Strange wifi problems, driver related (I think)
Hello, I have been have some strange wifi problems with my asus zenbook pro model UX501J (UX501VW almost identical) it has an intel duel band wireless-AC 7260 wireless card in it, for some reason as of a few days ago after trying to cast to a miracast device my wi-fi card has been acting strange at first I though it was the drivers gone bad for some reason so I reinstalled the drivers from scratch and it sorta worked but when I tried it again I notice something strange right after I uninstalled the drivers by uninstalling the device in device manager if I refresh devices all the drivers have re installed them selfs...... so I uninstalled them in safe mode and they didn't reinstall in safe mode... so I found the drivers and deleted them my self and restarted they came back almost instantly but the wifi was working fine.... so I though I had fixed it but after I turned it on the next day the wifi was all wack again.... the problem I keep haveing is after I restart the computer after it self reinstalls the wifi drivers the wifi brakes in a strange way and that is that out of the 5-8 wifi nets I normally see it now can only see 1-3 of them (there are 2 routers in my house on different channels 1 has 2.4 and 5.0 separated) and they all have very low strength from in the same room, the strange thing is is when I connect to one it suddenly gets full signal strength and the others just die out completely and if when im in my room (opposing the side of the house with the routers) if cant find any wifi networks but if i then go back into safe mode and uninstall the drivers again and reboot it can see and reconnect just fine until the computer restarts... also all other wifi devices work fine in my room with 40 Mbs down 5 Mbs up so... any ideas?
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Hi, I'm assuming that Device Manager reports no problems with the WLAN network adapter?
Wondering if a loose WiFi antenna connection is the problem. You say you see less networks now and your own networks have less strength, this perhaps suggests that the signal reception capability is down. The networks that you can't 'see' anymore, can you remember their signal strength value? e.g. if it was medium strength or less then maybe due to a loose antenna it cannot detect that level of signal whereas your local network being presumably 'full' strength is still being picked up but appears at a lesser strength. It also might explain why the level 'comes and goes'
If you have another PC/laptop with WiFi capabilities install a WiFi scanner program like inSSIDer in both machines. (There is still a free version out there).This will give the signal level values in dB of the detected networks so that you can compare.
jayeff 의
I though of that but I don't think that is it as right after I uninstall in safe mode and reinstall normal boot it works fine all networks show up it's just after the computer restarts again that it breaks...
ETHREAL1 의
I myself solved it by downgrading the nVidia driver to the one proposed by ASUS, from 374.X.X to the version 353.54. It solved the flickering problem, and the wi-fi problems too at the same time, the Graphic Card was encountring issues with the WLAN card with this version aparently. The versions of the drivers of the manufacturer are customized to suit your laptop best. Better install them and not update. The only problem Istill have, is a recurrent flash script in the command prompt. I don't know where it comes from but it disappears so fast I can't read what's written on it, and it's definitely not a virus since I checked my computer with the latest version of ESET Smart security and Malewarebytes.
I hope my answer helps the others.
Adam Bihi 의
Exactly have the same problem. Did you ever fix this?
Nino Tanseco 의