My HP Pavilion dv6-6c13nr Wireless Driver Will Not Install

[Aerodamus]

As said, my laptop's model number is dv6-6c13nr. My laptop's Windows 7 was FUBAR from a computer virus that my sister managed to get on it somehow. I said to hell with it and just DBANed the entire hard drive and did a clean install of Windows 7. Everything was able install just fine except for the wireless adapter/driver.

I tried both the Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver and the Ralink 802.11 b/g/n WiFi Adapter linked in my PC model's driver page. On both of them, whenever I click on the downloaded file, nothing happens after the file unpacks, no installers run. I've tried running it regularly and running it as an administrator, I've also tried running the installers directly from where they were unpacked into the C drive, regularly and as an administrator.

All of the other drivers and software on my PC model's driver page installed just fine aside from the wireless, it's the only thing, and the most important thing, that I can't seem to get to work. The version of Windows 7 that shipped with the PC was Windows 7 Home Premium, the version that I have and that I installed is Windows 7 Ultimate. Are the drivers not Ultimate compatible?

I've also considered installing earlier versions of the drivers, but I can't find legacy versions anywhere that doesn't look sketchy. I would really appreciate some help with this.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Please see my reply to your other 2 posts at the link below...

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Wireless-Internet-Home-Networking/My-HP-Pavilion-dv6-6c13nr-Wireless-Dr...

[simonb89]

This post was correct.  When in doubt, remove the back casing, check the actual model of your wireless card, and get the HP driver for that card.  Once installed (and had to reboot after the install), I was able to find wireless networks.