ASUS windows 8.1 to windows 7, Having hard time finding WLAN wifi driver...

[MAdummy]

Hello all,
I have an ASUS N551JQ-EH71 Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7 4710HQ (2.50 GHz) 8 GB Memory 750 GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 845M 2 GB GDDR3 15.6" Windows 8.1 64-Bit (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232357&cm_re=ASUS_N551JQ-EH71-_-34-232-357-_-Product). It originally came with windows 8.1 but I installed windows 7 and am having a hard time finding the WLAN, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN, driver for this. I've looked on the ASUS website for drivers but it seems the atheros one doesnt seem to work and I dont know what I should be looking at or downloading from the atheros.cz site.

any help or suggestions would be appreciated to help fix my problem so I can finally use wifi instead of being wired in via ethernet cord.

THANK YOU!

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Can you please provide the Hardware ID of the wireless adapter that you need a driver?
To get the Hardware ID:
- Go to Device manager right click on wireless adapter then select Properties.
- Click on Details tab and under Property select Hardware Ids
- You'll find the driver Hardware ID there

 

[ffg7]

it can be Qualcomm Atheros Wireless, Intel WiFi Wireless or Ralink Wireless driver you need. can you connect to the net by Ethernet cable to use the windows updates to install the correct driver?

 

[MAdummy]

Hi,

Can you please provide the Hardware ID of the wireless adapter that you need a driver?
To get the Hardware ID:
- Go to Device manager right click on wireless adapter then select Properties.
- Click on Details tab and under Property select Hardware Ids
- You'll find the driver Hardware ID there

according to PCIdatabase.com this is what it came up with

0x0034 802.11a/b/g/n, BT4.0+HS 0x168C Atheros Communications Inc.

 

[MAdummy]

it can be Qualcomm Atheros Wireless, Intel WiFi Wireless or Ralink Wireless driver you need. can you connect to the net by Ethernet cable to use the windows updates to install the correct driver?

Yes i am connected wired but ive already tried all three of the drivers offered on Asus and they do not work. 2 of them dont even pop up the installation screen when i click to install...

 

[ffg7]

& what about the windows update, does it tell you what wireless card you have & install it's own driver?

 

[MAdummy]

& what about the windows update, does it tell you what wireless card you have & install it's own driver?

it has never recognized the driver since installing windows 7 since im assuming its not made for 7 since its factory installed OS is Windows8.1. Ive done the update and tried to scan for hardware changes but nothing. I would like to know where I can find the driver online for this piece of crap laptop

 

[MAdummy]

I finally fixed my problem and thank you ffg7 and Laptop_nerd for responding and trying to help out.

 

[ffg7]

so how did you fix it so that others can read & use your solution if they have same or similar problem?