Single review: ASUS PCE-AC68 PCI Express Dual-band Wireless-AC1900 Adapter

ASUS PCE-AC68 AC1900 Dual-Band Wireless PCI-E Adapter

Provides an extensible design that enables service prioritization for data
Design that delivers high availability, scalability, and for maximum flexibility and price/performance
The country of origin is China; OS support: Windows 8.1 (32bit/64bit), Windows 8 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 (32bit/64bit), Windows Vista (32bit/64bit), Windows XP (32bit/64bit)
High power design Clear up dead zones with 150% greater coverage.
Custom heatsink dissipates heat for more stable and reliable non-stop operation. Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C ( °F to °F)
5th generation 802.11ac chipset gives you dual-band,2.4GHz/5GHz for up to super-fast 1.30Gbps
Flexible extended antenna placement helps you pinpoint the best reception in your environment.
Instant Wi-Fi upgrade for your desktop: no more messy Ethernet cables needed.
High-power design clears up dead zones with 150% greater coverage.
Custom heatsink dissipates heat for more stable and reliable non-stop operation.

Good hardware, bad software and support 11/18/2013

This review is from: ASUS PCE-AC68 AC1900 Dual-Band Wireless PCI-E Adapter

Pros:

Fast and stable connection

Cons:

After installing the drivers my system event log was flooded with errors about a service called BCM42RLY failing to start. Asus support blamed it on my motherboard manufacturer even though the error starts when their drivers are installed and stops when they are removed. Apparently they expect you to install ASUS products only in an ASUS motherboard. I had to come up with a solution myself. To stop the error messages enter this in the command prompt as an administrator:

sc config BCM42RLY start= disabled

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

Could you please provide me the errors you received in the system event log? Which OS version are you using with this device? Please contact me at cl-celeste@asus.com and include case#3166172 in the subject line. I would like to help troubleshoot your device issue. ASUS Customer Loyalty is here to listen and respond to your concerns and to help you with a positive ASUS experience.

Sincerely,
Celeste
ASUS Customer Loyalty

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Cody K.
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