[SOLVED] Onboard Wifi/Bluetooth Gone

Feb 21, 2019
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Hey, so I just turned my PC on, and as I tried connecting it to my wi-fi network, I realized that there is no option to connect to wifi, neither does bluetooth. When I go into Network adapters, there is only the wired connection adapter.

My motherboard is an Asus ROG Maximus X Code .
 
Solution
reboot go into the BIOS and verify that the devices are enabled in the BIOS. if they are disabled there windows will not see them at all.
you could try booting to linux and seeing if it can detect the hardware.

Boot to a USB drive with linux on it. grab a USB drive, a copy of rufus and a linux distribution.
http://distrowatch.com/ has tons of differing linux distributions and download links. I personally am fond of linux mint with cinnamon.
https://rufus.ie/ the utility used to extract the ISO file to the USB drive.

use rufus to extract the selected ISO to the thumb drive. it will make the drive bootable and you can run linux from the drive once done.
Reboot into linux and proceed to test the hardware. connect to...
reboot go into the BIOS and verify that the devices are enabled in the BIOS. if they are disabled there windows will not see them at all.
you could try booting to linux and seeing if it can detect the hardware.

Boot to a USB drive with linux on it. grab a USB drive, a copy of rufus and a linux distribution.
http://distrowatch.com/ has tons of differing linux distributions and download links. I personally am fond of linux mint with cinnamon.
https://rufus.ie/ the utility used to extract the ISO file to the USB drive.

use rufus to extract the selected ISO to the thumb drive. it will make the drive bootable and you can run linux from the drive once done.
Reboot into linux and proceed to test the hardware. connect to internet, watch videos, await problems.
if linux is good and stable the issue is most likely inside windows or otherwise software related.
this is a test of the hardware.

if it works in linux but not windows there is a driver issue or other software problem.
 
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