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I have an HP 15-r052nr Touch Screen Notebook running Win 10, 64-bit, version 1909, build-18363.900.
- My Wifi card has disappeared and my wireless network does not show up as a choice when joining a network.
1) The driver listed in my Add/Delete App listing is the Ralink RT3290 802.11 b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver, version 5.0.37.0.
2) My HP support (Discover My PC) lists the network card driver choices for my notebook are as follows:
3) There is no Wireless card showing up in my VISIBLE Device Manager Network choices. However, my WiFi card does show up as a HIDDEN choice and it shows up as the Ralink RT3290 802.11 bgn;
Based on Device Manager, my Add/Delete App listing and the HP Driver Choices, I assume I have the MediaTek/Ralink RT3290 WiFi card that everyone's posts seems to complain about. Oh Goody.
All that being said, my wireless connection disappeared from my network choices sometime in the last 6-8 months (I also have a wired LAN connection, which I use most of the time and which I'm on now). I don't use the WiFi connection at home or at the office, only when I travel, so I didn't notice it was gone until today when I was doing some "housekeeping". I remember using it last Thanksgiving on the road, but that's time I can remember using it.
I did download and "re-install" the HP supplied Realtek and MediaTek drivers (although I didn't uninstall anything before doing so). I also went to a Microsoft site and downloaded a couple of Realtek/MediaTek CAB driver files labeled for Win 10 and I attempted to install them (no errors, so I guess I'm good).
As of now, no change, No visible WiFi adapter, no visible WiFi network connections; no WiFi. (I've done the whole reboot everything I own in the house routine as well as run all of HP's "Help" routines. No help).
Any and all help is welcome. And if I have to, I'll replace the card (assuming I can). Thank you in advance.
