Windows 10: Dell XPS 8930 Qualcomm QCA9377 stopped working

I have a Dell XPS8930 that has been running Windows 11 Pro 24H2 for a couple of years. This morning, my Qualcomm QCA9377 wireless adapter has disappeared and when I checked the Event Log and found:Qualcomm QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Adapter : Has encountered an invalid network addressI currently have the driver version 12.0.0.1118.Is there a fix or should I upgrade to a newer WIFI card and which card would be best?

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Qualcomm QCA9377

Not just about old computers, on *116, I was losing WIFI intermittently, the network would disconnect. Reverting to *113 was the only solution. Not to mention the Sandbox startup issue.

QCA9377 | Qualcomm

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...903#445msgdesc

 

qualcomm atheros qca9377 not working in safe mode with networking

please look at this post, that is my problem:

internal wifi adapter shows error code 37 in safe mode with networking - Internal Hardware

expert suggestions are welcome. thanks in advance

i had contacted qualcomm, but they asked me to contact DELL or any generic windows forum. looks like i have hit a dead end there:

https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdn-forums/hardware/qca9377/67452

 

Issue With Qualcomm QCA9377 Bluetooth Failures

I found this solution on another site cited by "jturcich." This solution came after spending an hour on the phone with Dell Support trying to resolve this issue I've had with the last 2 laptops I purchased from them. This end user cited the following solution
AFTER installing 2 replacement cards in his laptop. This enduser also noticed others were having this issue with Dell and other vendors using Qualcomm cards. I thought this issue was happening after every Windows updates automatically applied to my laptop.
Still not sure; however this resolved my issue.

Quoted exactly as "jturcich" shared with others:

"I shutdown the XPS 8930 (his Dell laptop model), unplugged the power cord for a few minutes, then powered it back on. I then went to "Device Manager" and uninstalled the "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed." When I then did a "Scan
for Hardware Changes", the Bluetooth appeared in Device Manager. (For me -- Bluetooth and all its items under it were blue-ed out; unavailable).
This resolved the issue. "

He then added "Dell needs to work with Qualcomm to resolve this issue, but at least there is a workaround."

Yes! This simple step resolved my issue.