When the laptop came back up, ran the setup file on the USB and the upgrade went through, all the way. I had already used the media creation tool to load W10 upgrade package onto a USB. I then disabled the Wireless adapter and rebooted. To make them work in windows 10 you have to install the driver for windows 7 in compatibility mode between windows 10 and windows 7 and run as administrator. Windows 7 64 bit, atheros wireless alfa awus036nha provides 2. I decided to start the laptop with the F2 key held down so that I could go into the BIOS menu. Atheros ar9271 wireless network adapter driver for windows 7 32 bit, windows 7 64 bit, windows 10, 8, xp. They worked on it for hours and they were not able to fix it. Download the EP0000600987.exe file to a temporary or download directory. I had thisįour or five times and then asked Microsoft to help. Atheros Wireless LAN Driver Update (Windows 10 32bit.) Download. Second type of problem - Your laptop (Usually a Lenovo) goes through nearly all the W10 upgrade and then fails before the progress circle on black background appears, with a message saying the upgrade failed and it has put it back where it was. I can let you have details if you need them. You may need to download the update exclusion tool from Microsoft to prevent the automatic updates from installing the faulty W10 driver again - its a little known free app that lets you mark things you dont want updated. Roll back to the previous driver and reboot. Open your devices list, as you have done, right click the Atheros WiFi adapter and then the drivers tab. Windows 10 has serious issues with Qualcomm Atheros WiFi adapters and there are workarounds that will fix the problem.įirst type of problem - You upgrade to W10 but the WiFi doesn't work. I have had this problem with a Toshiba Sattelite, HP laptop, and now a Lenovo - all for family and friends.
My atheros network driver isn't working, and I cant download the drivers cause it says its not for this OS, Help? I cant use WLan or Connection by wire ,įar from getting a new Pc, I can tell you how to solve this. Windows 10 and Atheros Drivers - how to get round the problem