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Post by Asolitaryman on Jul 23, 2024 9:02:45 GMT
Finding that would be easier than finding a version of Wi-Fi drivers for a Minisforum HX90 Mini Desktop. An extreme version of the best laid plans etc,. Haven't used it for a quite sometime and decided to upgrade the HD from 500Gb to a 1Tb PCIe and transfer the W11 OS from the original drive via the Media Creation Tool. The transfer seemed to go according to plan.  The problem, is that there now appears to be no Wi-Fi availability which is surprising  as it was there before the upgrade? Am now having to use the Ethernet Controller via a 3m cable which is a total PITA. The system is an AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and try as i might, I can't find a viable driver setup. Previously. I could access the i'net via my broadband setup. Any help would be appreciated. I should also mention that I tried to update the OS from a pre-saved version on MS Cloud ... with no success?  |
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Post by 888 on Jul 23, 2024 20:24:06 GMT
Hi, have you checked that the wireless device is showing up in device manager. If not, then its probably best to reset the bios to factory defaults. This seems to happen sometimes with these devices. If this isn't the problem, then maybe check that there isn't a physical issue with the wifi card connector inside the machine, as it seems very tight for space in there, and would be easy to dislodge. If the wireless card is showing up in the device manager, then you need to find out which module is fitted to your computer, There seems to be a few different types that are available. And some drivers are available here..... www.minisforum.com/front/support/38/HX90It could also be that the new pcie drive is interfering with the wifi card somehow (busses could be shared in some weird way)- if possible, refit your old drive to test.
Hope you find the problem.
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Post by jenesuispasbavard on Jul 23, 2024 23:42:43 GMT
You mention the Windows Media Creation Tool - so did you reinstall Windows 11 on the new drive? You could instead try cloning the old drive to the new one and see if a copy of the original drive contains all the necessary drivers.
I've used Macrium Reflect Free to do exactly this to switch drives (even went to a smaller drive once - from a M.2 2TB drive to an Intel Optane 960GB drive), and it'll resize partitions automatically to use the additional space. Reflect Free is discontinued but MajorGeeks has the last available free version that still works.
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Post by Asolitaryman on Jul 24, 2024 7:13:51 GMT
Hi Guy's, many thanks for the quick replies.
I got a bit muxed ip in my post. I did download W11 via the media tool as a back-up ... just in case?
Copied the 500Gb over to the 1Tb which seemed to work fine? Then, found in Device Manager, what appeared to be the Wi-Fi was showing errors?
I've removed the 1Tb for the 500Gb and the same issue shows up in DM as missing / corrupt drivers? Removing them, then using Windows update gets me back to square 1.
Thanks to jenesuispasbavard, I have found a software package via Major Geeks, - Fortect - I will give a go with fingers X'd.
I have also managed to find on the Minisforumms website a RAR File??? download for W10 + W11 which might - hopefuly - include the missing drivers?
If this doesn't work, then I will go with 888's suggested reply.
Once again, thanks for being so quick off the mark with advice. 👍👍👍
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Post by Asolitaryman on Jul 24, 2024 19:27:50 GMT
Finally managed to suss out the issue(s). A combination of 888's and jenesuispasbavard's suggestions helped to unravel the problems. 👍👍
Thankfully, I did not have to delve into the guts of of the small beast.
Had to run through several drivers options before finding the right combination(s). Both Intel and AMD drivers were required to get things up and running. Now online via Wi-Fi 6 on my eero home router setup.👍
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as it was there before the upgrade? Am now having to use the Ethernet Controller via a 3m cable which is a total PITA.
