Centrino N-1030 not working after Windows 10 1909 upgrade

BPhil18 · ‎01-15-2020

Hi I have just upgraded my HP Pavilion Dv6 to Windows 10 1909 and the wireless card which is a Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030

Manufacturer
Intel Corporation
Availability

Installed
True
MA
Service Name
NETwNs64
Driver Provider
Intel
Driver Version
15.11.0.9
Driver Date
4/30/2015
Device Id
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_008B&SUBSYS_53158086&REV_34\4&9AB72CF&0&00E1
Revision
34

However after the Windows upgrade I cannot turn on wireless either by the switch or in settings, all I get is the amber light staying on and not the white light.

Help and advice with this issue would be most helpful indeed.

Best Regards

n_scott_pearson · ‎01-16-2020

According to the compatibility chart (here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005602/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html), this card is only support by the inbox driver. This means that the driver comes from an earlier Windows version (read: Windows 8/8.1). It also means that any attempt to upgrade the wireless drivers - such as will happen during a Windows 10 upgrade - could result in a non-working configuration (i.e. loss of the earlier driver).

You could try going into Device Manager and see if an attempt to install the latest driver (or a remove and then add) will coax it into putting back the original driver.

Hope this helps,

...S