After an in-depth investigation of the issues with the intel killer wifi 6E AX1675, We have gathered these few components to be at fault. Before leaning into troubleshooting the problem, take a look over the causes of this error for future ease in troubleshooting:
Outdated Drivers- The network adapter drivers installed on your computer may either be obsolete or unstable. In such a case, it is advised to reinstall the drivers.False Configuration- False configuration on your computer may lead to such issues; we’ll be reconfiguring the settings for our wifi adapter to cure this issue.Outdated BIOS- Users have reported cases in which updating their motherboard’s BIOs has fixed this issue. BIOS deals with hardware first-hand, and having an outdated BIOS might lead to a lack of synchronization between hardware and software.Power Surge- An unstable flow of electricity to your computer might have damaged your hardware components. Although it is unlikely since most of the time, the computers’ power supply takes the most damage in such cases, performing a power cycle might solve our issue.
1. Perform a Power Cycle
A power cycle is simply turning a computer’s hardware on and off. In our situation, a power cycle will help us reset our network modem’s configuration, which might resolve our issue. Follow these steps to perform a power cycle: Check if the issue has been resolved; if not, continue to the next step.
2. Enable Wifi Modem in BIOS settings
Your computer’s wifi compatibilities may be disabled from your BIOS; follow these steps to enable wifi settings in BIOS. These Steps may vary depending on your BIOS manufacturer: If the problem persists, continue to the next step.
3. Run Network Troubleshooter
Windows comes built-in with tools that help users troubleshoot surface-level errors with components. To use the windows network troubleshooter, Follow these straightforward steps: After your computer has restarted, try connecting to a WiFi network. If the issue presumes, continue to the next step.
4. Reconfigure connectivity settings
In this method, we’ll apply some commands inside the command prompt. These commands will freshen up our connectivity compatibilities. Follow these steps:
5. Disable and Enable your Wifi adapter
In this step, we’ll simply disable and enable our WiFi adapter within the windows device manager. Follow these steps to do so: If the problem still persists, continue to the next step.
6. Enable WLAN Autoconfig service
It is strongly recommended to enable the WLAN Autoconfig service as it provides ease in connectivity for devices with WLAN hardware. To enable this service on your computer; follow these steps:
7. Perform a Network Reset
The network reset feature inside your windows resets any settings made to the network adapter. Follow these steps to perform a Network reset on your computer: After the restart, try connecting to a wifi network. If the issue presumes, continue to the next step.
8. Reinstall the Network Drivers
It is possible that the current version of drivers that deal with the network side of things inside of the windows is corrupt. Follow these steps to uninstall and install the network drivers on your computer: Once restarted, try connecting to a WLAN network. If the problem presumes, continue to the next step.
9. Customize Wireless adapter performance settings.
Windows allows users to customize performance settings respective to their power plan. Hardware goes into small and unnoticeable patches of idle state if working on Powersaving mode to save power and consume less power. We’ll be changing our power plan performance settings for our wireless adapter; follow these steps to do so:
10. Update System BIOS
As discussed previously, It is possible you’re facing this issue due to an outdated or faulty BIOS. In such cases it is advised to update the system BIOS. For this process you’ll need either another device to access the internet or just connect your computer to the ethernet via an ethernet connection. Follow these steps:
11. Reset Your PC
This is your last resort, you might lose your data so create a backup of your personal data which you can not risk losing. Resetting your computer will allow you to start fresh and may as well fix the issue we are facing with our WiFi adapter. Follow these steps to reset your computer:
