Rock Pi X antenna attachment

Question

I have an external antenna for my Rock Pi X computer board. It's the same one I see In DJ's Test Platform Video. My question is does it just snap on the little round connector that sits next to the small power on button at the edge of the board?

DJ Sures · Answer

yup that's the spot

Dave Schulpius · Answer

Thanks Brother!

Dave Schulpius · Answer

Well, I've got Windows 10 Pro loaded on the Rock Pi X. However I have no WIFI listed anywhere. Only network available is Ethernet. I do have that plugged in and I can access the internet with it. Just can't find the answer to to this issue. I remember when I was installing windows it asked me to connect to a network. The only choice it gave me was an Ethernet connection but I choose "I have No Internet". I know you don't support the Rock Pi but maybe you have some ideas? I did download your driver pack and installed them per your text instructions that was attached in the zip file. I even copied the 435r6nvram file into the windows driver folder as suggested and rebooted.  Also I noticed that after installing your driver pack I still have 4 unknown devices listed. I tried to update them using your driver pack but I got a errror that the driver can't be updated. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? EDIT: After looking closely I may not have followed the directions close enough to get the WIFI drivers to load. It looks like this is a common problem with this network device. I'll redo the directions that were included in the zip file and try again.

DJ Sures · Answer

Did you install the drivers?  https://synthiam.com/Support/Hardware/Rock-Pi-X oh and don’t forget to follow the performance tips - or you’re experience will be less than adequate

Dave Schulpius · Answer

Yes I used the driver pac you posted. I'm still struggling with getting the WIFI drivers installed. Windows tells me it can't find the drivers I point to.

Dave Schulpius · Answer

OK, I got it working. I went to RockPI's website and in their Download section for the Rock Pi X. There is  .Cab file there called:  Broadcom 802.11ac WDI SDIO Adapter 2017-10-19-1.596.33.0.cab and is under Windows Driver section. Here's the file link: https://wiki.radxa.com/RockpiX/downloads  It took me a while to figure out how to install the .CAB file into Win 10. Here's how I did it: *  Opened the .Cab file by double clicking on it then highlighted all the files inside. * Right clicked the highlighted files, choose "Extract" on the little menu and specified where to extract when the next widow opened. * After Extracting I went to the Extract folder I sent them to and right clicked on the .INF file in the list. * On the menu that opened I clicked Install. * The driver installed and like magic I had WIFI.  Previously I had followed the performance tips instructions and also took the nvram file, copy it to C:\Windows\System32\drivers and reboot.

DJ Sures · Answer

darn that's too bad, it would have saved you a lot of time if you used the driver package we provided. There was even an excellent install document in there that explains every step.

Dave Schulpius · Answer

@DJ, Actually I exclusively used the Driver Package you provided from the very start after Windows Pro was installed. I thought I had followed the instructions in there. I must have somehow messed up.  In case you are interested or someone had this issue, here were the problems I faced (or caused, LOL) and what I finally did to fix it: * During Windows Pro install onto the Rock Pi X there was never a WIFI network found. The install just offered an Ethernet connection which I did not hook up to. I choose "I do not have an internet connection" as I did not have an Ethernet cable or connection handy.  * After I got Windows installed I went right to your driver package and started updating the unknown devices. On the first try it updated all but 4 devices and didn't install wifi drivers.  * I copied 435r6nvram into the Windows>System32>Drivers folder and rebooted. Still no WIFI and 4 Unknown Devices in Device Manager. * I hooked up the Ethernet cable and got internet working on the Rock Pi X. * I updated Windows as this was the first time I was able to get on the internet. * I re-downloaded your driver package thinking something was corrupt. * I re-tried updating the 4 unknown devices several times using the new download but Windows told me it couldn't find a driver for it. What finally worked  (I don't know what actually fixed it but): * I unplugged the Ethernet cable on the Rock Pi * I deleted 435r6nvram from the Windows>System32>Drivers folder and rebooted following instructions in the driver package. * I made sure to do the custom restart and choose "Enable Driver Signature Enforcement". (I had done that from the start and each time I tried to update the unknown devices. I think. but I know I did it the very first time I updated the devices) * I then used your redownloaded Driver Package to again try to update the 4 unknown devices.  * This time the unknown devices were recognized and updated! I had to do each one at a time as Windows didn't see all unknown devices at once.  * Still no Wifi showing! There was not a Broadcom 802.11ac WDI SDIO Adapter listed in the Network Card section of Windows Device Manager.  * I downloaded the Broadcom 802.11ac WDI SDIO Adapter driver 'Cab file from the RockPi website and installed it as described above in Post #6. * I can't remember if I had to reboot but my Wifi started working with a WIFI list of networks to attach to appearing on the Taskbar.  Everything is now working on this Rock Pi X!! On to getting it into the robot headless. What fun (and frustration. LOL)

DJ Sures · Answer

wow! That's a lot of steps! Glad it got working. I wonder why it didn't work - that's too bad. I do have another rock pi that is going into a robot soon. I'll have to see if there's something missing on our driver package Thanks for the details so i know what to look for!

Dave Schulpius · Answer

Thanks @DJ.

While researching this problem I ran across a lot of people with the same issues. The problem of WiFi drivers and/or having Unknown Devices after a fresh install of Windows seems to be somewhat common. It seems to happen with the Broadcom 802.11ac WDI SDIO Adapter that Rock Pi Used.

It wasn't till I removed the previously inserted 435r6nvram from the Windows>System32>Drivers folder that I was able to update the 4 unknown devices.

I still don't know what really happened but my uneducated guess is that something keeps the Broadcom 802.11ac WDI SDIO Adapter from being detected during Windows install process. Then something in the 435r6nvram file placed in the Windows driver folder keeps things from being seen or fixed.

Maybe I just cant follow directions. LOL

Dave Schulpius · Answer

I might also add that I've had this Rock Pi X sitting here for a couple years unused. It may be an older model.

Dave Schulpius

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