- Apr 7, 2014
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Alright, I never post here because normally somebody with my problem has already been helped, and I can just emulate, but...
I recently did a clean install to upgrade from 32x to 64x version of Windows 7. I wanted to exploit that sweet 8GB RAM. Everything booted up fine, but my old WLAN adapter stopped working. Period. No lights, no power. It worked on others, but not this one. It was old, so I chucked it and got a new Netgear WNDA3100v2 N600 dual band adapter and it powers up when I plug it in.
Now my rig does NOT have an optical drive so I've been installing all drivers on my laptop and using a USB storage device to transfer them. The internet wasn't working, and the WLAN adapter wouldn't pick up on a network, so I figured it must be a driver problem. I installed the Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller which I got from the Gigabyte website. My specs are below.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Mobo: Gygabyte GA-970A-UD3
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor, 3300 Mhz, 6 cores
BIOS: Award software interational, Inc. 5/30/2012
My video card isn't being registered because I haven't installed the drivers yet (internet needs to come first).
Unfortunately... nothing. I can actually see networks now, but that may be because I also installed the driver for the WLAN Adapter at the same time (its probabl because of that), but when I try to connect to any network I just get 'Windows was unable to connect to <wireless network name>'. When I troubleshoot the problem via the builtin troubleshooter, I very swiftly get the error 'Troubleshooting can't identify the problem'. And then that's it. Nothing else. I'm just at a total loss of what to do. Under device manager I have two drivers installed for network adapters and both have no trouble.
Driver 1: NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
Driver 2: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
I can see networks, but I can't connect. I can't connect when I hardwire via ethernet to the router, either. I'm at the end of my tether, guys. What am I doing wrong? My device manager says that I'm not missing any drivers, except for the USB 3.0 which I'm not using. My WLAN Adapter is blinking alternativel between blue and orange - but I looked it up and it said that's just a sign of it ready to connect. I'm so confused. I really need help here.
I recently did a clean install to upgrade from 32x to 64x version of Windows 7. I wanted to exploit that sweet 8GB RAM. Everything booted up fine, but my old WLAN adapter stopped working. Period. No lights, no power. It worked on others, but not this one. It was old, so I chucked it and got a new Netgear WNDA3100v2 N600 dual band adapter and it powers up when I plug it in.
Now my rig does NOT have an optical drive so I've been installing all drivers on my laptop and using a USB storage device to transfer them. The internet wasn't working, and the WLAN adapter wouldn't pick up on a network, so I figured it must be a driver problem. I installed the Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller which I got from the Gigabyte website. My specs are below.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Mobo: Gygabyte GA-970A-UD3
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor, 3300 Mhz, 6 cores
BIOS: Award software interational, Inc. 5/30/2012
My video card isn't being registered because I haven't installed the drivers yet (internet needs to come first).
Unfortunately... nothing. I can actually see networks now, but that may be because I also installed the driver for the WLAN Adapter at the same time (its probabl because of that), but when I try to connect to any network I just get 'Windows was unable to connect to <wireless network name>'. When I troubleshoot the problem via the builtin troubleshooter, I very swiftly get the error 'Troubleshooting can't identify the problem'. And then that's it. Nothing else. I'm just at a total loss of what to do. Under device manager I have two drivers installed for network adapters and both have no trouble.
Driver 1: NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
Driver 2: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
I can see networks, but I can't connect. I can't connect when I hardwire via ethernet to the router, either. I'm at the end of my tether, guys. What am I doing wrong? My device manager says that I'm not missing any drivers, except for the USB 3.0 which I'm not using. My WLAN Adapter is blinking alternativel between blue and orange - but I looked it up and it said that's just a sign of it ready to connect. I'm so confused. I really need help here.
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