Missing Wireless Drivers on Windows 7 Laptop  


  1. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimatex64
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    Missing Wireless Drivers on Windows 7 Laptop


    I recently purchased an Acer Aspire M5-583p-6324. I went from Windows 8.1 > Ubuntu 14.04 for class, needed it to do Fortran on, and now I decided to go back to Windows 7 in order to do Java on and play some games. However, as was the case on Ubuntu, my wireless isn't working, and I can't seem to find any drivers for Windows 7. Any help?

    Here is the thread I made on Ubuntu forums in order to solve my previous issue: [SOLVED] No Wireless Connection on Fresh Install of Ubuntu

    Thanks in advance
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  2. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimatex64
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Forgot to add, Acer only offers Windows 8 drivers for the laptop model.
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  3. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimatex64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    niranjanvevo said:
    Visit Acer official website for drivers
    or try DriverPack Solution - Best Drivers installation Software DriverPack Solution:)
    this is the official website for drivers... Acer | Download

    as you can see, no windows 7...
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  4. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
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    Hi Welcome to Seven Forums .. Do you know which Wireless Adapter your Laptop has ? ..


    I take it you have tried the Windows 8 Drivers ? ...


    Select the Network Adapter right click select Property's / Details Tab ...

    In the Volume section there should be some info there ...

    Please Post it ...
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  5. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimatex64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I attempted to find drivers myself. The internet works, however seems to shut down my home network randomly and will not connect to a password protected wireless source at my work, even with the proper connections. Here is my device manager window

    https://i.imgur.com/5w7d001.png

    any ideas? i installed a large amount of various drivers i found while googling but nothing seems to work properly
    Last edited by marton; 14 Oct 2014 at 22:51.
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  6. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
       #6

    It is not a Driver problem you have .... Read the Link below and go to Step 6 ...

    Post back the Results please ...


    Basic Requirements Before Posting your Networking Thread
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  7. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimatex64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    It seems like a driver issue but here:

    (note that i found these drivers after little research and they may not be the right ones)

    the internet is also extremely slow on here with wireless (50kb/s DL when i normally get 5MB/s DL on my wired desktop)

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Marton-PC
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-9E-01-F2-52-63
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::14d0:db9d:7cb0:a8ec%14(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 14, 2014 11:26:12 PM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:24:28 PM
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352886273
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-BF-3B-7E-28-E3-47-C8-A8-1F

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 28-E3-47-C8-A8-1F
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1da7:db52:28f6:324c%11(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:10:09 PM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:24:26 PM
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 237560647
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-BF-3B-7E-28-E3-47-C8-A8-1F

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{E2196E11-2E33-4F79-8DD6-9FEE848AE120}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:3c30:1a4d:b3ed:616a(Pref
    erred)
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c30:1a4d:b3ed:616a%13(Preferred)
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{F5508FA2-EBE0-4022-8620-8F4C5F6ED2CB}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    C:\Windows\system32>
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  8. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
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    Which Version of the Broadcom Driver do you have Installed ? ...
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  9. Posts : 18,415
    windows 7 home 64bit
       #9

    Looks as if the Windows 8 Driver works with Windows 7 ... Read the Link below that is the exact same Version of your Windows 8 Driver ..


    Acer Aspire e1-522-3884: Windows 7 drivers - Acer Community
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