M.2 WiFi card compatibility - CNVio
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Hello
I've got a question about hardware compatibility of M.2 WiFi cards. I have a laptop with an Intel AC-9560 WiFi E-key M.2 card, and I'm throwing it out for being a defective model. I won't bother explaining why, just google it and you'll see. Anyway, I'm looking for a new M.2 card to use, but there are some caveats. This AC-9560 is a CNVio card according to its specs (see product page on link below). CNVio is Intel's proprietary interface for handling wireless cards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi), and it works with the same M.2 hardware slot as the PCI-E bus. CNVio is the first generation of this interface, but there is also a second generation, CNVio2, and the two are not compatible according to that wikipedia page. What's more, the wiki says that CNVio works only with specific hardware - Intel gen 8 and 9 processors only.
Anyway, my question is: Are these M.2 slots that originally held a CNVio card also compatible with non-CNVio WiFi cards i.e. PCI-E/USB NGFF cards? Or does the card have to be a CNVio card? I was looking to buy an AX200 M.2 card or maybe one with realtek or atheros chipset. My laptop is an Acer Predator PH317-52.
AC9560 = CNVio: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...fications.html
AX200 = PCIe/USB: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...fications.html
AX201 = CNVio2: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...fications.html
Thanks in advance.
I've got a question about hardware compatibility of M.2 WiFi cards. I have a laptop with an Intel AC-9560 WiFi E-key M.2 card, and I'm throwing it out for being a defective model. I won't bother explaining why, just google it and you'll see. Anyway, I'm looking for a new M.2 card to use, but there are some caveats. This AC-9560 is a CNVio card according to its specs (see product page on link below). CNVio is Intel's proprietary interface for handling wireless cards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi), and it works with the same M.2 hardware slot as the PCI-E bus. CNVio is the first generation of this interface, but there is also a second generation, CNVio2, and the two are not compatible according to that wikipedia page. What's more, the wiki says that CNVio works only with specific hardware - Intel gen 8 and 9 processors only.
Anyway, my question is: Are these M.2 slots that originally held a CNVio card also compatible with non-CNVio WiFi cards i.e. PCI-E/USB NGFF cards? Or does the card have to be a CNVio card? I was looking to buy an AX200 M.2 card or maybe one with realtek or atheros chipset. My laptop is an Acer Predator PH317-52.
AC9560 = CNVio: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...fications.html
AX200 = PCIe/USB: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...fications.html
AX201 = CNVio2: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...fications.html
Thanks in advance.