Windows 10: Wifi Cards / Adapters not recognised / cannot instal drivers

Trying to install TX3000E pcie network card after having a T5E for the last few years. T5E worked flawlessly but as soon as it was swapped out for then TX3000E, I can no longer get wifi. Card shows in device manager as 'Network Controller' and when I try to instal the latest drivers from the TP-Link website I get 'encountered error - Intel R Wifi 6 AX200 160mhz - system cannot find file'.Ive tried updating every conceivable driver know to man and even reverted back to my T5E which also now doesn't work and will not let me update drivers. Ive tried changing the PCIE setup in BIOS and that

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Recommendation for WiFi usb / card

If you have a desktop computer I would STRONGLY suggest a PCIe adapter rather than a USB adapter if you go with WiFi 6. The only USB WiFi adapters that I have seen thus far use a Realtek chipset which is reported to have some serious flaws. In my own personal experience, I have tried 2 of these and returned both, getting performance worse than other WiFi 5 adapters and constant disconnects even 10 feet from my WiFi router. If you go with a USB adapter, I would suggest a quality WiFi 5 adapter. One more note: Should you decide to go with a WiFi 6 PCIe adapter, I would suggest a WiFi 6e model. They actually cost no more, and they are one step up just in case you ever go to a WiFi 6e router.

 

wifi driver vanished

Hi harishsk3033,

It appears that the wireless adapter/card on your laptop gone missing. Have you made any changes or installed any updates on your laptop prior to the issue? If yes, what were those changes or updates?

Basically, since the wireless adapter/card no longer appears in Device Manager, then it implies that the device is no longer detected. Downloading its drivers will not do any help. The wireless adapter/card has to be detected first before you can install
its driver.

As a workaround, I suggest performing the following steps to try to re-detect the wireless adapter/card:

• Reboot the laptop
  • To insure that the laptop is properly rebooted, I recommend to shut it down first, before starting it up again.
• Scan for hardware changes
  1. Open Device Manager.
  2. Right-click the Network adapters category, and click
     Scan for hardware changes.
  3. Check if the wireless card appears. If yes, then right-click it, and click
     Update driver software.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
• Check for Other devices in Device Manager.
  1. Go back to Device Manager and look for Other devices.
  2. If it's there, then expand it.
  3. If the wireless adapter/card is on the list, then right-click it and click
     Update Driver Software.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

If the above steps won't help, then there's a need to unplug and replug the wireless adapter/card on your laptop to have it detected. Please contact your computer manufacturer for proper assistance.

Kindly update this thread with the result so I'll be able to assist you further if needed.

Regards.

 

Windows 10 driver adapter not working

Hi Lewis,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to uninstall the network adapter driver from the device manager by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows key + X keys on the keyboard and click on
  Device Manager from the options.
• Expand the Network adapters from the options.
• Right click on the wireless network card and select
  Uninstall.
• Restart the computer for automatic installation of network adapters and check if the changes are effective.

Update network adapter driver from the device manager by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows key + X keys on the keyboard and click on
  Device Manager from the options.
• Expand the Network adapters from the options.
• Right click on the wireless network card and select Update option.
• Restart the computer and check if the changes are effective.

Hope it helps.