New SSD install in laptop, no wifi, and one driver missing.....help please.

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

I just swapped out my HDD on my laptop with an SSD, and did a fresh install of Windows 7 Premium. It's an Asus A53E-ES92, and I had downloaded all the drivers I thought I needed from the ASUS site
http://www.service.asus.com/#!downloads/c1wax

This is what I installed
http://imgur.com/gbwpJre

and the Network Controller is the only thing "missing"
http://imgur.com/OeLxBvN
so I'm assuming that has to be why wireless is not enabled on my laptop, yes? I sure hope so. It was working before the swap.

I didn't see anything that blatantly said network controller drivers at the ASUS site, but maybe I overlooked it. I tried not to get a bunch of the "crap" that originally came on it.

Any input or advice greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

mcnumpty23 · Jul 4, 2013

whats listed where it says network adapters ?

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

Here's another thing.......it's not even showing that I have a wifi adapter, just ethernet.
http://imgur.com/FNZCXF2

Could that also be due to the "Network Controller" drivers being missing? I'm just guessing here, but it seems there has to be a link.

USAFRet · Jul 4, 2013

The WLAN_Atheros is the WiFi driver. Troubleshoot that.

mcnumpty23 · Jul 4, 2013

yeah the missing network controller is your wifi

as you have ethernet just tell it to try and update the network controller driver from the internet

ie--right click network controller choose update driver then choose search automatically option

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

It's not showing anything for wireless.

mcnumpty23 · Jul 4, 2013

soulweeper :

yeah i know but it shows you have ethernet

so try as i said

right click network controller choose update driver then choose search automatically option

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

USAFRet :

This may be the problem. I went back and tried to install that "again".....figured maybe something happened and it would just write over it, or whatever, but when I tried to install it again, I got this
http://imgur.com/SMC7BqX

I remember clicking ok the first time, but obviously didn't see the "error", so that's where my problem is, I'm assuming.

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

Already tried that.....tells me to go to the manufacturers site.

I also found this
http://support.asus.com/Search/KDetail.aspx?SLanguage=en&no=1548222A-AA97-0DD4-7E09-C7785177ACC0&t=2

It seems you have to have the correct driver for your model of adapter, and I have no sticker showing the model adaper I have, and it doesn't show a wireless adapter in my device manager, the way they say it should, so that could be it. I might have an Intel.....there are several drivers at the ASUS site. Could that be it?

mcnumpty23 · Jul 4, 2013

it wont show it like that image until the driver is installed

until then it will just show as network controller

mcnumpty23 · Jul 4, 2013

try right clicking on the network controller then uninstall it

then right click and scan for new hardware and see if it gets installed

or go here and use the automatically detect my model--do it in internet explorer--doesnt work in some browsers like firefox

http://support.asus.com/download/options.aspx?SLanguage=en&type=1

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

Under the "Utilities" drivers at the ASUS site, there is a wireless console......wonder if I need that. Before I did this, and was inquiring about getting the drivers, someone in another thread said I mainly needed just the motherboard drivers, probably nothing in "Utilities", but maybe that isn't the case.

The LAN drivers and WLAN are two different animals, correct? I did install LAN drivers, and I'm assuming that is only for ethernet, yes?

USAFRet · Jul 4, 2013

soulweeper :

Yes. Two different entities and drivers.

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

I uninstalled it, and I tried right clicking in that same device manager window, and nothing came up. Now I'm even worse off! Where exactly do I right click, and what if it doesn't reinstall it?

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

Ok......right clicked on Network Adapters and scanned for hardware changes, and it showed back up as Network Controller with the exclamation point, and a balloon came up and said device software wasn't installed.

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

I did that, but I'm in the same boat.....it shows several drivers, some Athros, some Intel, etc.

I wonder if I should put my HDD back in, just to go look at what actual model I have, then get the exact driver??? Would that work?

mcnumpty23 · Jul 4, 2013

this software is free for 30 days and will tell you everything about your pc

including the wireless chipset maker/model

http://www.aida64.com/

edit--heres the actual download page

http://www.aida64.com/downloads

soulweeper · Jul 4, 2013

I called ASUS, and surprisingly, got someone that could tell me from the serial # which adapter I had, and which drivers. I just needed the Intel drivers. Wireless works, no exclamation points in device manager. Other than that little glitch, my hard drive swap went smooth.

acontrario · Sep 24, 2015

soulweeper :

Identic problem (swap HDD for SDD after copying all partitions with Acronis True Image on another PC with Sata connectors). No more network, wifi, audio. Rest was surprisingly OK. (sony vaio vpc SE serie).
Similar solution to the one found here.
first I checked the drivers. they seemed OK.
then, following the advice here, I simply uninstalled the adapters in device management (run devmgmt.msc in system32 & right click to uninstall). In it, as action in menu, I requested a scan for new hardware. Miracle. It worked again. Why it did not work straight away is still a mystery.
Other than that and a request from Acronis TI to load a windows 7 driver (the PC had windows 10) that I ignored, the swap went smooth.

New SSD install in laptop, no wifi, and one driver missing.....help please.

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