The driver issues seem to point towards Microsoft's own driver files relating to the NETwNb64 service. That's where I am now, I am back at the state where Bluetooth works but WiFi does not. I tried Lenovo specific drivers that were older (since the card was pulled from a ThinkPad), this gave me an install error and BSOD'd when trying to restart so I had to do a System Restore.īefore we go any further, I want to clarify that all these efforts mentioned from here onwards were done after the restore where I made sure to uninstall the drivers from the previous network adapter and the previous tries of installing drivers for the AC 7260, and disabled onboard ethernet to make sure. I uninstalled all drivers and clean reinstalled. I tried using Intel's official PROset installer. Look deeper and it seems to stem from one specific driver: Click on properties and it says 'Code 10: Device could not be started'. Which is strange, because I'm using the exact same generic 2015 drivers that Microsoft has loaded into Windows on the laptop and it works without a flaw.

Which is officially compatible with the AC 7260), Device Manager recognizes both the AC 7260 and the Bluetooth device, but has errors for the former and unknown device status for the latter.

When I plug it into the PCIe adapter card and into the PCIe x1 slot on my desktop's motherboard, a (steady) green light comes on. So I know for a fact that this WiFi card, the Intel AC 7260 (7260NGW) works because I have been using it on my (Windows 10) laptop until literally just a few hours ago. I bought one of these PCIe x1 WiFi cards from eBay that is nothing more than a Intel AC 7260 M.2 NGFF WiFi card in a PCIe x1 device with antennae. After having a cheap USB WiFi thing conk out on me, I didn't have much of a budget. I've been having a very frustrating time.

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