- Hello, my girlfriend has pretty old asus laptop with Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 wifi adapter. Just today I upgraded her windows from 7 to 10. And I couldn't get to see wifi visible nor connect.
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I have tried updating my wireless adapter which is the ' Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter' via the ASUS support website to no luck. I've also tried disabling/enabling the network adapter to see if that would do the trick. Hi, Is there a new network adapter for windows 10 that is Qualcomm Atheros? I have the version AR9485 and I think the version was 10.0.0.132. The reason I am saying this is because my Wifi does not work (only on my Asus computer.).
Hi James,
Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.
From your description I understand the issue might due to the incompatible drivers. Try to download the latest compatible drivers on your PC and use any external Storage device to transfer and install them on your Laptop.
If no updated drivers available on the Manufacturer’s website for windows 10, then trying installing drivers in compatibility mode. Compatibility mode runs the program using settings from a previous version of Windows.
Atheros Ar9485
Follow these steps to install the drivers in compatibility mode and check if that helps.
a. Download the driver from the manufacturer’s website.
b. Right-click on the driver setup file and click on ‘properties’.
c. Click on the ‘compatibility’ tab and check the box ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’ and select Windows 8/8.1 operating system from the drop down menu and proceed with the installation. Once this is done, restart the computer and check if the issue persists.
Let us know if problem still persist, we're glad to assist you. Hope this will address your query.
I'm currently running Windows 8.1.
Since upgrading to Windows 8, and subsequently 8.1, I've noticed that the wireless-connectivity on my desktop has been problematic.On first booting up the PC the internet connects and everything seems and works fine, however after various periods of time and/or switching from one account to the other I am unable to access the internet.When using Windows 8 options included troubleshooting the network connection and eventually having to reset my network adapter or restart the computer. Since “upgrading” to 8.1 the troubleshooting wizard has become next to useless.The wizard either never finishes and just hangs or doesn’t fix (and sometimes doesn’t find) the problem, with both events resulting in me having to restart my computer.
I have tried updating my wireless adapter which is the 'Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter' via the ASUS support website to no luck. I've also tried disabling/enabling the network adapter to see if that would do the trick. Unfortunately my computer just hangs when trying to do anything with the network adapter via device manager. This includes; enabling/disabling the adapter, updating the driver, uninstalling the driver, rolling back the driver, reinstalling the driver. Anything I try to do with the adapter results in the computer hanging, not freezing as I can continue to do other things e.g. use Word, Media Player, print and scan etc.
The 'network' and 'network adapter' troubleshoots aren't useful.
And all of the above is in spite of the Device Manager telling the device is working properly!
Specs: Asus P8Z77-V
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless
Almost completely out of ideas at this point.
Asus Qualcomm Atheros Wireless Driver
I have tried to find the answer online but haven't been able to find one that works. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated!