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Mitchell97's avatar
Mitchell97
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2016

A6100 Wireless Adapter Not Detected By Computer

Hi,   I recently bought the A6100 adapter and it is not being detected on my PC. My technical knowledge is limited and all my attempts at fixing this problem have failed :( My operating system is ...
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Mitchell97's avatar
Mitchell97
Aspirant
Jan 07, 2016

Hi James,

 

Thanks for your help! unfortunately it didn't work. The netgear genie tries to detect the adapter, however after 10 minutes it says "adapter could not be detected."

Any more ideas?

 

Thanks.

  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Master
    Jan 12, 2016

    Hi Mitchell,

     

    Manually install the driver using the device manager.