Intel 7260 Wifi/Bluetooth Card Fix

[@michaelc9009]

Thanks Rick!!! After a windows update back in September my wife's desktop Bluetooth stopped working. I had the same exact issue in the device manager. I tapped over pin 20 on the back like you showed and we are back in business. This was after countless hours trying driver, OS and Bios updates. Microsoft or Intel made an error and neither will acknowledge it. I know for sure that this was working on her system before, since she has a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Gigabyte Z97N-Gaming 5 Motherboard came with the 7260 from the factory.

[@eausnap]

I've got the same board and had the same issue. My wifi is good, but no bluetooth.

[@brianinthered]

3 years later and this hack still works! I was able to tape Pin 20 & 51 and now my Intel Dual Band 7260 Wireless connector works! When I first installed it in Linux Mint 21 it would appear in the list hardware but I couldn't enable wireless devices. Now it works perfectly on 5Ghz connection with super high speed! Thank you Rick Makes!

[@holygroovearena]

I also need this to install mint

[@brianmccracken7000]

this is a hardware hack that worked for me. Mint recognized the card just fine on my old Toshiba Laptop. I still have the laptop, but no longer use it. Definitely give it a try, its kinda hard to cut a tiny strip of tape and put it over two pins, but if you manage it.... could be worth the pain to get Wifi connection updated.

[@greazy5616]

You, sir, are a genius. Only suggestion to make the process easier is to use a safety pin or toothpick and dab some quick drying fingernail polish on the pins. Tape took way too long to cut, and the transparency made it hard to tell if I was fully covering pin contacts.

[@vee985]

This was my last resort. It stopped working after an update. I cannot believe it now works! Thanks!

[@rileyEJ257]

thank you! I was worried for a minute about my Wifi card upgrade. This solution fixed my issue. Wish this was a more well-known fix!

[@lucaslazarini9362]

This is amazing. It worked with an AC 7260 on an old laptop running Linux. Thank you very much

[@stegozq]

Works! Thanks I had this wifi pci card over 9 year, thinking it'snt work, but thanks with this explication, now works. Cover pin 20-21 and in the back

[@PepeuHARDT]

Amigo, você cobriu o 20 e o 21? Qual é o 21??

[@rickslick8441]

This is so wierd, i had to read a few comments to check it wasnt a joke winding people up. Sure enough taped pin (51 only) power back on and the bluetooth is back... wtf my brain hurts haha thanks mate 🤙

[@ProfessorStagnation]

Repeating my comment because KZbin deleted my previous with link. I had success isolating just pin 51 on a HP EliteBook 820 G1, I did have to install the Bluetooth drivers for the AC 7260 for this to work. These drivers can be hard to find as Intel now have a disclaimer that they are no longer available for download as this adapter is EoL. However I found recent driver version (2021) squirrelled away on Intel's site that is compatible with this adapter. It was via a Reddit post "Where to get drivers for Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260'' , I hope this compliments this awesome video. Thanks @RickMakes.

[@nayanaprakash6815]

Awesome! Had the Bluetooth problem on my HP EliteBook 860. Device manager wasn't even displaying Bluetooth driver. I taped both pin 51 and 20. Works like a charm now!

[@dramitppt]

How do I locate pin 20 any way to do it ?

[@AndroidHQ254]

Worked on my Intel Wireless-N 1030 card. I taped both pins 20 and 51, and voila, I can use Wi-Fi again. Thank you for the fix

[@carvalhow_]

I would never have guessed how to fix this. Where on earth do you guys find theses fixes?! I guess it doesn't matter, but thank you very much sir. Recently bought my intel 7260 to cover the lack of bluetooth connection on my early-2013 Asus laptop, and boy was I extremely bummed when found out this adapter would not work properly...

[@Rickmakes]

I found it on some forum and made a note about it. Months later I tried it and it worked.

[@kngu32]

Wow I did not expect this to work but it did. My laptop is the acer aspire 5750g in case someone is having the same issue. Much appreciated Rick.

[@Rickmakes]

Yeah. It doesn't make sense but it seems to work. :)

[@tudorelP]

@@Rickmakes I have an Acer Aspire 5750G and I taped off both pin 51 and 20 bluetooth still doesn't work... any other advices?

[@RedVisor1]

Taping pin 51 worked for my circa-2011 Acer 5222, thank you so much! Before the taping, the laptop wouldn't even boot; just had a black screen with a solid cursor and I couldn't even get to the BIOS.

[@Rickmakes]

That's great!

[@1Raphael]

Thank you for sharing it was just pin 51 for me on a Toshiba c655-s5225 it took two years of doing everything I could think of except putting tape on pin 51... what the heck why I don't understand, either way I'm just glad it's fixed it and working now thank you so much.... that shit was driving me nuts

[@Rickmakes]

Doesn't make sense but it seems to work. :)

[@fordmondeo3320]

@rick , thnak you , i was frustrated , cause i order this 7260 to replace my old intel centrino wifi/bt module , and i tried to download various drivers and nothing worked , and now with your hack i got it running . i just scrape of these 2 pins and its working

[@Rickmakes]

That's great to hear! Glad it helped.

[@DJJoeyV]

I had the idea that this solution could not be true. Just tried it and it did not work (yet). However usually when installing the BT driver BT_21.10.1_64_Win10 it did not want to install. I tried to install this when applying your solution and the BT driver installed correctly and I was able to add bluetooth devices. Aswome and thanks!

[@tudorelP]

Same thing here: it didn't work by only taping pins 51 and 20, but then I found the driver for the Bluetooth on the Intel website, downloaded it, and installed it and it works like a dream now! Many thanks to both of you as your advice helped me solve the issue! The driver for Bluetooth can be downloaded here: www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/download/19390/intel-wireless-bluetooth-for-intel-wireless-7260-family-and-intel-dual-band-wireless-ac-3160.html

[@PepeuHARDT]

@@tudorelP Os fdp da #Intel não disponibilizam mais o driver.

[@Tailslol]

lifesaver my friend.still working on win 11 i m glad i just had to tape the last pin.this is so small.

[@Pi-Photo]

Worked like a charm! Took the whole wifi/bluetooth assembly with the antennas and all, from an old scrapped Dell laptop & put it in my sons HP pavillion. I scraped off pin 21 instead of using tape. But just pin 21 .

[@OscarAyarza]

No puedo creer que esto realmente funcione. I just can't believe this would actually work. I had been searching a lot for how to activate the Bluetooth, even bought an external adapter for my Asus N56JN, but was very pissed with not having it internally. Tip for all doing this: You have to be very careful while covering the pins, I had a first failed attempt and tried a second time just for faith, and it worked. Many thanks Rick! You really rock!

[@danwat1234]

What does this specifically do to fix the issue and has Intel acknowledged the problem? Thanks

[@darkdoom]

That pin's purpose is to deactivate the bluetooth functionality, if you have a laptop with physical buttons to turn on and off your bluetooth, It will use that pin to turn It off. For an unknown reason, the drivers or Windows messed with that functionality. When you put tape on that pin, It bypass that.

[@faradayagbontan4095]

Thanks @darkdoom

[@Lenin-cq9ol]

Thank you for making this video!! My Bluetooth 4.0 started working after an intel driver update. Thanks again 👍🙏

[@SearinoxNavras]

Same problem. Same fix. Worked perfectly.

[@Downlord4all]

Wauw!!! Looking for this fix for a loooong time and suddenly found your video. Works great. Thank you very much for uploading the solution.

[@geodescent]

Capton tape over pin 51 did the trick on my Intel 7260 inside a Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard. Wifi + Bluetooth was working for about a month and then this morning wifi stopped and then stopped reporting as connected in Device Manager (not even showing in hidden since I'd removed the driver). For what it's worth as possible RCA, I think I was thermally baking the card; my AMD A10-7850K runs hot and a lot of heat was coming out that area. Probably should be re-pasted. Anyway, thanks for this video!

[@felipeazevedo6591]

Thank you! It worked for me, I use an old laptop (Acer Aspire 5750 with i3 2310m, 12gb ddr3, 128gb ssd and 500gb hdd) as my emulators/xcloud/parsec machine, and recently bought this card to improve my internet connection and be able to use my bluetooth ps4 controller. Thank you so much!!!!!

[@tudorelP]

I have an Acer Aspire 5750 with an i7 processor and didn't work! @RickMakes how did you determined that it was additionally pin 20 to be taped off?

[@felipeazevedo6591]

@@tudorelP I've taped the two pins mentioned in the video

[@tudorelP]

I wasn't aware that it is a separate driver for the Bluetooth and after installing it with those two pins 51 & 20 taped, it does work indeed now! Thanks for sharing!

[@robdawg1017]

Nice, this fixed the Bluetooth on my old P75-A7200. Instead of taping, I took a razor and physically removed the pins.

[@doragizdench8433]

I have the same drivers showing for Bluetooth but can't find devices does anyone know if one antenna wire is for WiFi one for the Bluetooth? As I just got this card of eBay for a mini pc WiFi works but Bluetooth doesn't.

[@Rickmakes]

I think one wire is for 2.4GHz wifi and bluetooth and the other is for 5GHz wifi. I'm not sure which is which though. I would guess 1 is for 2.4 and 2 is for 5.

[@doragizdench8433]

@@Rickmakes thanks I worked it out last night Main - WiFi only Aux - gives WiFi and Bluetooth I fitted this WiFi card in my mini pc but they was only one hole to fit the cable on outside so gonna have to drill another hole to make a 2nd slot for another antenna. For the moment I have robbed a WiFi antenna from my old laptop that has been stripped and stuck that to the outside of the case until the new 6dbi antenna arrives. So I could have one antenna but would rather 2 so I have the full dual band and better signal. So you can run on one antenna by connecting to aux but will impact on WiFi speeds more than likely when using the Bluetooth.

[@hasan95210]

This is awesome ! Thank you! I finally got bluetooth on my Asus G75VW that i upgraded with this card just by using the tape on pin 51 !

[@EmoPrincxss666]

I covered only the 51st one with tape and it fixed it! But that brings me to wonder... How does it work? Like why does covering it fix it? I don't get it...

[@Rickmakes]

I don't completely understand it myself.

[@kanokanor]

I taped those pins. The bt works but the wifi is getting cannot start device error 10 in device manager.

[@ThePretender1]

OMG thank you so much, it worked partially because on my HP envy the wifi button on the keyboard stays orange forever and does not enable it! Do you know how to make it work? Should i cover pin 20 and 21 also as some people are talking?

[@Rickmakes]

I'm not sure about the other pins but if you have nothing to lose, might as well try it.

[@PepeuHARDT]

Você tentou? Qual deles é o 21?

[@Vicky420Melwani]

This worked like a charm for me on my HP Envy DV6 7309TX. Any idea why the pins needed to be taped though? I only taped the last pin as per your video and the Bluetooth driver installed on its own when I turned back on my laptop after inserting the wifi card.

[@conjurermast]

Some devices have a hardware switch to turn off bluetooth. Now if you use a thinkpad that has that awful bluetooth daughter board, then from the card's point of view it's as though that switch is always turned off.

[@Steveroess]

Same as some of the other commenters, I was prepared to be astounded if this worked. I'm astounded. Here's what's really weird in my case -- I have two identical laptops, both running the same version of Windows 10. One of them needed the tape and the other didn't. Like a lot of the others here, I had wasted many hours messing around with drivers before finding this link on the HP community website. Now that Bluetooth is working, the wi-fi isn't, but I really don't need it so I'm not going to mess with it. (At least not immediately.) I suspect the tape may have encroached on adjacent pins and is interfering with the wi-fi, which now under Network Adapters in Device Manager shows "Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)" where it previously showed Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260. I'm also tempted, now that Bluetooth shows up in Device Manager, to try taking the tape off again to see whether it stays there.

[@Rickmakes]

It's weird that this works but I've had many people have success with this. I have recently purchased a wifi 6e Intel PCIe card that only works properly if you install an older device driver. It's kinda sad that a company as large as Intel doesn't have better quality control for their network cards.

[@juninmw]

Would you inform me if the 7260 dual band ac device works on DELL model 5537 notebooks?

[@Rickmakes]

I'm not sure but I did some checking online and a post on this page: www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/Dual-band-5Ghz-wi-fi-adapter-on-15r-5537/td-p/6121453 says the Intel Wireless-AC 7260HMW works. I also says to avoid the "NGW" model of the 7260. I can't vouch for the poster of that message so make sure you can return the card if necessary.

[@martinezmartinez8387]

Hi RickMakes, Thank you very much. I have Sony Vaio Laptop SVE1511A1EB and this solved my WiFi card being switch OFF permanently.

[@Rickmakes]

Thanks great!

[@PepeuHARDT]

Hello Rick. Did you cover both pins or just the 51st? I covered 51, but a day later the problem returned. It could be that the heat has damaged the tape. But, I would really like to know how you did it, because I also have a Sony Vaio. Thanks!

[@каковатвояпрофессия]

tryed this with mc-ac7265, didnt help. did you cover both sides or only one on pin 51?? Anyway: on 7265 covering both pins didnt help with enabling bluetooth to work. Nothing changed. "Generic bluetooth adapter" still have "!" sign.

[@Rickmakes]

As far as I know, this only works with the 7260.

[@Dingmao.]

EDIT 2: I decided to leave pin 20 unisolated, which seems to have done the trick. EDIT: It stopped working again. I'll get back to you soon. I tried your method on mine and it worked! The difference for me was that I had to download the Bluetooth driver from the Intel website and install it in order to finally make it work on Windows. On Linux it worked instantly. Thanks a bunch!

[@karlinbass]

I tried covering those same pins on an HP envy DV6 7382 and it didn't work, I still don't have bluetooth, I originally had a centrino N2230 wireless card and bluetooth worked but it doesn't have a 5G connection, what pins should I cover?

[@Rickmakes]

If covering the pins in the video didn't work, I unfortunately don't have a solution for you. Sorry about that.

[@varinder1491]

Thank you very much for this video. Recently upgraded my old hp pavilion g6 2231tx railink 3290 wifi module to intel 7260, system had detected the card but wifi and bt didnt work but after covering the pin 51 and 20 wifi and bt both has started working.

[@akashmhaskar8477]

By seeing your video I got the idea this could be the problem with my Dell Wireless 1550 AC wifi card..I guess what problem solved...thnxx mate

[@Rickmakes]

Are you saying this worked with a different model card? That is surprising but I'm glad it worked.

[@akashmhaskar8477]

Yes...It worked with BCM94352HMB wifi card

[@Nelsemaky]

Boa tarde amigo eu tenho um Placa Wifi BROADCOM BCM943228HMB O Unico Problema e o Wifi que fica com ! codego 10 ja fiz de tudo com driver e com as fitas como vc mostra ai no vide mas nada de funcionar me ajuda pfvvv......meu notebook e o Acer Aspire V3 571g.

[@vng4517]

I fixed the problem , a different way. Check device manager, under "bluetooth" category you might see the AC 7260 blue tooth with Yellow box and ! next to it, right click and check properties, in general tap, you might see error code 43. If it is, right click the bluetooth and "uninstall" it . After uninstalling, right click the name of your computer on top of the list, and run "scan for hardware changes" The bluetooth will be reinstalled with correct driver and run !

[@macneiht]

Show me which of pins that where is on intel centrino wireless N-1000? Thank so much

[@cssplayer91]

It's so weird how this fixes the bluetooth issue. I would expect a problem like this from a third party wifi card, not from Intel themselves 😂 nevertheless it completely works now, thank you 👍🏻

[@trashman1694]

What in the actual hell is Intel doing 😂 I kept trying a bunch of different drivers in my lenovo thinkcentre m93p and finally opened it up to look at what card was in it found this turd 7260

[@HardWhereHero]

the Bluetooth on my card works but the intel AC 7260 wifi in device manager shows error code 10 unable to start.

[@rrwholloway]

Uninstall you current intel bluetooth drivers and download the older drivers for this card. That’s what got mine working after I taped over pin 51.

[@varunrn]

Thank you for the video. My problem is without covering any pins, my card is already detected and the drivers installed. But, none of my devices will connect to it. Should you remove the previously paired devices and re-pair them again. While doing that, I get a remove failed message. Any thoughts to how to fix this?

[@DKelevra13]

That's for the info! I only had to tape off pin 51 on the one side. I upgraded the Wi-Fi in me and my wife's laptops with two of these cards. My wife's laptop, a 2010 Dell worked fine with out needing this fix. My laptop a 2013 Toshiba, wifi worked but had no Bluetooth. I wish I knew why this happens.

[@fabriziocicciarelli8705]

I would upgrade my lenovo u330 but about all cards that i've found (on aliexpress) is reported "non for lenovo pc". is there really a problem of compatibility? or maybe a right component? i have a 7260 2.4 ghz on my pc

[@Rickmakes]

Hard to say why they are saying "non for lenovo pc". I'm guessing they know what they are talking about. I haven't found another card that would work as a replacement for the 7260.

[@romankulijev9180]

Hello Rick, Was WiFi detected instantly? Were you missing only bluetooth or wifi as well?

[@Rickmakes]

I was having trouble with both but bluetooth was missing altogether.

[@Backedone-ss5vw]

Can you do this with Intel AC3160HMW ? The host device is HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook.

[@Rickmakes]

I think it only works with this model of wifi card.

[@zool8139]

I'm using a mac WiFi card in my pc with a pci-e adapter its an apple card and I can't use the WiFi and Bluetooth simultaneously Bluetooth audio will cut in and out and same with the WiFi connection to the Internet. Is there some sort of driver that I should be using

[@Rickmakes]

If you can find out what chipset the Mac card uses, you could look for a PC driver. It is possible that Apple has some proprietary modifications that is limiting it's functionality in a PC.

[@Rickmakes]

I was just thinking, there should be a driver available somewhere because Mac's can boot Windows. I'm not sure where to find it though.

[@vunurcan]

Thanks for the video but i want to ask something. After replacing the Wi-Fi card with this, the driver did not show up, when I installed it manually the bluetooth was working but my bluetooth headset starts to buzz and cut out after a while so it doesn't work exactly right. Does this solution fix my problem?

[@Primeltoaster]

Hey! I suppose I have a similar issue with the Intel AC 7265: Wifi doesn't work (adapter disappears) whenever I restart. When I shutdown and turn on again by using the power button, it works just fine. I read that this might have to do with one of the pins, so I would like to try this fix, but the AC 7265 is shorter and doesn't have as many pins (and it seems like they're in different places on the PCB). Do you know if your fix might work on the 7265 as well, and which pin(s) I should try to cover then? I'd really appreciate an answer. Thanks!

[@Rickmakes]

I'm not familiar with that card. I'm guessing this specific fix for the 7260 is unique to this card. You my try posting your problem on the Intel community forums.

[@Primeltoaster]

@@Rickmakes Ah, too bad. Well, thanks anyway! I'll see if I can work something out.

[@frederikcretel6386]

Primeltoaster just wanna ask you a question. I saw your respons to the intel 7265 wifi card video. I have the some problem with the same card as you did you ever find a solution?

[@frederikcretel6386]

I found the solution Primaltoaster if you still need it. you need to mask pin 56 (and maybe 54 but dont think so) on the card we have. Pin 56 is on the back. You will see 2 pins and then about 7 spaces of no pins the pin after the no spaces is pin 56 the one after that 54. Just mask that pin and rebooting will no longer disable you wifi.

[@corey7219]

I fixed that as well. After I taped pin 20 (like in the video, airplane mode wouldn't turn off and wifi was grayed out. I went into Device Manager->Human Interface Devices->Disabled Airplane Mode Switch. Now try it.

[@eG-iy6wr]

it worked for me for 12year old acer aspire one with this card. how did you figure this out?

[@Rickmakes]

I found this fix buried in some forum years ago.

[@faradayagbontan4095]

Hi @RickMakes i think have similar problem. Intel dual wifi+Bluetooth module. Only WiFi works fine. Bluetooth doesn't appear anywhere in device manager, and when "scanned for hardware changes" nothing new appears in device manager, No device waiting on driver's installation. Please advise

[@faradayagbontan4095]

Oh! I just made another attempt at getting the Bluetooth to work. This time I restarted my computer and went into bios settings, i noticed that Bluetooth was disabled in bios settings, so i enabled it. Bingo. My Bluetooth is now working. If only I knew all this while. More than 6months struggling to understand why WiFi works well whereas Bluetooth can't be found. Many thanks to you @RickMakes and the fine people in the comments section.

[@Rickmakes]

Sorry I couldn't reply sooner. I was away for a few days. Glad you got this working! Maybe your comment will help someone else out in the same situation.

[@kuldeepjhirwal5631]

How to know which is 20 and 51 no. Pin, i have different pin setup in my adapter

[@Rickmakes]

You have the 7260?

[@GifyTheOld]

Why?? Why does this seems to work? I swapped the AC-7260 from my dead Dell to old Acer but it won't to turn on the WiFi even if it was detected in Device Manager, covering the pins helped to recover wifi and Bluetooth showed up as well, which needed some more fiddling to start working but well, it's working now. Nice and thanks

[@Rickmakes]

I don't know why it works. I found this fix in a forum years ago.

[@chumbo]

Hi Rick, I have the exact same Intel NUC (D54250WYKH) and same Intel 7260WMH card as you do...and no surprise I guess, the same problem! However, just curious because you only mention the Bluetooth being the issue so does that mean that the Wifi was working? Because in my case it's neither and in fact, it's not even detected by the BIOS so I'm wondering if this would solve my problem?

[@Rickmakes]

It's been a few years but if I recall correctly, the wifi was flaky before the fix.

[@chumbo]

@@Rickmakes Thx to your trick, I got the wifi to work!....but not the bluetooth unfortunately 😌 I imagine since it's been a while, I guess you have no other ideas I could try to get it to work? Any other pins to try? (how did you even figure this out!? True witchcraft!)

[@nhelpineda]

Hello bro i wanna try it on my Lenovo thinkpad x200 any advice?

[@Rickmakes]

If it isn't working at all, it might be worth a shot trying to fix it. If you have any important documents on your computer, make sure you back them up. If the card is working but not well, have a backup plan in case the fix doesn't work. For instance, you could use a USB wifi dongle if the internal wifi doesn't work. Make sure you disconnect or remove the battery before pulling the card out.

[@RenanMT07]

Funcionou aqui no meu Laptop. Muito obrigado pela dica 😉

[@jmauroc64]

It worked!!! Very good, thanks. (acer V3-571 + Intel AC7260)

[@retrobrahhh]

I put this card in my Toshiba Satellite laptop. In my device manager there's no Bluetooth shown on the list. I don't see any exclamation point for an error or anything. There's no Bluetooth in the list at all. I tried taping Pin 51 but the tape won't stay on and it's too small anyway. The pin is too small.

[@Rickmakes]

You could try using something like a Dremel tool to grind off the pin but if it doesn't work, you will have ruined your card.

[@davetrickett567]

Try a coating of super glue on the pin

[@jarkkov79]

it worked for me too! althou, i didn't use any tape, but i scraped contacts away from those two pins, with a very small knife

[@defaultdefault4917]

Grosooooooooo! en una Intel 3160 instalada en una notebook Samsung RV511 me funcionó perfecto solo tapando el PIN 51. Probé streaming de BT audio via youtube HD 1080 y todo anduvo smoothly (wifi + bt)

[@boonswa1120]

So I notice some people are having issues with 20, 21, and 51. Would there be any harm in scraping/taping all 3?

[@PepeuHARDT]

Amigo, qual é o pino 21? E, você tentou?

[@mitsos1461]

Taping pin 51 did the trick. Aftermarket intel 7260 on dell inspiron 3521. Thanks a lot!

[@Rickmakes]

Glad it helped!

[@cbaldan]

Taping pin 51 got my LG notebook to detect Bluetooth. Thanks for the video!

[@mat3655]

im not sure why but i can see Bluetooth mouse connects to my laptop, but my wireless headphones wont connect. ive tried with another laptop and my phone an those 2 work fine.

[@mer2106]

Brilliant. Worked for my old Toshiba P775

[@earlt911]

Antenna port 1 and 2. Is one WiFi and the other Bluetooth or is 1 & 2 5GHz and 2.4 WiFi? How do I know which one is what.. Thanks!

[@Rickmakes]

I put the black wire on the connector towards the outside of the case and the gray wire on the connector towards the inside. I'm not sure if that was correct but it seems to be working for me.

[@KaptainCanuck]

Bluetooth uses no antenna, so the answer is one per channel

[@michaelc9009]

@@KaptainCanuck The Bluetooth is definitely sharing the antenna. Our BT mouse only works a foot from the PC if the antenna is not connected.

[@SearinoxNavras]

Bluetooth shares the 2.4Ghz band. The main and aux antenna ports are irrelevant. Both bands are active on them. Higher end laptops connect antennae to both for better signal. Cheaper laptops only connect an antenna to one of them.

[@cj_726]

Perfecto ! Funciona con una placa Intel Ac 3160 , que tampoco reconocía el Bluetooth en Windows 10

[@hwcentertainment]

Works like charm for both Bluetooth and fan.

[@MRrwmac]

Rick, I Can’t understand why your intel NUC won’t pickup and configure that Intel card as it is? Is something wrong with the NUC or is it the card? Also, how did you find out about this and will it limit or affect any of the Wireless/Bluetooth capabilities? Thanks for the video!

[@Rickmakes]

I'm not sure. I can't remember if the bluetooth worked when I initial set it up years ago. I did some searching around online and found out about the two pins. It seems as if the two pins cause bluetooth to be disabled.

[@bobhumplick4213]

i had the same same problem on an old toshia satelite that i put a NEW 7260 in and bluethooth didnt work at all. taping over pin 51 did it right away. so its not just the nuc

[@yes_man_lol]

How does it work? Thanks

[@Rickmakes]

Still working fine. It isn't super high performance card but it works.

[@i7mleo]

i have the same problem but with the intel ac3165, does anybody know fix?

[@Rickmakes]

That sucks. I don't know about the ac3165 but I haven't found any other cards that I could replace the 7260 with. A USB wifi card might be another option.

[@MarcAbis]

My 7260 on my pc is being detected fine, at least on my current version of win 10 but I have many people complaining my bluetooth headset sounds terrible. Works fine on 8260 connection on my laptop. Wondering if anyone else is noticing the issue with bluetooth connections being on but unstable?

[@Rickmakes]

I haven't used bluetooth on mine much. It might be easiest to get a cheap USB Bluetooth dongle.

[@codymack6343]

On the ngw m. 2 key a and e form factor cover pin 56 to enable BT

[@DarkyBoy]

omg dude you're truly the best thank you so much bluetooth works now

[@Rickmakes]

Great to hear! Thank you.

[@leolaf6501]

Worked instantly after replacing the Intel 100 N on my Samsung RC530

[@BRIAN21552]

Any solution for intel ac 7265?

[@Rickmakes]

Unfortunately I don't have any fixes for that model.

[@JohnnyPaisan]

How do you reconnect the wires?

[@Rickmakes]

The antenna wires should snap into the connectors on the wifi card. The connectors are opposite from where you plug it into the computer. They are like tiny snaps.

[@foodtrips8223]

Will this works with Lenovo ThinkPad L420?

[@Rickmakes]

If you are having problems and it uses the Intel 7260 card, it is probably worth a try.

[@foodtrips8223]

@@Rickmakes what do you mean?

[@Rickmakes]

@@foodtrips8223 Do you know which wifi card you have in your laptop? This fix only seems to work on the Intel 7260 card.

[@foodtrips8223]

@@Rickmakes i have currently the intel centrino n-1000, any advise

[@Rickmakes]

@@foodtrips8223 I don't know of a fix for that one. You may be best off using a USB wifi adapter.

[@0rangejupe]

Fixed with pin 51 (without 20) on hp envy 15-u050sr

[@Nathan-jq2xh]

Just today when I tried to use Bluetooth on my NUC it didn’t work, and when I went to device manager I couldn’t find Bluetooth, and when I try to click “troubleshoot Bluetooth problems” I get the message saying basically that ‘your hardware doesn’t support Bluetooth.” Yesterday Windows made a few updates but nothing happened to the NUC itself (didn’t drop it, move it, etc.). I am downloading various updates from Intel’s web site, if those don’t work I might have to try this. :\

[@Rickmakes]

Yeah. This is sort of a last ditch effort. If this doesn't work, a USB Wifi adapter is probably the easiest and sure solution.

[@climberboy87]

Thank you for the video, worked like a charm!

[@mladen5]

sadly didnt work for me, even after removing 51, then 20, then 21 as others have suggested. I get an 2 unknown devices and a “PCI simple communications controller” in my unknown devices. Wifi still works ok though, just bluetooth undetected

[@43mm3]

Same, have you find any solution?

[@mladen5]

@@43mm3 bought a bluetooth usb dongle for £2.85 on ebay

[@43mm3]

@@mladen5 😢😢

[@heronfree7374]

That is some serious old school hacking s#@t! Totally worked!!! Thanks for the assist!

[@dazj869]

liked and subbed i nearly give up but just tried had no tape so use a paper sticker put it on last pin and now works haha thanks i was starting to think i had no bluetooth lol

[@Rickmakes]

Glad it worked. I'm guessing the sticker will work as good as tape.

[@tokin420nchokin]

Dang! This would be awesome if it works. Have 4 of these cards in some older hp prodesk 400 machines and i was trying all kinds of stuff. Gave up finding a working driver and planned to buy some cards. Ill try taping the pins in the morning, will save me some money on adapters if it works! Ill report back

[@zamirszn]

my Bluetooth works but wifi doesn't work , is there a trick for that please

[@_flexxx_]

I know this is an older video... If you are still monitoring this channel... I have a question or two......

[@Eleqtrolumen]

It works on my Sony Vaio SVE14, thank you!

[@PepeuHARDT]

No SONY de todo mundo funciona e no meu não. Bluetooth continua desligando toda hora.

[@irshadhussain9663]

Wow work like charm you're genius bro keep it up👌

[@joaquinfuentespiano]

que raro ! a mi no me funcionó esto ! tendría que tapar otros pines ?¡

[@Rickmakes]

No hay otros pines. Podrías intentar rascar los alfileres. Esto podría destruir la tarjeta, pero si no funciona de todos modos, no hay riesgo. Si eso no funciona, puede probar con un adaptador wifi USB.

[@l4yon]

Dude THANKS A LOT... WHAT A STUPID THING FROM INTEL... HUGE MISTAKE... COVERING A PING SO THE BLUETOOTH CAN WORK.... WE SHOULD GET OUR MONEY BACK ANY WAYS THANKS A LOT!! PEACE OUT!!!

[@masprassaja3818]

Thank i fix my old laptop wifi, thats almost 1 year i can't find the solution. Fix it with tape in pin 20. 😊

[@r2d2_55]

Hey dude I did everything you did, but it still does not work. I need help :(

[@Rickmakes]

If you aren't concerned about destroying the card, you could try using a tool like a Dremel to remove the copper contacts as opposed to covering them up. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what else could be done. At that point your best option is to probably look at USB wifi adapters as I don't think there are any other wifi cards available in the same form factor as the 7260.

[@piegpa]

It's working mate. Thanks!

[@Rickmakes]

Happy to help.

[@AliTztstztd]

its working 💯Thank you very much

[@dexjeti1319]

taped both of them but it doesn´t works... i could cry, why is it always me =(

[@Rickmakes]

You might try double checking that you got the right pins. You could try removing the pins with a Dremel rotary tool. It could ruin the card but if it doesn't work anyway, you may have nothing to lose. If you can't get the card working, you might want to look into getting a USB wifi dongle.

[@Sp4zc0r3]

Not just you, didn't work for me either :( My onboard LAN also is stuck in permanent deep sleep (or it is broken, can't know)

[@Rickmakes]

@@Sp4zc0r3 You might try a USB wifi or ethernet adapter to get it back online.