I understand that there is an issue with detecting the USB adapter when on Windows 10 during the installation which has been solved.
I just finished building my PC and currently using Windows 10 Pro. I’ve tried tutorials to fix it but I can’t follow all the steps that are shown as they’re using the regular windows 10.
Yes, It’s a pc built by scratch. As far as I’m aware I need this as I can’t wire my computer to my router and I also don’t have a PCI card so I add WiFi to my computer internally.
I simply followed the instructions, which is to have me insert the CD, click set up , Install from CD, Agree and then it gets to where it says “Insert wireless USB adapter into a USB port on your computer” which is what I do and then it says that it’s detecting adapter and then I get a adapter not found in a grey box roughly over 10 seconds after.
Today I bought the “AC1200 WiFi USB Adapter” at Argos for 29.99 as I felt that this driver would be more updated compared to the Netgear driver my friend gave me (He gave up on this product but it must have been around the time when Netgear was not compatible for Windows 10). The box of the product I bought said it was compatible for windows 10 which is great. I used absolutely everything given to me in this new box and even followed the instructions of the manual but I was given the same message.
At the moment I’m completely wiping my hard drive and going to revert it back to the regular windows 10 to see if it will detect it this time. (A reason why I’m doing this is because I attempted and uninstalled the previous CD over and over and it could possibly have messed with my hard drive and it’s installation/set up process.
Could this possibly be a hardware issue? My computer defects my keyboard and mouse and whenever I plug in a usb I always hear the noise.
Am I supposed to have a PCI card in the motherboard as well as using the USB adapters?
Yes, It’s a pc built by scratch. As far as I’m aware I need this as I can’t wire my computer to my router and I also don’t have a PCI card so I *CANT*add WiFi to my computer internally.
@Handstand wrote: Yes, It’s a pc built by scratch. As far as I’m aware I need this as I can’t wire my computer to my router and I also don’t have a PCI card so I add WiFi to my computer internally.
This offers some clues. Like you, I roll my own PCs. Have done for years. This has taught me that, out of the box, the bits won't work until I have done some heavy duty work on Windows.
This usually entails downloading a raft of drivers for the motherboard chipset. This includes the board's USB chips. I have even had to mess around with drivers for the "hard drive", an M2 chip on my latest build.
My line is to visit the motherboard makers website and grab everything in sight. I might even visit the sites of the people who make things like the audio chips (if there are any) and get those drivers. You may not think it necessary because you don't plan to use wired LAN, but I would check for drivers there too. Mostly they will come from the motherboard maker.
Maybe you have done all this, you don't say. But I would certainly think about the failure of Windows to see the USB device. Do all other USB things behave as expected? You say it is fine with USB drives, but these are pretty basic.
Am I supposed to have a PCI card in the motherboard as well as using the USB adapters?
Not in my experience. But it is a pity that you have to resort to wifi for a network connection. It can never match wired. I even use Powerline Ethernet when I want to connect devices that aren't mobile.
