it automatically reinstalled the drivers and activated the built in WiFi hardware which then caused another crash.

it would appear dissing the WiFi but keeping it installed before physically putting in the new card now allows the pc to boot.

I have not had time to fully test. now I just need to see if I can install a WiFi 6E hotspot separate from my home network to allow me to do wireless VR
 
Once you have disabled the WiFi card in the bios, windows cannot reactivate it even if you install the drivers. So first, disable in bios and then boot up windows in safe mode, uninstall any related drivers. Finally, install the new card and it should all work.

I have the same motherboard, I use a separate audio card and have to disable the built in audio hardware every time I update the bios.
 
That sounds about right.

Disabling through Windows is pointless if it's a driver issue, as Windows has to enumerate (load driver) it first in order to actually figure out what it is and whether it should be disabled :)
 
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You can actually remove and replace the Tomahawk's WiFi card too but you need to remove the cover which means taking out the board from the case. I haven't tried it myself but I have seen a couple of others doing it over the web.
 
Type_R said:
Once you have disabled the WiFi card in the bios, windows cannot reactivate it even if you install the drivers. So first, disable in bios and then boot up windows in safe mode, uninstall any related drivers. Finally, install the new card and it should all work.

I have the same motherboard, I use a separate audio card and have to disable the built in audio hardware every time I update the bios.
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hi thanks for the reply. I have carefully gone through the bios and can find no way to disable the WiFi in the bios so the only way I could think of was disabling in windows. (touch wood) it does seem to have cured the issue.
 
Orcvader said:
If it's the MSI Tomahawk X570 WiFi then yes, it already has WiFi, 6 at that as well. Do you really need 6E? Do you have a 6E router/access point?

Could be some sort of driver conflict as the onboard is an Intel AX200.
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it does appear to have been a driver conflict. as to whether I needed the 6E. It is a good point. I never even thought to see if what I wanted to to was even possible using the onboard WiFi (I forgot it had it if I am honest)
it's for wireless VR and I was hoping to set up a wireless hot spot separate from my home WiFi network just for transmitting data for vr from my pc to my headset (my quest pro supports 6E so was planning on wired internet to my pc then a 6E connection from my pc to my quest pro
 
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bigmike20vt said:
hi thanks for the reply. I have carefully gone through the bios and can find no way to disable the WiFi in the bios so the only way I could think of was disabling in windows. (touch wood) it does seem to have cured the issue.
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Glad you got it sorted. Looks like MSI removed it from some BIOS versions under settings>advanced>integrated peripherals

The latest BIOS has it so might be worth flashing to that.
 
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