Can you provide a link to this new be14? I canāt find this new card on the storeās website.
Is this new revision also āfor developersā? Will this card be sold as a consumer device?
Which Banana Pi product is actually meant for consumers? 
Thereās no clear lineā¦
- The new BE14 is confirmed, and you can see pictures in the store (was a mistake).
- But itās not released yet, and there isnāt any more information.
But again:
There isnāt even a shield on the new module 
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And Iām not sure it ever will have oneā¦ time will tell.
I donāt get it at all. Why make mounting spots for shielding but not install the shielding itself? Is that really that expensive?
Iām not sure what I should tell you!
May be there is hope? 
@simon @sinovoip Please consider taking back and replacing the bad modules buyers have received with the new and upcoming BE14 design.
I bought mine in March 2025 and itās stuck with low TX power of 6 DBM at default which makes it useless to me.
Thank You!
There is NO visible SHIELD on the new BE14!
ā Maybe it will be added later, and maybe the board itself will have better noise performance / SNRā¦
BUT:
We donāt know, because itās not released yet.
I wouldnāt wait for an answer/offer that may never come!
I recommend you sell this board and wait for reviews of the new one.
ā Iām sorry 
You can check out my previous post to solve this problem. BPI-R4 using OpenWRT mainline image TX Power low-problem solution - Banana Pi Router design / BPI-R4/BPI-R4 Pro(MT7988) - banana pi single board computer open source project official forum BPI team
As far as I know, a new version of BE14 will be released later. This picture is not the final version yet, the shield is being planned, please be patient.
Whatās there to plan? WE NEED IT!)))
I am concerned as to why you are so eager to reply when you (by your own admission) do not have relevant information either.
I have three, Iād love to swap mine out. Or at least claim a credit card warranty process for my units when a new, proper, end-user, shielded, and production ready, version becomes available.
Youāll likely have to figure out what to do with the broken be14s yourself. Sinovoip, like banana in general, doesnāt take responsibility and wonāt admit theyāve released junk. So, hoping for any help exchanging or returning faulty be14s is pointless. Personally, I bought an R4+be14 back in 2024, and even if theyād arranged to replace the old be14s with working ones, I still wouldnāt have been able to use itāthe warranty had long since expired.
I can try to explain:
- First of all, if somebody writes in this topic, I get an email (I started the topic).
Technical reasons
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I was interested in the BE14, and the only reason I didnāt buy it was the price and concerns about power consumption.
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The price didnāt drop, and additionally the power consumption turned out to be 5.76 W at idle
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Iām very interested in the MediaTek Wi-Fi chips on the BE14 as well as Qualcomm. Iām still looking for a Wi-Fi module that fits my needs in terms of performance, range, and power consumption. Sadly, Banana Pi hasnāt provided anything like that yetā¦
Responsibility reasons
- I have an R3 running (as a project) which has similar problems, and it also has issues with Wi-Fi range.
- If we had put more pressure on Banana Pi, this could have been avoided!?
Political reasons
- ASIARF didnāt sell all their boards because theyāre only for engineering / industrial customers ā¦
- I didnāt want this happening to Banana Pi products! So weāre in a dilemma.
I have very relevant information about Banana Pi, especially about the BE14 (new and old) :
Please do not buy open-source hardware too early after release!
- The software will take time to mature.
- The hardware could have bugs!
Interesting. When was that idle power of BE14 measured? What are expected idle power for WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 in your observations?
I believe improvement in software will bring down idle power.
Its from the documentation: https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R4/BananaPi_BPI-R4-NIC-BE14
18.06.2024 ā¦ and thatās just the idle power draw 
But thereās a reason why Banana Pi released a heatsink with a fan for BE14.
R4 Lite
R4 Pro
BE19000 - W1700K
BE3600 - AW7990-AED
- AW7990-AED Wi-Fi 7 M.2 Module | 802.11be BE3600 | MediaTek MT7990 no idle, but 4-8W average
Idle isnāt my biggest concern ā itās the average and peak power consumption.
BE14 and BE19 are cutting-edge Wi-Fi 7 router boards.
Hopefully the next BE14 will have good Wi-Fi performance as well 
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After ASIARF has changed the power consumption values on the AW7990, Iāll continue down that pathā¦ and if I have time, I also want to try Compex .
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The new version requires verification of software and hardware functionality, as well as the size and effectiveness of the shielding layer. We have also added a hardware power meter to test actual transmit power. These steps will take time, so please be patient; the new version will be released some time from now.
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Hello to all Banana 4 users, Iād like to ask you as a true Banana BRL R4 user.
Whatās the current system stability situation with the MT7915 and MT7925 modules? If I order them from AliExpress and install OpenWrt 24.10.5, will I encounter issues with system stability, signal noise, and range, or are there any other issues I should be aware of?
But I was told about the 7925 module on the OpenWrt forum:
I donāt know how true this is.
and
and
How are things with the AW7915 and AW7990?
My question and challenge is to find working WiFi modules, install them, install OpenWrt 24.10.5, and start using them right away. What do you think about this and what WiFi modules do you recommend? This is critically important to me.
