Windows 10: Device Manager not finding wifi card

I was trying to uninstall and reinstall a tp link wifi card from device manager and I followed the steps of uninstalling it and then proceeded to turn off my computer. When I rebooted, my wifi card wasn't showing up in network adapters. I have tried multiple things such as going through a network reset and entering nesch commands. None of them worked and I was still faced with the no showing wifi adapter. I tried seeing if it was disabled in my bios but I couldn't find a settings for the pci slot.


Windows version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041
Bios: Gigabyte Auros, Version f51

Wifi card: Tp-link Ac1300 Pcie


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Cant find graphics card on device manager!

Hi Anthony,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

To assist you better, please share the information:

• What is the make and model of your computer?
• Do you get any error message while playing or to launch a game?

I suggest you to unhide the hidden drivers in Device Manager by following the steps provided below and check if the Graphic card driver is visible:

• Press Windows key + X and select Device Manager.
• Click on View and click on Show Hidden Devices.

Hope this helps. Get back to us with the requested information and we'll be glad to assist you.

 

WiFi card shown in Device manager but not in Network & sharing center

Hi Budd,

We suggest that you update the drivers and check if it works.

Follow the steps below to update the Wireless Adapter's driver:

• Press Windows key+X.
• Select Device Manager.
• Right-click on the Network Driver (802.11n Wireless Card).
• Click on the Driver tab.
• Select Update Driver.

If the update went successful, please reboot the computer to take effect the changes.

Let us know the result.

 

Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 suddenly can't find wifi card

I need some help, please. I have a laptop that has worked fine for many years... then suddenly Windows 10 can't find my wifi card. Not just airplane mode. Not just a driver thing. The card is gone.

It no longer knows I have a wifi card. The funny thing is, bluetooth kept working (which is on the same card) and Win10 sees the device and drivers for BT. I went so far as to buy another wifi card (a used one because they are no longer manufactured) thinking
the wifi portion might have finally failed, and it still does not recognize it.

I have scoured online forums, and found that this has usually been traced back to a driver issue or an update in Windows. I've tried everything people have suggested, changing power management and battery settings, removing the card and restarting without
it and then replacing the card, turning wireless off in BIOS (and back on again), even uninstalling the device in device manager.

When this first happened - wifi networks didn't show up in the list (huh?) - I thought there was something wrong with wifi in the office. But then realized when I went on the road that there were still no wifi networks showing up. So I started exploring.
The wifi network adapter in device manager had disappeared. I looked at hidden devices in "view" settings, and it showed up but was grayed-out. As I started exploring online, I saw one suggestion to remove the device and then re-install the factory driver.
When I did this, the grayed-out network adapter disappeared from hidden devices, and has never came back.

Troubleshooter doesn't work because it doesn't know that the computer even has wifi - there are no "wifi" troubleshooting options that come up, only "network cable" related troubleshooting because it doesn't see the card anymore.

It seems to me that an update suddenly took my wifi card off of a list somewhere and now the OS doesn't recognize the card at all. Anybody have any previous posts to point me to? Any ideas? Thanks in advance!