Pavilion 16-af0002na (A2SB9EA) RealTek WiFi driver

[MattBurt]

I'm trying a clean install of Windows 11 24H2 on a Pavilion 16-af0002na (A2SB9EA)

The WiFi hardware is provided by RealTek, rather than Intel. Here's the information from a Linux live CD:-

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller [10ec:b852]
	DeviceName: WLAN
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller [103c:88e3]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 159, IOMMU group 14
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
	Memory at 80000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [148] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-ff-fe-88-52-01
	Capabilities: [158] Latency Tolerance Reporting
	Capabilities: [160] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: rtw89_8852be
	Kernel modules: rtw89_8852be

 However, I can't find a driver for this device in the downloads section for the laptop.

Any ideas where I can find it?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Here are the links to the latest Realtek Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers for the RTL8852BE:

Wi-Fi:

sp155768.exe

Bluetooth:

sp155460.exe

[MattBurt]

All good - I extracted the WiFi archive from the .exe using another Windows installation:-

sp155768.exe /s /e /f .\extract

then I popped the contents on a memory stick and the Pavilion is now happily installing updates.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Glad to have been of assistance.

I use the free 7-Zip utility to extract the driver files into a folder from the exe file.

It is especially useful to get the driver files from the Microsoft Update Catalog cabinet files.