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A6150 malfunction
Sorry for the spelling mistakes in advance. I bought my wifi adapter somewhere last year. i have been using it and it has been perfectly fine and very fast. but i have recently build my new PC, i...
i have searched for some USB drivers but i cant seem to find them. the thing is also that i have build my PC. used the usb dongle for the first week and it worked perfectly fine and then it just stopped. i dont know if this is a system problem or if the dongle is broken.
does this give another idea of what it could be?
Maoloi wrote:
ii dont know if this is a system problem or if the dongle is broken.
Try it on another PC?
What does it look like in Device Manager in Windows?
Wifi adapters
Try removing it from there.
i have searched for some USB drivers but i cant seem to find them.
In more than 10 years building PCs, I have never received a motherboard with the latest drivers.
i had a look and this is what it looks like. i also tried it on my laptop. made sure to turn the built in wifi function off, installed the drivers and it worked perfectly. does this give a new idea?
and what i meant with the USB drivers was i didnt find specific drivers for only the USB ports. i have installed the requered drivers.
Maoloi wrote:
i had a look and this is what it looks like. i also tried it on my laptop. made sure to turn the built in wifi function off, installed the drivers and it worked perfectly. does this give a new idea?
Suggests that it is a Windows problem.
Maoloi wrote:
and what i meant with the USB drivers was i didnt find specific drivers for only the USB ports. i have installed the requered drivers.
That's not what I meant.
Before your PC can run a Windows it has to install a whole raft of drivers for the basic functions., those supported by the chips on the motherboard.
When you buy a motherboard it usually comes with a CD stuffed with all those drivers. By the time the CD gets to you, there's a good chance that there are newer versions.
First start with the motherboard maker, then look at places like Intel, Realtek and so on. Intel is famous for its wifi drivers, but they won't involve your Netgear device.
if its probably a windows problem, would the drivers still help or would something else help? or would it be wiser to go cable?
