From: Paul    
   Subject: Re: Need W10 driver for Wireless Card   
       
   Wayne@Cowboy.net wrote:   
   > On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:55:22 +0000 (GMT), "Rodney Pont"   
   >  wrote:   
   >    
   >> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:13:34 -0500, Wayne@Cowboy.net wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I have a HP HP Pavilion p6_2026 Desktop PC and wanted to add a   
   >>> wireless PCI card to it.  I bought  'HP 502300-001 Desktop Dual Band   
   >>> WLAN PCIe x1 Wireless Wi-Fi Card W/Anttena'  on Ebay, and now I need   
   >>> the driver for it.  I not only cannot find same, but when I try,  all   
   >>> all I can get are vendors who want me to buy their 'drive updaters'.     
   >>>   
   >>> Before I give up, does anyone know a source for the driver I need for   
   >>> this adapter that will work in Windows 10?   
   >> Have you tried installing it and booting up to see if Windows can   
   >> locate the driver. Entering the part number on the HP site seems to   
   >> indicate it's an Intel product so it's possible Windows already has the   
   >> driver especially as HP say that a driver is not available from their   
   >> site.   
   >    
   > I got no driver with the card.  I found somewhere a driver called   
   > 'Atheros Wireless Lan Driver'  and  got:   
   > Your system does not meet the operating system requirements.   
   > Update has been cancelled (9998).   
   > Windows did not offer to find another.   
   > The hP download site said there were too many possibilities to provide   
   > a  list of possible drivers.  Cool.  I cannot find another driver to   
   > download.   
   > JW   
       
   The best I could find, is a Windows 8 driver for the 9280.   
       
   https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Gemtek_WPEA-113N   
       
   The hardware (Atheros single chip AR9280) appears to have been released in 2010   
   .   
   This should yield a PDF file.   
       
   https://www.atheros-drivers.com/qualcomm-atheros-download-datasheets-nr-106-wit   
   h-code-4653.html   
       
   It's hard to believe it is out of support already. This claims to be   
   a Win8 driver, but it might actually be based on older content.   
       
   win81-10.0.0.329-whql.zip   2,535,899 bytes   
       
   https://www.atheros-drivers.com/qualcomm-atheros-download-drivers-nr-308-with-c   
   ode-4655.html   
       
   Qualcomm bought Atheros. And Qualcomm does not deliver   
   drivers to end-users.   
       
   Give the contents of that ZIP a try. Unzip the files into   
   a folder. Using Device Manager, pretend to update the device,   
   and point it at the INF files, and see if Device Manager   
   is "interested" in the two INF files. I don't know why   
   there are two INFs, so you may end up trying them one   
   at a time. While they could be "layers" to the protocol   
   stack, I can't tell by looking at the INF files.   
       
       Paul   
      
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