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A6100 on Windows 10
I tried installing in Windows 8 Compatibility Mode but the PC cannot detect the device. Anyone know of a temporary fix until final release of Win10 and drivers are made available? Thanks, all.
Hello.
I would try to completey uninstall and remove the driver and software for the A6100. With the A6100 not plugged in (otherwise you get the system crash, right). Go and right click the Start menu and open your device manager. Then find the Netgear A6100 device under Network adapters.
- Right click on Netgear A6100
- Go to "Driver" tab. My driver says 1026.26.1217.2013. If yours doesn't then
- Click on Uninstall and uninstall the driver
- If the device is still in the list of Network adapters right click on it again and uninstall it as well.
- reboot your computer
- after your computer is restared follow once more step by step the installation instructions as provided in this forum.
See if this helps and gets rid of your issues so that you can use your A6100 again.
Martin
Thanks Martin, but the problem is the Netgear A6100 doesn't show up under Device Manager (or anywhere else) when it's unplugged. I can only see my built in weaker wifi adapter (the Realtek RTL8723BE) and 'Realtek PCI gbe family controller' (which I believe is for LAN). A6100 only shows up when plugged in for about three seconds before the system crashes.
Shoot. And as soon as you plug it in then you get the blue screen of death? That's a total bummer. Ok. Just throwing it out there. Have you tried to boot into Safe Mode:
http://www.howtogeek.com/107511/how-to-boot-into-safe-mode-on-windows-8-the-easy-way/
And then plug in the A6100 and try to uninstall everything while in Safe Mode?
Then restart and try to plug the thing in and try to re-install the driver if you don't get the blue screen of death again.
Martin