Question Asrock X870 Riptide - Wifi not showing up

Oct 6, 2024
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I have just (re)finished a build with this board everything is running flawlessly except the fact that it does not show any options for a Wifi connection. All board and chipset drivers are installed and up to date. Network settings only shows the LAN connection and Bluetooth.

I used the Asrock Auto Driver Installer; and every time I run this app, it says that there is an update for the WLAN driver (MediaTek WLAN Driver version 5.3.0.1825). Upon selecting the Update button, the driver downloads and installs. The Auto Driver Installer then closes, and there is still no WLAN shown in the networking options for use. If I run the Auto Driver Installer again; it still shows that there is no Current Version installed, and wants me to run the update for the download and installation of the MediaTek WLAN Driver.

I have also tried downloading the WLAN driver from MediaTek directly and installed it from there with no success. I contacted Asrock support and was told that it may be a bad motherboard controller.

Fast forward two weeks; I purchased the same board (replacement) to hopefully fix the issue, and to my surprise, the issue is still present. I'm at my wits end here since Asrock support does not have any solutions; and I somehow doubt that I got two motherboards with the exact same hardware issue. From what I can tell; it's as if the MediaTek WLAN driver is not properly installing; see images below for Device Manager.



Hardware Installed
Windows 10 Pro
Asrock X870 Riptide Wifi
AM5 R9 7950X3D
RTX 4080 Super
G.Skill Flare X5 6000 16GBx2
MSI Spatium M480 2TB
(2x) Adata SX8200 1TB
ROG Strix 1000w Gold PSU
 
I have just (re)finished a build with this board everything is running flawlessly except the fact that it does not show any options for a Wifi connection. All board and chipset drivers are installed and up to date. Network settings only shows the LAN connection and Bluetooth.

I used the Asrock Auto Driver Installer; and every time I run this app, it says that there is an update for the WLAN driver (MediaTek WLAN Driver version 5.3.0.1825). Upon selecting the Update button, the driver downloads and installs. The Auto Driver Installer then closes, and there is still no WLAN shown in the networking options for use. If I run the Auto Driver Installer again; it still shows that there is no Current Version installed, and wants me to run the update for the download and installation of the MediaTek WLAN Driver.

I have also tried downloading the WLAN driver from MediaTek directly and installed it from there with no success. I contacted Asrock support and was told that it may be a bad motherboard controller.

Fast forward two weeks; I purchased the same board (replacement) to hopefully fix the issue, and to my surprise, the issue is still present. I'm at my wits end here since Asrock support does not have any solutions; and I somehow doubt that I got two motherboards with the exact same hardware issue. From what I can tell; it's as if the MediaTek WLAN driver is not properly installing; see images below for Device Manager.



Hardware Installed
Windows 10 Pro
Asrock X870 Riptide Wifi
AM5 R9 7950X3D
RTX 4080 Super
G.Skill Flare X5 6000 16GBx2
MSI Spatium M480 2TB
(2x) Adata SX8200 1TB
ROG Strix 1000w Gold PSU
Is it enabled in BIOS?