PCE-AC68 Windows 10 Drivers

[criminala]

BTW all tech companies struggle with driver updates when a new OS is released and Windows 10 is no exception

Anorax , saying "ALL tech companies" is very generalistic and simply untrue . There are many companies that had their drivers ready from day 1 (and some even before that) .
AMD , Asrock , Gigabyte , Nvidia , ... to name a few from personal experience .

 

[D2theZ]

I used the 7.35.295.2 driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog and it is working fine with my card. Anybody else try this driver?

 

[whitey019]

I used the 7.35.295.2 driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog and it is working fine with my card. Anybody else try this driver?

Where did you get this driver?

 

[sfx2000]

I used the 7.35.295.2 driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog and it is working fine with my card. Anybody else try this driver?

Is there a date on that driver?

 

[D2theZ]

7/20/15. It is just OEM Broadcom driver.

 

[sfx2000]

7/20/15. It is just OEM Broadcom driver.

Thanks - when this thread started, the Broadcom driver was not available, and folks were having issues as a result...

 

[bodean]

How do you run windows update when windows doesn't have the driver to begin with, to log onto the internet, to check for a driver?

 

[sfx2000]

How do you run windows update when windows doesn't have the driver to begin with, to log onto the internet, to check for a driver?

go to device manager and check there...

 

[snakebite3]

go to device manager and check there...

That won't work. It's a catch 22. How can you get a driver from the internet when the device that provide the internet access don't work without a driver?
Update: I just the tried the 7.35.295.2. The driver is not good 5ghz doesn't work. It doesn't connect 80Mhz. It show connected to 40Mhz at 6Mbps but the connection doesn't work.

Try it if you want.
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=86337EF3FDC8A535!1598&authkey=!AMLaszOeRdthkfY&ithint=file,zip

 

[sfx2000]

The Win8 driver is functional, if not complete...

 

[sfx2000]

I just the tried the 7.35.295.2. The driver is not good 5ghz doesn't work. It doesn't connect 80Mhz. It show connected to 40Mhz at 6Mbps but the connection doesn't work.

Well, if this helps, uninstall all the Asus stuff - that's what worked for me on the USB-AC56 dongle, and let it sort things from there - the Asus app is a bit borked, and it was in Win7/Win8...

 

[snakebite3]

Well, if this helps, uninstall all the Asus stuff - that's what worked for me on the USB-AC56 dongle, and let it sort things from there - the Asus app is a bit borked, and it was in Win7/Win8...

It didn't make a difference. The driver cripple the adapter's function.

 

[Anorax]

The Broadcom driver that seems to be appearing in Windows Update is probably similar to the Station-Drivers set which I had a bad experience with. The 5GHz functionality was very broken.

 

[sfx2000]

The Broadcom driver that seems to be appearing in Windows Update is probably similar to the Station-Drivers set which I had a bad experience with. The 5GHz functionality was very broken.

Check the advanced settings on the driver - the Realtek driver for the USB-AC56 driver from MSFT was set very conservatively and would camp on 2.4GHz until tweaked...

 

[D2theZ]

Station-Drivers does have a few other Win10 options available prior to the one I mentioned. Have you tried those? Also, I had to deep6 the Asus utilities as well. Always created havoc for me.

 

[sfx2000]

Also, I had to deep6 the Asus utilities as well. Always created havoc for me.

Yep, the Asus utility was always a bit odd, and pretty much not needed, even with Win7/8...

 

[criminala]

Since today also a blue screen "driver overran stack buffer" .
Checking my system log i have 80 000 entries relating to broadcom driver , which seems related to the Asus wireless driver (see also other people having this problem in the past even on W8.1 http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2371459)

Asus better bring out a proper wifi driver+tool , SOON .

 

[snakebite3]

Since today also a blue screen "driver overran stack buffer" .
Checking my system log i have 80 000 entries relating to broadcom driver , which seems related to the Asus wireless driver (see also other people having this problem in the past even on W8.1 http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2371459)

Asus better bring out a proper wifi driver+tool , SOON .

You have to Change the start registry key Hkey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet001\Services\BCM42RLY from the value 3 to the value 4 in Hex.
It's not new I've known about that spamming the eventviewer since I got the card a year ago. It was suppose to be harmless but apparently it isn't.

 

[criminala]

snakebyte3 , you're probably right about that possible fix .

What strikes me is that i'm finding posts about this problem going back to january 2014 .
So this problem is at least there for 1.5 years , in the mean time a new OS has come and ASUS still hasn't come up with anything . It's even more awful than i imagined .

 

[snakebite3]

snakebyte3 , you're probably right about that possible fix .

What strikes me is that i'm finding posts about this problem going back to january 2014 .
So this problem is at least there for 1.5 years , in the mean time a new OS has come and ASUS still hasn't come up with anything . It's even more awful than i imagined .

Maybe they're waiting for Broadcom.