WiFi Adapter Not Working

GusWow

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Apr 18, 2015
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I recently built a computer, but it turns out the motherboard (MSI 970 Gaming) didn't come with built-in WiFi, so I went out and bought a wireless USB adapter. The adapter is a Belkin N300 USB Wireless Adapter. The box came with a disc, of which I don't have an optical drive for. The adapter still worked without the`disc, so I left it as is. But I noticed that it wasn't really as fast as it could be. I decided to download the drivers for it to see if that would help. It told me to restart and I did. And now, the adapter doesn't work and I have no WiFi (also not able to use ethernet, but for other reasons).

I tried uninstalling the driver and restarting my computer. That didn't work, so I reinstalled the driver, still didn't work. But, in the device manager, the adapter in the list has a little warning sign next to it, but when I try to update the driver from there it says it's up to date. I also noticed that when I go to the properties it says "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39) Object Name not found.)

I'm running Windows 10.



I need help on this. Thanks.
 
Solution
Download the driver from Belkin on a another computer and transfer it via USB. Once you get the adapter going again, go to Device Manager and right click on the wireless adapter and select Properties. Under the Advanced tab, look for Wireless Mode. Change the wireless mode to one of the values and then close it out and run a speed test. Do this for each one of the wireless modes until you find the one that gives you the best possible speeds.
Download the driver from Belkin on a another computer and transfer it via USB. Once you get the adapter going again, go to Device Manager and right click on the wireless adapter and select Properties. Under the Advanced tab, look for Wireless Mode. Change the wireless mode to one of the values and then close it out and run a speed test. Do this for each one of the wireless modes until you find the one that gives you the best possible speeds.
 
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