- Jan 3, 2014
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So I was messing with unofficial Windows 8 add-ons, one of which turned out to be for Windows 7, either that or it was messed up. Either way, I had to restore my computer, after which it came up my Lan card stopped showing up in device manager and trying to install the drivers I got the error "installer can't find atheros ar81family ethernet controller". I'm just now finding out the built in Lan card of my ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ is the Qualcomm Atheros AR8171. Well I went back to Windows 7 and installed the same driver to find out it works, well I've tried looking it up but all I come up with is this site:https://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=89&system=8
But it doesn't help seeing as how it doesn't show up at all in Windows 8 even though it used to and it still shows in Windows 7.
Can anyone help me? I've tried looking for older versions and I can't find any, I've thought about flashing bios but I'm using that as a last resort, my current bios is 1.60
Is it possible there is a needed update for Windows 8 that I need? If so can anyone point me in some direction?
I want to use Windows 8 because I don't wanna pay for Windows 7 from some random seller, and I already bought/own Windows 8
But it doesn't help seeing as how it doesn't show up at all in Windows 8 even though it used to and it still shows in Windows 7.
Can anyone help me? I've tried looking for older versions and I can't find any, I've thought about flashing bios but I'm using that as a last resort, my current bios is 1.60
Is it possible there is a needed update for Windows 8 that I need? If so can anyone point me in some direction?
I want to use Windows 8 because I don't wanna pay for Windows 7 from some random seller, and I already bought/own Windows 8
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