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    Atheros AR5xxx/9xxxx Version 10.0.0.42 WHQL Driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by bigspin, Mar 22, 2012.

  1. bigspin

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    bigspin, Mar 22, 2012
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    thanks!
    +rep
     
    xeroxide, Mar 22, 2012
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    I have killer wireless and I don't get the point of installing another driver for it ??
     
    dr.nassef, Mar 23, 2012
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    Generic driver is much more stable and no issue with applications.
     
    bigspin, Mar 23, 2012
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    IF you arent having any issues with the bigfoot drivers, leave it alone. The main complaint of the 1102/1103 cards is the bigfoot app manager. It seems to cause issues at times.

    The 1102/1103 uses an atheros chipset and the bigfoot drivers are based on those drivers. So these atheros drivers are essentially the bigfoot drivers without the bloatware
     
    SlickDude80, Mar 23, 2012
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    Thanks for this.

    I have been running a linksys WUSB54GC adapter for the last month or so. The old drivers kept locking up my Cisco WAP4410 access point so I tried to update to the killer 6.1.0.298 version and it has been nothing but bluescreen and then 1603 errors.

    I used the latest Win7 64bit 10.0.0.45

    These work like a champ.
     
    tunerX, May 18, 2012
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    which download link I should use for my 1103 ?

    many links for many driver

    when I google a driver with that name I get links for a small ~2 megabytes file ?
    is that it .. because I can't find what would exactly work with 1103 ??
     
    dr.nassef, May 18, 2012
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