MT7612E not detected on WE826

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I want to use MT7612E mPCIE 5GHz AC board with ZBT WE826. Unfortunately, the board is not even recognized, all the necessary modules/drivers are present in the system.

Board description as provided by the seller:

MTK MT7612 2x2 2.4G&5G 802.11ac/b/g/n 867Mbps Half MT7612E MiniPCIE NIC Support omnipeek PCBA ODM OEM WiFi Custom Board
Chipset MTK MT7612E , Internal PA/LNA/RF SWITCH
Software OpenWRT or MTK Linux SDK Driver and Tool Chain

The same board works fine in another router I have - UniElec U7628-01:

kern.err kernel: [   12.221824] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: card - bus=0x1, slot = 0x0 irq=4
kern.info kernel: [   12.228309] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: ASIC revision: 76120044
kern.info kernel: [   13.245906] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: ROM patch build: 20141115060606a
kern.info kernel: [   13.257802] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: Firmware Version: 0.0.00
kern.info kernel: [   13.263434] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: Build: 1
kern.info kernel: [   13.267589] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: Build Time: 201507311614____
kern.info kernel: [   13.291384] mt76x2e 0000:01:00.0: Firmware running!

Is there any chance to make it working in WE826?

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It seems that ZBT board has a stripped down version of miniPCIE - USB & SIM pins only :frowning:

3

Why you choose MTK chips?

4

I was looking for a cheapest 11ac card in mPCIE form-factor, this one was the best option I found on Ali.

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I prefer cheapest reasonable one too.

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