Just upgraded to an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

Thanks for the drivers. I don't use StartIsBack, I use Start8 (and the comparable product is Start10). Here's a shot of my desktop:


I'll consider classic shell, though Start8/Start10 fix a lot of things outside of just the start menu (like the charms bar and multi-monitor corner stickiness). I've never run StartIsBack in my life xD.

I'll get these downloaded so I can store them to install. I hate reinstalling an OS but eh, what's the worst that can happen. Too bad I'll need to do a ridiculous amount of tweaks from the get-go. And then boot with DSE off so I can install nVidia drivers. Ugh. *shudder* Thank meowmix for lack of secure boot on this thing!

 

another thing you CAN do is.......

When you install Windows, do nothing........ just run......

Download Windows Update Blocker then run it and disable Windows update so that when you connect to the internet, no drivers / updates are downloaded.

Remember, we need to install all the latest drivers before we connect to the internet to prevent Windows Update from installing the drivers it feels like installing

Now have TeamViewer 12 ready and install it, send me a PM with your TeamViewer ID / Pass and let me do the magic.....

I will also show you the best way in Macrium Reflect on how to set it up, and speed up the backup/restore process and set it up in a way that when you want to restore an image, you won't need a USB Recovery Flash Disk but can do it on the fly via a simple reboot........

I can do all the tweaks to tame Windows 10 in no time as I've done it hundreds of times

that includes restoring the old calculator, old windows photo viewer, disable cortana, adjust your Firewall Settings to prevent useless stuff like Microsoft Spotlight and whatnot from connecting to the net.........

Show you all what we need to change in the Group Policy Editor to prevent the usage of the useless Home Group, disable the new app installed notification, disable Windows Error Reporting and System Restore....... thel is too huge to list really.....

 

Ok. I was just going to disable it in services but that looks like a useful tool. I'd have all the drivers downloaded and ready to install before I turn on windows update, yes. I'll send you a PM for stuff like the old photo viewer and old calculator and disabling cortana, though I don't want error reporting or system restore disabled. We can chat about it no problem.

As for some of the tweaks like getting O&O shutup 10 running, I need to learn that, so I'll fiddle a little then ask you to mop up what I missed, if you don't mind. Not trying to spite your helpfulness, I just like the firsthand experience (but restoring calc and photo viewer and all that sounds like a bloody pain, so I'll watch you do it hehe).

I don't really have a drive to back up to properly, though. My storage is rather limited right now (256GB OS, 512GB storage). I have more drives yet to arrive, but for now this is my limit. Once everything is perfectly up and running and I have my drives though, I'll come ask you.

 

yes no problem, you will learn everything quickly as I do it, it's super easy once you know how to do it.

Ill PM you since you can't PM me directly

 

Sounds good

 

my pleasure

 

I just received my order from the same seller this morning. Install the 8265 and it is fantastic! Rock solid....Price is only $24 now.

 

yeah he's an awesome seller and very fast shipping

 

@D2 Ultima

new driver for Windows 8.1 released today, I extracted the INF Driver for you:

Download it and let me know when you have so I can delete it off my server:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/64nqabk7csis3b3/Intel_AC8265_WLAN_Driver.zip

 

Hi guys, I ordered 2 AC-8265 cards from the ebay seller yesterday. I assume it will take like 3 weeks to get to California? Or two weeks?
Anyway is it easy to install this into an older MSI whitebook (I believe based on something like GT60? GT63 or something, I don't remember exactly, but it was one of the MSI whitebooks from 2012, that came with a 2670QM Intel quad and an Intel 6230-N dual band wireless card. I want to get rid of that and put in this 8265. I saw someone with a GS70 upgrade to one of the newer Intel cards, so I assume this is the same thing? Open it up, remove the card and the antenna wires and hook up the new one and install drivers? But is it compatible ?

I actually think the whitebook is based on MSI GT780DXR or something thereabouts.

Thank you!

 

Do you have an M.2 slot for the Wifi Card? The 8265 is an M.2 card. I would look at the card in there right now to make sure...

 

Latest Intel Wireless Drivers for Windows 10 (INF extracted version without the buggy Intel PRO/SET utility)

Intel Wireless Driver WLAN v19.50.0.11 / BT v19.50.1

 

Inspired by Phoenix's repack for the Intel 8265 AC, I wanted to do my own repacks for current and future ISO's. Not being sure which files to keep or discard from the extracted Temp files, I ended up on some dark corners on the Internet and stumbled upon these gems:

Intel Wireless for IT Administrators Repacks
Intel Bluetooth for IT Administrators Repacks

I would advise everyone to bookmark these links since they will be updated when every new drivers come out and you can use the INF packages for your systems with ease

 

Thank you very much for this invaluable link! I can't rep you again. @hmscott please help me

 

Looks good @Carcozep , +rep

 

The old laptop died so I have a MSI GT72VR dominator 450 incoming. And yes it does have a m.2 slot. It's going to come with an 8260 so putting in the 8265 should be simple assembly work.
But I cant even tell what the difference is between an 8260 and 8265, so I won't be in a big rush to pop it in until I get everything else running.

 

Will there be Intel 19260, or is Intel discarding 802.11ad?

 

8265 can be only fitted into M2 slot


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Can anyone tell me whether a 8265 could be slotted in my system? I currently use a Intel 3165

 

Same interface, same package dimensions, same number of antenna connections. Just make sure you update your drivers.

 

I have 6230 in my laptop is there any other way to put.


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Great, thanks for the help. Updating the drivers is simply downloaing the 8265 drivers from Intel after I've put in the 8265 card right?

 

You need a M.2 slot for the 8265, your current card is a mini PCIe. Does your laptop have any open M.2s?

Yup. I'd go ahead and uninstall your old ones before installing the new card also

 

Cheers for all the help

 

What is the better way to update the driver? Simply use Device manager and update from there or uninstall first?

 

Just update. Make sure you uninstall the buggy Intel Wireless PRO/SET app and only install the INF driver

 

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so how can I get only the inf driver from the Intel site? it appears that you can download only the exe that comes with the pro/set app

 

I think you could just uninstall the pro/set app afterwards?

 

if you uninstall the app it also uninstall the driver, at least so it seems

 

For the benefit of those wondering about the 8265 and no free M2 slots...

Here is a picture of my Gigabyte P34w v3 with an 8265 running instead of the 7260hmw it came with. I wasn't prepared to lose my M2 SSD so I got a cheap adapter from ebay that allowed me to use the pcie slot. It is ungainly as you can see, and I haven't permanently stuck the antennae down but it works absolutely fine.

The pic is actually an 8260, but I found out about the 8265 and upgraded again. The result is the same, it still works.

Thought I'd add this as I am back for the latest unbloated drivers lol.

 

Someone has been hard at work convincing us we have stepped too far into the light :

Rivet Networks Announces Killer xTend: Turning a Gaming PC into a Switch and Wi-Fi AP

Rivet Networks Announces SmartByte for Dell Inspiron Systems

Rivet Networks Announces Killer Support for 10 Gbps Network Controllers

 

Hi,

Have anyone experienced issue with AC 8265 that there is no Bluetooth listed under device manager?

Laptop in question is Acer Aspire VX5-591G and it had Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 installed to it.

Bluetooth works fine with QCA61x4 but after putting Intel to it, it doesn't appear to no where.

 

Install Intel bluetooth driver after uninstalling existing Killer BT software.

 

Tested that, but it didn't work, driver installation went fine and no issues with that.

What could cause this?

 

try reseating the card and antennas properly

also ensure that if your laptop has airplane mode, that Bluetooth is turned ON

PC Settings > Network & Internet > Airplane Mode

 

Try BT drivers made for W7/W8.1

 

I have removed card and checked the antenna cables, also tried older Bluetooth drivers.

But still it's not visible under device manager.

 

Some laptops have a protection to only accept certain WLAN cards specified by the manufacturer so what I would advice you is to ask other forum members who have the same laptop model if anyone has been successful in installing this card and getting it to work 100%. It would also help if you put your system model/specs in your signature like me so others can better assist you.

 

Added my signature, this certain Acer model have qualcomm atheros qca61x4 or AC 8265 installed, european models have with Qualcomm.

It's bit weird that this laptop doesn't work with it, on Acer forum, they claimed that it could be issue with Intel wlan itself not the laptop. I have ordered a 8260 and second 8265 for testing.

 

Is it Killer 1435 or 1535?

 

it's a qualcomm atheros qca61x4 , it could refer to Killer 1435.

I took picture of the card:

 

Could those pins affect? because card in picture has all connected ( E and A) but intel has only connected latter one.

 

Yes you need both, I think Black wire is Bt and white for Wifi. Switch to Killer, if Intel doesn't have AUX antenna. Install Killer latest SW and all are good.

 

Hi! Could you reupload the files? The mediafire link states invalid or deleted files. Also what do I do with the BT file? Also, there seems to be an updated driver now, version 19.70.0, do you recommend the older ones? or the newer one?

I also own the 8265 and am experiencing the jittering lag spikes:

Tried WLAN Optimizer, didn't work...

 

I used to randomly get that kind of stupid crap behavior from 8260. BT is the Bluetooth drivers.

 

Hey D2 Ultima, have you managed to solve the lag spikes on your 8265? I'm in the same boat here =/

 

I had a bad card. WLAN Optimizer needs both streaming mode and disable background scan ticked

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WLAN optimizer helps slightly, but doesn't resolve it completely, do I just order a new 8265 and hope for the best?

 

Try clean booting; make sure that no programs are interfering. Because they can

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