Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 not Working in Windows 10

[BearByte]

My wifi has not been working for about a month now, and I am getting very frustrated. I saw somewhere that you should uninstall the device and reconnect the adapter to reinstall it. When I uninstalled it and reconnected it, it did not detect the adapter at all. 

I have a hp pavilion dv7-4083cl.

Please help.

[BearByte]

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[banhien]

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@BearByte wrote:

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@BearByte

You did not do your homework: checking available drivers before upgrade.

    https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-dv7-4000-entertainment-notebook-pc-seri...

and Intel did not write drivers for Windows 10

    https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/59480/Intel-Centrino-Wireless-N-1000-Single-Band

Now, please try

(a) Totally remove wireless driver,

(b) Download the latest driver from Intel above then install to your computer.

Hope this helps.

Regards.

[BearByte]

Problem is, my computer doesn't even display the adapter in the device manager. I tried installing the latest drivers a week ago and I uninstalled the device. Now, even after disconnecting and reconnecting it, it won't show up.

I'm thinking about buying a Windows 10 compatible wireless adapter, but I don't know which ones would be compatible with my laptop.

If you could help me try to restore the adapter to the device manager or find a new wireless adapter, I would greatly appreciate it.

~BearByte 

[banhien]

@BearByte

Your machine has an  Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 802.11 b/g/n (1x2) WLAN module. Parts list

      http://partsurfer.hp.com/Search.aspx?searchText=WQ638UA

It came with Windows 7 pre-installed

      https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c02474573

It was built around mid-2010 therefore the chance to upgrade wireless card is none due to the whitelist. Option

   https://www.lifewire.com/top-wi-fi-usb-adapters-2377825

Regards.

[BearByte]

So, would reverting back to Windows 7 fix the problem?

(BTW, couldn't I get another 802.11b/g/n WLAN adapter. Would that work?)

[BearByte]

Could reverting back to Windows 7 fix the problem?

[banhien · Accepted solution]

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@BearByte wrote:

Could reverting back to Windows 7 fix the problem?

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@BearByte

My answer is 99% yes because you can get all drivers for your machine

     https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-dv7-4000-entertainment-notebook-pc-seri...

Regards.