Mother board of hp 7900 sff

[NanaYaw2001]

I want to inquire there is a usb header on the motherboard of Hp Compaq 7900 sff to connect a wifi pcie card. If yes capture and point 

I'll be very grateful 🙏 

[SDH]

I recently wrote up in the forum here on how to use the modern HP Wi-Fi/Bluetooth PCIe card plus the excellent Intel modules that fit into that card. A manual for your SFF is attached below, and you will need the SFF short height backplane metal plate for such a card. Hopefully you have the card and its USB cable... you only need to attach that USB cable to the motherboard if you want to use the Intel module's Bluetooth capabilities. Wi-Fi signals don't need that... they come/go through the PCIe bus.

An option on that computer was a HP Media Card reader. There is a dual channel USB2 header on the motherboard for that reader to attach to. You only need one channel so there are several types of USB2 cables that can attach to that motherboard header and the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card. I showed all that. Here is a picture of your motherboard and the dual channel USB2 header is highlighted:

"MEDIA" is printed on the motherboard by that header...

Attached below is the manual... there are several places to read about the Media Card Reader's attachment in it, and its link is HERE . Note that there are multiple different HP WiFi/Bluetooth cards but the most recent ones I posted on are the best. I also have found that the more recent Intel modules that go onto those cards are better than the older Intel modules. I showed the exact Intel module I have settled on, and it is backwards compatible to older WiFi/Bluetooth routers. It is a good project to learn about and while your PCIe slots are older technology they should work fine and give you full speed for what you're doing. Intel has recently released newer drivers that work fine with W10 and W11. I hope you're running at least W10.

EDIT: The same card and Intel module discussed in this thread HERE  is what I'd get for you. This post goes into greater depth for you to review. My main post is also in the forum here on the topic from a bit earlier. The PCIe card itself is half height but the metal backplane adapter screwed onto the card has to be half height also for your SFF. Those HP cards are pretty easy to find used on eBay, and you junk the original Intel module and get the one I recommend. Make sure to get one of the HP card-to-motherboard USB2 cables. 

Regarding the card.... you want one that has 801771-001 as its assembly part number on the back. Go search eBay for that number (there also is a spares part number on the back label that is for the same HP card). Don't get any older part number one that starts with a 7. Also, note the socket for the module is almost black on the right cards... the earlier ones had a white plastic socket instead. These later HP cards I use are what the Intel module needs. The card and its external antenna set all seem the same once you know what their part numbers are. The magic comes from the right Intel module and the later drivers.

You may have noted that some of the cards shown on eBay if you search via that number have a cable attached to a lower smaller header on the card rear... that is a C-Link cable of no value to you. You need a cable that attaches to the bigger upper USB2 header on the card rear... again only if you want to use Bluetooth in addition to WiFi.

[SDH]

Your motherboard has that two-channel USB2 header... the Bluetooth capability only needs one channel to work. That motherboard header type is very common, called a 2x5 with one blank USB2 header. The same type of header is built into the top rear edge of the HP WiFi/BT PCIe card. Here is a source for a quality cable that is plug and play for your motherboard, from Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/BAIRONG-Internal-Motherboard-Header-Female/dp/B097GHT5N4

This will work for you...

[NanaYaw2001]

Thx for the support sir

So that means when I buy the card and I inser5 in the port you circled it'll work perfectly 

Hope I'm right 

I'm.buyung

Fenvi FV-AX3000

[NanaYaw2001]

Thx boss

Chatgpt was helping me in upgrading my system. It suggested a nvidia 1050ti so I ordered one hasn't yet arrived though. I said I wanted to upgrade the ram also, it said it needs my motherboard model b4 it can know the right one, it showed me steps to get the number, it was hp compaq 3031h , upon hearing that it said my motherboard is old and it can only support up to 8gb of ddr2 ram where as other models of same sff can have up.t0 16gb .

Is that right about my 3031h motherboard 

Thx in advance 

[NanaYaw2001]

As u can see there is one slot left for me near the ram.

 

[SDH]

Here's a pic from an unboxing video of your chosen device. Personally I'm sticking with the HP card, HP antennas, and the Intel module I know works perfectly. Yours will likely work fine too but you need to do your own testing. The USB cable that comes in the box is different from what I use, but its motherboard end is the same. Regarding your new question I'm sure the google knows and that you'll be able to figure that out... that is basic information you can find from HP. Yes, it is an old computer (as you know). I have never worked on one.

EDIT: That is a 250GB SATA hard drive in the picture you just added... the best thing you could do to improve your experience with that computer is to put in a SATA 2.5" form factor SSD instead. I'd recommend a 256GB or 512GB Intel 545s (or even an older Intel SATA SSD). There are nice HP 3.5" to 2.5" adapters (eBay search for 654540-001) that will let you upsize the form factor of the SSD to match a 3.5" HDD form factor and fit perfectly.

Good luck on your project...

Your chosen device and its USB2 cable

[NanaYaw2001]

So pls when I buy the pcie card where will I insert the USB header 

That's what I'm asking all this while 

[SDH]

After this response I am done. You need to look the picture I already sent to show you where to plug that USB cable into your motherboard. Once again:

From the manual I already sent you: "The memory sockets on the system board can be populated with up to four industry-standard DIMMs. These memory sockets are populated with at least one preinstalled DIMM. To achieve the maximum memory support, you can populate the system board with up to 16-GB of memory configured in a high performing dual channel mode."