It won't try to install the driver again, nor will detect the adapter. Shut down Windows, insert the adapter and run Windows. Adapter should be listed there, so uninstall it by right clicking on it and click Of course, while adapter is removed, it won't be listed there, so click Solution for this is to remove the adapter, start Windows, go to Device Manager (Windows key + R -> devmgmt.msc) and once there, check the At this point, Windows probably installed its own driver and freezes every time. Windows froze every time while the card in PCI slot. At first, when I started Windows installation, the adapter was inserted. I installed Windows 10 圆4 on a brand new 7th generation Pentium and a new board with B250 chipset. So, after much time spent reading and g00gling around, trying all Atheros drivers with no luck, I finally found a 100% working solution to make this adapter work under Windows 10 圆4 (hopefully the same can be applied for Windows 8.1), although it's not compatible with this OS.Īdapter: TL-WN851ND, ver 1.0, OS: Windows 10 圆4, MB: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

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