Configure pci wireless

[Mach III]

Hi there

I have a gigabyte z77 d3h motherboard.

I have a pci wireless card. An old tp link one.

So the problem I have is that I don't know how to configure it in bios to turn it on in the first boot.

I have to restart my pc for it to work.

I've done this for a year now and I think it's time to sort it out.

Can anyone help me to configure it to turn on when I power it on?

 

[funkzar]

I haven't seen any motherboard that needed a bios config to power pci devices up 1st boot. You have a fairly new board. IRQ settings are the only settings you could configure, but they more relevant with old printer serial ports. I also doubt your type motherboard even has manual IRQ configuration options. They sorted that problem out more than 10 years ago.

here are other options:

1)Check your device manager if the device doesn't have an error 10 failure or some driver loading issue. Check the logs for conflicts of drivers or services.

2)Do you run any other pci devices. If so do they work correctly?

3)Is the card slightly warped not making contact when it's still cold? Are the metal contacts clean and damage free?

4)Have you tried another pci port?

B.T.W A bios upgrade might also do the trick, but this should be your last option.

 

[Mach III]

I haven't seen any motherboard that needed a bios config to power pci devices up 1st boot. You have a fairly new board. IRQ settings are the only settings you could configure, but they more relevant with old printer serial ports. I also doubt your type motherboard even has manual IRQ configuration options. They sorted that problem out more than 10 years ago.

here are other options:

1)Check your device manager if the device doesn't have an error 10 failure or some driver loading issue. Check the logs for conflicts of drivers or services.

2)Do you run any other pci devices. If so do they work correctly?

3)Is the card slightly warped not making contact when it's still cold? Are the metal contacts clean and damage free?

4)Have you tried another pci port?

B.T.W A bios upgrade might also do the trick, but this should be your last option.

Thanks for the reply,

I'll try this Tonight.

It may be due to the adapter being really old.

 

[sajunky]

It may be due to the adapter being really old.

Looks like. BIOS initialize faster and card on power-on is not recognised.

Changing PCI slot might help together with adding 2s delay for the hard drive initialization. Also change BIOS setting from quick boot (if present), it will take more time for testing memory.