jimmyfal Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Worked fine in RP. Tried Win 7 drivers, compatibility mode, etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc. Dev Manager says "This device cannot start. (code 10) [operation failed] The requested operation was unsuccessful. Vizo - Thin, Vizio has no beta drivers, can't find any on Qualcomm either.... ruined my day. Been flying find on Win 8 all along.... jf Brock Price 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Tried 8's test mode / disable driver signing mode (Not sure how to do that with 8, I think mashing shift + F8 at boot enters safe mode list) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicRedStapler Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I've got the same problem. My VIZIO Ultrabook was working fine with the consumer preview, but I updated to RTM and no luck. I dug up an HDMI to Ethernet adapter I had and I can get connectivity that way, but no luck finding a new driver. Keep me posted if you find a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Price Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Bought this Sony Vizio 15.6 today, Installed RTM Win 8 , and wham-o no Wifi , This ruined my afternoon. No Win8 drivers on Sony or Qualcomm site ether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Bought this Sony Vizio 15.6 today, Installed RTM Win 8 , and wham-o no Wifi , This ruined my afternoon. No Win8 drivers on Sony or Qualcomm site ether Sony Vizio? You're confused. I'm sure the drivers will be out by general release, but it sucks that they don't work now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyfal Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 One clue, with RP install, the device shows up in device manager with as not having a driver at all, then I can install the Win 7 driver to get it to work. In Win 8 RTM, it shows up in device manager as having detected a driver but the driver not working properly. Hope a bunch of Qualcomm people having same issue get to this thread and pump it up so we can get it resolved asap. Vizo, Vaio, same chip probably. jf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Uninstall the device and uninstall the driver. Then attempt to install the Windows 7 driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyfal Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 Been there, done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Bugger.. :\ This is why I won't touch Atheros gear if I can avoid it :\ Hope it works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Price Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 siah1214 Vizio http://www.vizio.com/thin-light/overview its a New Sony Ultra portable (Microsoft Signature edition) . for now I went out and purchased a D-Link USB Nano dongle $30 . at least I have WiFi , next issue is the Sony Track pad. (Sentelic Track Pad ) I did update this to the newest Win 7 driver. but from time to time the Pointer will freeze, and jerky sometimes. Everything else works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Bugger.. :\ This is why I won't touch Atheros gear if I can avoid it :\ Hope it works out for you. You can find unofficial Atheros driver releases pretty easy on Google or whatever, though. They often work better than the OEM provided stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 did you try this one? http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=74&system=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKAngel Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 tried ripping the drivers out from RP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyfal Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 tried ripping the drivers out from RP? yup... did you try this one? http://www.atheros.c...set=74&system=6 yes tried that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Price Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Sorry it's NOT a Sony - its just a Viizio , my bad . I was thinking Sony due to the large Sony display next to the Vizio laptops . I'm an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango209 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I had the same problem with my Acer Aspire V3-571G-6602 with the same wifi adapter (AR5BWB222). I was able to get the driver to install successfully by doing the following: Open computer management Clicked on device manager double clicked Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adapter selected driver tab selected Update Driver... selected Browse My Computer... selected Let me pick from a list of device drivers... selected Have Disk... navigated to the directory where the win 7 driver was and installed it (for me the path was C:\Users\myname\Documents\Drivers\Wireless LAN_Atheros_10.0.0.38_W7x64_A\WLAN_Atheros_10.0.0.38_W7x64\ndis6xWin7\netathrx) driver date: 2/15/12 driver version: 10.0.0.38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anstosa Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Hey all! Exact same problem as you (Windows 8 RTM on Vizio CN15-A2). I was able to get the WiFi working with this driver: http://www.driversdown.com/drivers.asp?ID=125459&brNum=3&show=0 (I used the installer bundled with the driver but I imagine it would work via Device Manager as well.) Hope this helps! jimmyfal and umrao 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyfal Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Hey anstosa, can't thank you enough for this!!! You da man! It worked on my Vizio CN15-A2. Love this laptop by the way, Vizio delivered big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebisco Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Thank you Tango209 for your guide, it worked for my Aspire V3-471G. Although I had to locate on a different directory. Re-installing it works. umrao 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umrao Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thanks ANSTOSA and REBISCO, it worked for my Aspire V5-571G too. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_s Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Weird - I use Atheros exclusively as the product is well supported in Linux and never had any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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