Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector

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Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
2020-12-16 18:26:26 - last edited 2020-12-17 01:03:54
Model: Archer TX3000E  
Hardware Version: V1
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Hi,

 

I just bought a new AX3000 Wifi 6 Bluetooth 5 PCIe Adapter (Archter TX3000E) and in the installation manual tells me to find a F_USB connector on my motherboard.

I have a HP 8053 motherboard from HP EliteDesk 800 G2 TWR desktop and I didn't find one.

 

Any suggestions on what could I do?

 

Thanks in advance.

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Re:Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
2020-12-16 19:15:41 - last edited 2020-12-17 01:03:54

@staticdev 

 

Have you checked if there is maybe some unused internal HP-proprietary USB connector on the motherboard? In case there is, then you could try to make or buy a suitable adapter cable.

 

If there is none on the motherboard, then you could try to find a cable like this 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/9pin-Male-to-External-USB-A-Male-PC-Mainboard-Internal-Data-Extension-Ca-ueW4/353305756832

and route it trough a hole or slit of the tower case, so that you can connect the TX3000E's USB to one of the external USB ports.

 

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Re:Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
2020-12-16 19:27:52 - last edited 2020-12-17 01:03:54

@woozle I found some connectors unused but with different pin numbers. Here is a photo of my mobo:

 

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2020-12-16 23:49:10 - last edited 2020-12-17 01:03:54

@staticdev 

 

Here is a link to the Maintenance Manual for your computer:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04832338

 

Page 64 and 65 show the decriptions for the onboard connectors.

 

For example, the larger black one marked as "COMB" is an "optional second serial port".

 

Of interest in your case are only the one's marked with "USB".

 

The available USB connectors on the motherboard are apparently already in use for the cables that provide USB ports to the front panel of the computer. (blue connector for 2x USB 3.0 and yellow for 2x USB 2.0)

 

If you feel like you could live without the two USB 2.0 ports on the front panel of your computer, then you could perhaps unplug that cable and reuse that yellow connector on the board for your TX3000E card.

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Re:Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
2020-12-17 10:29:55

@woozle thanks a lot for your research and suggestion. I tried connecting the board on front-usb connector. It is not exactly the shape of the board connection and I am not really sure how to connect it.

 

The TP-link board connector has the shape:

OOOOO

XOOOO

 

 

The mobo connector has the shape:

OXOOOO

OXOOOO

 

What I tried to do is to match the X so I connected:

OXOOOO

OXOOOO

-OOOOO

-XOOOO

 

 

I am not sure it worked. Also, when I boot the computer I get the error:

 

 

Would you connect the pins this way?

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2020-12-17 18:01:45 - last edited 2020-12-17 18:02:52

@staticdev 

 

If the pin layout of the mainboard's FRONT USB connector is different, then it's probably a HP-proprietary connector. Apparently HP added two additional pins.

Here is link to a post from a user who connected a standard USB cable to another mobo made for HP the same way as you did and it sounds like it worked for him.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktops-Archive-Read-Only/USB-pinouts-for-MSI-MS-7778-Jasmine-motherboard/m-p/3357773/highlight/true#M411999

 

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Re:Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
2020-12-18 18:08:28

@woozle seems promissing as I did the same. Is there a way I can check if the board is working properly? Some light or fan working maybe?

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2020-12-19 15:08:02 - last edited 2020-12-19 15:09:56

@staticdev 

 

I think the only way to check if it's working is to boot up the computer's operating system with the TX3000E installed and the USB cable connected to the mobo.

 

Do you run Windows 7, 8 or 10?

 

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2020-12-19 20:44:56

@woozle Windows 10, I also have Ubuntu. The board just works even without the cable connected. What is it for?

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Re:Installing TX3000E and F_USB connector
2020-12-19 22:55:58

@staticdev 

 

Currently most, if not all, of these Wi-Fi 6 AX PCIe cards for desktop computers merely consist of a "dumb" PCB with an onboard M.2 socket into which an Intel AX200 M.2 WiFi card has usually been fitted.

 

These M.2 cards were primarily designed for use in Laptop/Notebook computers and since the M.2 connector can provide several bus interfaces at the same time, Intel opted to use PCIe for the WiFi part and USB for the Bluetooth function.

 

Windows 10 with an active Internet connection should have automatically installed drivers for the WiFi function and the Bluetooth function (if it was detected).

 

If you open the Device Manager (right-click the Windows Start button, Device Manager should be the fifth item from the top) and the Bluetooth section shows an item called "Intel Wireless Bluetooth", then it means your USB connection on the mobo works. If not, then you might also check if there is an unknown device shown under "Other devices".

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