Nodel of the network card in Acer Aspire V5-121 C72G32nkk

Hi. I have the same problem as my friend. It doesn't say what network card I have in the manager or via cmd. I just installed Windows 7 x64 on an Acer Aspire V5-121 C72G32nkk. I found in the list that there were 2 network cards for this model - Broadcom and Atheros. I've installed drivers at random for both, but still no internet. Oh, and on the box it says: WLAN Acer Nplify 802.11 b/g/n. But it was hard to find drivers for this, something worked, it weighed 5 mb, but it did not help after installation.. Using the CPU-Z program, I found in the Mainboard tab that my motherboard is Acer, model ZA10_BZ and then on the right oe2-A01 Board Version. Underneath it also says PCI Express 1.0. I google it, but I don't find anything, especially no drivers for WLAN. I also searched on acer.com for the SNID number, but did not find this number. How to find them?

Check Device Manager for Manufacturer ID and Device ID.

First, post a screenshot of device manager, then we'll see what's next

Because I do not know what the connector is about, and I do not know how to unscrew the equipment, and I do not know what the network card looks like. And where would it suddenly disappear from?

Instead of wondering - just go to the device manager, expand the network adapters category, take a screenshot, maybe you can be guided further.

It is important that it is a screenshot of the entire window from the manager, not just a piece.

grindavik wrote:

Because I do not know what the connector is about and I do not know how to unscrew the equipment and I do not know what the network card looks like. And where would it suddenly disappear from?

Give me a screenshot first.
From the bottom you should have a large flap screwed with screws, unscrew and remove it. Post a picture of what you find underneath.

If the card is operational, it is completely unnecessary, a manager is enough.

The author has Windows 7, so I'm guessing there are no updates at all. It is worth starting with the installation -> https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic3783066.html

Since you previously received the link https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic1228905.html, you could read it with understanding instead of posting useless screenshots! Enter your card ID. The rest of the missing drivers should also be installed...

Moderated By dt1:

Moderated. If a colleague is bored with a thread, no one is forcing you to participate in it.

Almost. Now just the details and hardware ID - and we'll get to what everyone's been clamoring for since the beginning of the thread.

In the manager you have 2 network cards - "ethernet controller" and "network controller".
Give the hardware IDs of both of these cards, because for now we don't know which is which.

@smoq35 you know ... ethernet is wired and the controller is Wifi.

Kolobos wrote:

@smoq35 you know ... ethernet is wired and the controller is Wifi.

Usually it is, but not always. Recently, I was reinstalling Win7 on some old thing and unsuccessfully tried to install LAN drivers for the ethernet controller. In that case, the network controller turned out to be LAN, and ethernet to one of Intel's WiFi cards

Bravo... here you have drivers for wifi (network controller): https://dl.driverpack.io/driverpacks/repack/W...alComm-FORCED-7x64-BigFoot_10.0.1.263-drp.zip unpack and install from the device manager by selecting updates and pointing to the unzipped directory.

Here for the lan card -> https://dl.driverpack.io/driverpacks/repack/L...hver-FORCED-7x64-PCIe_7.142.1217.2021-drp.zip

@smoq35 names do not matter anyway, it is installed after identifiers and in this case, as you can see, it is as I wrote.

Atheros AR5B125 Wireless Network Adapter
edit: I see I was prejudiced

Thank you gentlemen, it's actually good to search by identifiers, at first I thought it was more difficult, so I didn't try it myself.

PS. This driver for Atheros turns out that I installed the same model of network card blind the first time, but normally I gave setup and not through the device manager. Could that be the reason it didn't install?
PS2. The first one went without a problem, but for Ethernet it threw an error and I guess that's why I can't configure the network (because the router as such already sees and connects via wifi, but I won't open any website).
It seems to have finished the installation, but in the manager it still lights up yellow. Do I need to do something about it or is this not the reason?

Check the driver from the attachment, also through device manager.

From the manager photo, you are also missing the USB 3.0 driver, the chipset driver, you may also be missing the graphics card driver (if you expand the graphics cards section in the device manager and it shows a standard graphics card and not an AMD card, then you do not have the correct driver). Next - keyboard shortcuts (screen brighten/darken, volume and other special functions with the Fn key) may not work for you. Advanced touchpad functions (e.g. finger scrolling) may not work for you.

I was going to ask why you don't install drivers from the manufacturer's website, but I checked and they are not there.
Try downloading the missing drivers from here:
https://www.driverscape.com/manufacturers/acer/laptops-desktops/aspire-v5-121/476

Yes, I know that I don't have any drivers for anything, if I have the net, it's downhill, because I won't have to switch from one laptop to another.
@smoq35 This was the first page from which I tried to download them, but maybe I installed it wrong, because not from the device manager and there were strange "asus setup" files. In the evening I will try that, or from the package sent by @dt1

If there is only 1 file in the downloaded package, you can try to open it e.g. with Winrar, there should be drivers inside.