MSI Herald-BE WI-FI 7 MAX (Wi-Fi 7, 802.11BE, Bluetooth 5.4, PCIe, Multi-Link Operation Technology, External Antenna)

Chasing more internet speed. Updated all my routers and computers to Wifi6 and thought I'd give this wifi 7 card a test even before upgrading my main router.It is a PCIe card with will fit the PCIe (1 or 16) slot on your motherboard. Speed tests are much different from the WIFI 6 card on my primary PC, but really didn't expect it to be. The card installs easily and MS installs the drivers or you can download them from MSI.I have a MSI MB with integrated wifi-6 and used the antenna which came with this card as a test. The antenna alone helped increase my internet speed. It has a magnetic base which the 6 antenna doesn't. So, good antenna.Will update info on speed when I upgrade my router to WIFI 7. Very good price and worth it, even if you are sticking with wifi6 for a while. Good quality, good antenna and works well so far. Using it now.

Excellent option for AMD processors, I didn't have any problems, just install it on the motherboard and that's it, I already had the drivers previously downloaded to the computer in case they weren't installed automatically. Zero internet drops, full upload and download speed all the time, Wifi 7 Protocol in Windows 11 24H2, good reception in terms of distance, modern design for gaming lovers. The only criticism would be that nowadays practically nobody uses CD-ROM and the box comes with the drivers on a totally useless CD and the price is perhaps somewhat high but I bought it on sale for $40.

This was faster than my ethernet once I got it to workwith windows. I downloaded the driver's from their site and was having issues with the wifi one. There are two, one for wifi and another for Bluetooth capability. I checked device manager and the Wi-Fi adapter wasn't even recognized. I reseated the card and it still didn't work. After another reboot it decided to work, not sure what it was about.I didn't try it on Arch yet so idk how it tastes with Linux.If my Windows endeavor was any indication, themln probably not very well.

Gonna crash out for a minute, here's my story with the MSI Herald-BE card. For reference, I spent the better part of a decade in IT/systems before changing professions (couldn't handle any more network printer error tickets), so hopefully my troubleshooting can help save someone else a headache. If not, TL;DR is at the bottom.I spent the better part of tonight trying to get this card to work in my wife's gaming PC. Brand-spankin'-new, fast modern technology. Fire up the PC, Wi-fi picks right up, but no BT. Probably a driver right? Pick up the driver from MSI, run the setup and get a "no suitable drivers" error. Ok, weird. Double check the connection for the provided cable between the card and the board, it's in there. Check device manager, nothing showing with errors. Use the included driver CD (gross, literally had to find my external CD drive) and ran the setup, only detects the Wi-fi portion. Check the support page on MSI (again) and sure enough the BT should be showing up separately from the Wi-fi for drivers. Restart and check BIOS to make sure nothing dumb happened; USB port is active. Restart and go to ASUS for motherboard drivers (ASUS Prime X570-P is the part). Search for chipset drivers and restart, still nothing.I start looking on forums for issues with this card. Most of the "BT not working" trouble was from people not realizing you have to plug the USB cable to your mobo, then it works no problem. Not working for me, so I dive deeper. Cross reference the mobo with this card and there's TWO posts about it (which is 2 more than I expected). One post refers to the other as a solution, so I cross my fingers and read the thread.A few people with the same mobo are trying to figure out what's going on with the USB connections. One user starts testing between the two USB connection ports on the board and finds that one of them works flawlessly, the other not at all. Changes to another device, same outcome, so it sounds like the port. I check the port number (USB11 if you're wondering), that's the port I'm having an issue with too! Sweet hallelujah, we're getting somewhere! Not the somewhere I wanna be, but still it's progress. Since I am using the other mobo port for the USB ports on the PC case itself, I'm stuck figuring out what's up with this second port in particular.Further on someone posts a link to the mobo manual, calls out the page for the USB port connections on the board, and tells everyone to look it over. I get to the page and confirm that's what I'm looking at on my own board, but a bunch of "NC"'s catch my eye on the pin description section. I go back to the forum, and the user explains the NC ports mean there's no connection. NO. CONNECTION. THEY LITERALLY DIDN'T WIRE THE BOTTOM PINS ON THIS BOARD./sighSo I look back at the cable just like the forum users and sure enough, the one provided with the Wi-Fi card uses the lower "NC" pins. Well, at least I know why nothing is detecting. I keep reading on the forum and a few users noted that it's simple enough to just move the wires on the provided cable from the bottom to the top pins, so I give that a shot. It was easier than I expected, and my hopes rise.I plug everything back in; adjusted pin connection to the mobo and original connection to the Wi-Fi card. Fire the PC up and WE HAVE AN UNKNOWN DEVICE! Surely this has solved it. I pat myself on the back, down my Red Bull, and click the BT driver setup once again. I breathe a sigh of relief as the software loads and I click the "Install" button....and nothing happens. The button is greyed out...."No suitable drivers"...This....can't be happening....I take another breath, but this time I'm nervous. I go back to device manager and tell it to update manually, selecting my driver folder. No change. I run the driver CD software, does not detect the BT. I go BACK to the mobo manual and look over the pin values, then double check that I moved the right color wires into the right pins. I spent a few minutes learning about USB cable colors and their corresponding functions (power vs data) to make sure. I got it right, everything aligns. I shut the PC down and pull the cable out again. Maybe I needed to move the wires on both ends of the cable? Worth a shot right?I move the wires just like before and everything lines up just as it did, now just on the top row of pins for both ends of the cable. I triple check and make sure the wires are pushed all the way in, everything feels good. I plug the cable back in and fire up the rig, going straight into device manager. The unknown device is gone!HALLELUJAH! It's gone! It's gone.....it's gone? Where is it? No "Bluetooth" device is listed, nothing new showing up under network adapters...what?I check the cables one last time, they're firmly seated. I swap the ends between the card and the board, scan for changes, nothing. Wi-fi worked the entire time. I am 100% at a loss here, and I know this is absolutely due to the fact that the pins are not connected on that mobo port.TL;DR the MSI Herald-BE Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card isn't compatible with the ASUS PRIME X570-P motherboard because ASUS is cheap and/or stupid.