Swapped Wi-Fi card in laptop - not can't see any networks

[Sumanji]

Hi,

I just switched out the Killer 1202-N card in my 2013 Blade 14" to an Intel 7260 AC, after reading that this can be successfully done in another thread, here.

However I am having a problem - the Wi-Fi part of the card is not recognizing any networks, but the Bluetooth is working fine. I've successfully installed the latest Intel drivers, and the card appears as working properly in Device Manager, as well as showing up as an "Enabled" wireless network connection in the Network and Sharing center (I should mention that I'm on Windows 7 x64).

I think the problem might be that the Wi-Fi "soft" switch was set to off after I installed the new card. Is there a way to re-enable it without a Function key combination (there doesn't seem to be one for this model)? Or is there anything else that might be wrong - Googling suggests it could be something to do with Pin 20 for wifi off?

[edit] Added netsh dump below as well... something fishy going on!

Thanks!

Su

 

[BaroUK2]

Soft switch usually disables or enables the card in this case your card is working fine, same thing with pin 20 tape out...
Go into device manager and disable / re-enable your wifi card if that doesnt work try uninstalling drivers and remove the device from device manager reboot system and reinstall the driver.
Alternatively you can try out live cd such as ubuntu live cd and see if wireless works in that to rule out hardware issue or a driver issue.

 

[Sumanji]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply Baro - update below:

• Wi-Fi works fine under Linux: Tried the Ubuntu live CD - both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth recognized straight away; was able to connect to my router at full AC speed (866Mbps).
• Multiple Windows drivers don't work: Tried uninstalling and reinstalling several sets of Intel drivers in Windows (all the way from version 15.xx to 19.xx - same error in every set of drivers, see below)

At this point I'm at a loss... it's not a hardware issue, and nothing obvious on the software side... any more ideas please?

Cheers,

Su

 

[Sumanji]

Aha, solved! Not entirely sure which, but one of the following worked:

• Under network adapter properties (where it lists, IPv4, IPv6, File and Print sharing for windows etc.), there was an entry for Qualcomm Atheros network protocol or something - I uninstalled this
• I uninstalled Cisco AnyConnect VPN, which had created a bunch of virtual network adapters

What a waste of half a day if anyone runs into similar problems, drop me a note!

Cheers,

Su

 

[BaroUK2]

Congratz xD

 

[Broken Hope]

I believe the killer is a Qualcomm and without the nic in place it was probably interfering.

 

[Sumanji]

I believe the killer is a Qualcomm and without the nic in place it was probably interfering.

Yeah it was a remnant from the Killer software I guess... quite annoying as I had run the "Killer Cleaner" software that they provided which I thought was supposed to get rid of all their crapware... clearly missed a bit though!