Wireless Completely gone

[anthdel]

I installed windows 7. I orginally had windows xp and I'm using the intel pro wireless 2915abg chip to connect. After installing windows 7 it completely did not recognize it and is not using it. When I go to network and sharing it doesn't show that i have a wireless connection at all. I'm having lots of trouble finding the right driver if anyone has a solution or is having the same problem let me know.

 

[aem]

Hi, why not let Intel scan your system to see what needs updating. "Automatically identify and find drivers".

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Default.aspx

See how you go with that.

 

[anthdel]

This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates is what I got from intel. And a bunch of other drivers popped up saying the same thing but their working fine.

 

[Uber Philf]

Is this onboard?, if so, try looking on the Motherboard Manufacturer's site, and see if its got a motherboard driver, should cover everything.

 

[anthdel]

I checked out the asus site but it didn't have the windows 7 - 64 bit drivers for the chip however i noticed somewhere on Microsoft's site that the Intel wireless chip is compatible i just can't find a way to get it going.

 

[skippyhdog]

This is a long shot, but sometimes using the "sfc /scannow" command can sometimes find certain generic drivers on your hard drive to try to work with it. I say this because as a last resort I did this on a friends computer, worked like a charm.

 

[Uber Philf]

This is a long shot, but sometimes using the "sfc /scannow" command can sometimes find certain generic drivers on your hard drive to try to work with it. I say this because as a last resort I did this on a friends computer, worked like a charm.

Uhm...

This command will immediately initiate the Windows File Protection service to scan all protected files and verify their integrity, replacing any files with which it finds a problem.

I dunno how that worked out, a system file went corrupt, and SFC fixed it, which allowed the driver to function properly?

I dunno, but funny that it worked.

 

[skippyhdog]

I was just as perplexed as you

 

[anthdel]

alright I'll give that a shot and get back to this

 

[anthdel]

I did the sfc/scannow and didn't have a change however i did notice that when i switch the wireless on and off the lights shows up thats its active, but its still not showing it whatsoever under the adpater settings and Network and Sharing Center

 

[Uber Philf]

Possibly your wireless is faulty in this case? or the cable?

 

[anthdel]

yea i thought it might be that its definitely a driver problem tho because other laptops connect no problem, but the driver doesnt have an update for windows 7 if theirs any other way of getting it going anyone knows of?

 

[Uber Philf]

Well, i had this problem before, just uninstalled the manufacturers driver, and let the windows one do the work.

 

[anthdel]

yea i did that same process with the direct connection and it works perfect, but their was no original driver installed for the wireless one I've become really confused by it.

 

[Uber Philf]

hmm, windows update by any chance?

 

[anthdel]

yea the windows update can't find a driver for it, I'm totally considering down grading again.

 

[zigzag3143]

yea the windows update can't find a driver for it, I'm totally considering down grading again.

Hey
What driver and OS are you looking for?

Ken J