Solved Help installin Atheros drivers

[johnsmet]

Hello,

Im trying to install drivers for my atheros network card.
Ive downloaded new drivers, came as a zipped file. Where do I unzip them to?

 

[iAmDan]

Hey John,

In theory you can unzip them anywhere, but I'd put in somewhere where they can remain untouched.

Do you need help installing the drivers as well?

 

[johnsmet]

Would be great, because Ive no idea what to do with them. I don't see a .exe file in them.

 

[iAmDan]

On your Window's taskbar search for Device Manager. Open that up and locate the device which you're updating/installing driver's for, right-click it and select properties. Select update drivers, then browse manually to the location where you extracted the driver files.

Any problems just post back!

 

[johnsmet]

Windows taskbar search does not return anything usable?

 

[johnsmet]

Never mind, found it

 

[kado897]

You have to chose Properties and then there is an update drivers button on the drivers page.

Looks like you beat me to it.

 

[iAmDan]

Never mind, found it

They install ok?

 

[johnsmet]

Seems like everything went fine.
Thanks guys, on to the next driver. (What a chore!)

 

[kado897]

Yes. That's why an installation driver package is preferable where you can get it. It does the work for you.

 

[A Dutch Guy]

Save to remove?

Thanks for this thread. It helped me a lot.

I have one simple question: Is it save to remove the folder which contains the driver I manually had to select? Because usually they aren't needed anymore.

Thanks in advance!

Theo