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    Windows 8 wireless problems Intel Ultimate Centrino 6300

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Deihmos, Jun 27, 2013.

  1. Deihmos

    Deihmos Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone experience issues with the Ultimate 6300-N using windows 8? When I install the latest drivers from the intel website I experience issues with losing the internet connection. If I uninstall and revert to the default drivers for Win 8 it works fine. I have the Envy 17 3000 3D.

    I am connected to 5ghz.
     
    Deihmos, Jun 27, 2013
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    Aeny Notebook Consultant

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    I got the exact same problem with my 6300 under windows 8. Some drivers work while the latest drivers suck. The issues range from dropping connection to extreme slow speeds and also failing to log in into some networks/ captive portals. As far as I know there is no fix. The latest fully working drivers are 15.4.1.1 in my case.

    5ghz or 2,5ghz doesn't matter the newer drivers suck on both.

    ~Aeny
     
    Aeny, Jun 30, 2013
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    Deihmos Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you. Now I k ow it isn't only me. In windows 8 do you have switchable graphics? I only see the amd graphics.

    Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
     
    Deihmos, Jun 30, 2013
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    Where did you find these drivers?
     
    Deihmos, Jul 4, 2013
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    quattro100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got the same issues on my Alienware M18X via the latest 15.8.0.x driver from intel. I finally got it working by uninstalling the driver 2 times to get it to auto loading the 15.7.x.x driver upon reboot. It took a lot of version and this one I finally got to connect at 450MBPS all the time! Give it a try.

     
    quattro100, Jul 14, 2013
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