Asus K93SM and AC7260 Intell Adapter

[Ohana]

Hai,

i hope that i am in the right part of the forum for my question.

I have an ASUS K93SM laptop.

Due to my upgrading of my internet connection and missing bluetooth, I bought the AC7260 from Intell.
Please find here which one I mean: CLICK HERE

Problem when mounted this adapter: No way you can switch on the MAIN WIFI SWITCH.
Please see HERE the image of what I mean (images say more then my english...)

What is not a problem: you can install the adapter in windows 8.1. It is recognized by windows. I can install updates for the adapter. Turn the adapter on and off.
But as long as the main wifi switch does not work, I cant use wifi.

I heard that there is a way to get the AC7260 working by "modding Bios".
It is concerning the Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 + Bluetooth PCIe Half Mini Card.

I guess it means that the BIOS file will be adjusted and then the wifi adapter will work?

Can anybody please help me with this?
I have really no clue or knowledge to do this. I dont even want to try, otherwise I know that I will make things worse.....

I have also made a donation to show my appreciation for helping me, because this is the honoust way I think.
Without this forum no help, so thats why i donated.

These are the details of my laptop:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K93SM 1.0
Bios version: K93SM 208
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless-netwerkadapter
Adapter type: IEEE 802.11 wireless

You can find the whole configuration in the attachment.
If possible, and there is a chance to modify my BIOS in a way which gives me the options to use full memory or make my laptop faster, please feel free to do so.


Thanks in advance!

Dennis

[Ohana]

Hai,

perhaps i posted this in a section where it does not belong.
Anybody who can help me out here?
Much appreciated!

regards
Dennis

[Jupy]

Hi, to solve your problem, you have to tape the pin 20 (wifi switch) and the pin 51 (bluetooth switch) on the intel mini pcie card to enable it.
Here is a video link, at the end you found a picture of where the pin 20 is located:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzAKcmlaH1M

At the end of the other side of the card is located pin 51, this link can be useful too:

https://communities.intel.com/thread/51030

You must tape those pins to override hardware switch e let the wifi/bluetooth stay always on.

I've got the same issue (just wifi, only pin 20). When i taped the pin, the card works but only on liveOS (kaspersky live cd), but windows still can't start device (error code 10). I need to reset BIOS (maybe!), but i don't want to "destroy" the notebook to toggle cmos battery!

Hope I've helped.
Regards