HTC Vive Wireless Adapter Launches in September

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sc5mu93 said:
I've been waiting all summer for this. I have a mITX board in a microATX case. I don't have a PCIe 4x slot, so I am going to use an M2 to PCIe 4x adapter. My M2 slot is on the back of the board, so I will be carving out a hole on the motherboard plate, and using a extension cable to wrap to the wigig card included in the kit to available backplate slot.

Fingers crossed for 300 dollar experiment! Wireless Beat Saber will be the new hotness.
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Experiment begins, and so far with limited success so I am posting here for tips, pointers, and troubleshooting.

Step 1. cut a hole in the box.
Check.
Step 2. put M.2 to PCI-e 4x adapter in the box.
Check.
Step 3. make her open the box. or I connected the WiGig card to the adapter using a 4x cable. The LEDs on the risers show 3.3v and 12v power, and the Blue led on the WiGig card is on (and obscenely bright) but windows/htc wireless software doesn't detect the card.

I got a 2-fer of these adapters. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074Z5YKXJ/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
and this cable. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WWNVKT2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

MB is ASRock Fatality B450 ITX gaming (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITXac/index.us.asp) with a 2700x. I caught myself removing the gfx card to test in the x16 slot, but then remembered 2700x has no iGPU. I don't see any NVMe or M2 options in the BIOS.

I am open to suggestions.
 
sc5mu93 said:
Experiment begins, and so far with limited success so I am posting here for tips, pointers, and troubleshooting.

Step 1. cut a hole in the box.
Check.
Step 2. put M.2 to PCI-e 4x adapter in the box.
Check.
Step 3. make her open the box. or I connected the WiGig card to the adapter using a 4x cable. The LEDs on the risers show 3.3v and 12v power, and the Blue led on the WiGig card is on (and obscenely bright) but windows/htc wireless software doesn't detect the card.

I got a 2-fer of these adapters. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074Z5YKXJ/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
and this cable. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WWNVKT2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

MB is ASRock Fatality B450 ITX gaming (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITXac/index.us.asp) with a 2700x. I caught myself removing the gfx card to test in the x16 slot, but then remembered 2700x has no iGPU. I don't see any NVMe or M2 options in the BIOS.

I am open to suggestions.
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Depends on the type of m.2 slot. It may only support storage depending on how it's set up. Not all m.2 slots are the same.
 
oh, and I am totally open to ordering a new ribbon cable/riser, if that part could be suspect. Amazon reviews indicated that they are pretty fragile, and I may have damaged it while shoehorning it into the case. Is it possible to damage data pins, but not power pins on a cable like this? (as the card did seem to be getting power)

EDIT:
based on what I am reading on Amazon, it seems like quite a few people are having similar issues with the cables - board gets power - but that's it. I will try another cable to see if I can get past this. I really want this to work. Then I will come back with my Instagram-worthy JPGs of the case mod. Nailed it. /sarcasm.
 
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Well shit. Even after I get the WiGig/cable issue working, looks like HTC didn't bother doing QA on high end Ryzen systems.

 
sc5mu93 said:
Well shit. Even after I get the WiGig/cable issue working, looks like HTC didn't bother doing QA on high end Ryzen systems.

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Let me know once you get this working, I am in the same boat with the riser combo but want to make sure it's functional before going through the effort of dismantling my build.
 
NickJames said:
Let me know once you get this working, I am in the same boat with the riser combo but want to make sure it's functional before going through the effort of dismantling my build.
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there has been some reported success with the m.2 to pci-e adapters. Either way, I will update when USPS delivers my new cable. It suck that now can't isolate to just the cable as the Ryzen chipset issue is so prevalent.

http://community.viveport.com/t5/Te...woopraid=jUOuKPwdFsxg&__woopraid=jUOuKPwdFsxg
 
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