and I understand that you are having issue with the MAXIMUS IX HERO. Thank you for contacting ASUS Product Support. I responded that they didn't seem to understand which M.2 slot I was talking about and included the page from the manual with the wifi M.2 slot circled, and got another response: If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us again for assistance. The maximus IX hero thus support M.2 2242/2260//2280 for storage devices (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x4), for2242/2260/2280/22110 storage device support (PCIE 3.0x 4 mode)įor this wifi/bluetooth module ( Intel 8260NGW M.2 2230, M.2 1216 ) its not supported by this m.2 slot for this motherboard I understand how frustrating that can be, so let me assist you, moving forward. I do hope you are having a wonderful day today.īased on the issue described, you are looking for the bios update for this motherboard for Intel 8260NGW. Thank you for contacting ASUS Product Support, my name is Daldin C. I ended up going to Asus tech support directly with this, and figured I'd post my results here since this topic came up when I searched up this issue: I ended up just settling for Asus PCI-e wifi adapter. I thought I was the only one running into trouble finding a whole M.2 wifi kit to put there lol It is quite annoying Asus didn't bother giving the Hero the same one the code and formula come with but It wasn't enough to keep me from purchasing the Hero. So, what is that connector good for? Does anyone have any more information about this M.2 wifi connector? Thanks. I found wifi M.2 cards but then you have to cobble together a kit of antenna leads, the antenna ports, and an antenna setup, etc. That is to say, I'm surprised that Hero owners haven't mentioned anything about it.īut, supposing one did want to install a wifi setup there, for the life of me I can't find that anyone makes a kit, especially and including Asus. So, if you don't install a wifi module there, Hero owners would be left with two empty holes there. The connector is exactly where one would install an M.2 wifi module, and I imagine that is exactly the setup on the Code and the Formula versions of the Maximus IX.Įspecially odd is that I watched a couple of box openings on YouTube for the Hero and the backplate has the two holes where antenna ports would be installed. But then, there's no mention made of this connector anywhere in any documentation pertaining to the Hero. On the motherboard schematic in the manual there is a connector shown in the upper-left hand corner called 'M.2 WIFI'. Does anyone know anything about the M.2 wifi connector on the Maximus IX Hero?

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