

This should be pretty standard on any PC with Windows 8.Ĥ.) Click on the one that says "WiFi Adapter."ħ.) Another dialog box will open-> select "Search automatically for updated driver software."Ĩ.) Wait a couple minutes while it installs.ĩ.) Recheck your network connections. These are the steps that I took, which restored my wireless connection.ġ.) Simultaneously click the Windows key + W to open the search function on your computer.Ģ.) Search "update device drivers." This will open a dialog box titled "Device Manager".ģ.) Find the option that says "Network adapters". The airplane mode was off, but my laptop was unable to detect wireless devices, thus the error message: "We couldn't find wireless devices on this PC". Some of Ralinks 802. On Ralink was bought by the Taiwanese company MediaTek. Originally founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California, Ralink moved its Headquarter to Hsinchu, Taiwan. My wi-fi connection was fine on my phone, but for some reason it wasn't registering on my PC. was a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer mainly known for their WLAN chipsets.

A similar thing happened to me after I updated Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.
