I recently built a new PC with the following specs: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D CPU, RX 9070 XT GPU, T-Force Vulcan DDR5 RAM (2x8 GB) at 6000MHz, MSI Pro B850-P WiFi motherboard, and a WD_BLACK SN7100 1TB NVME. I'm having a frustrating issue where I can't seem to get the WiFi drivers installed. I mistakenly thought my motherboard had a built-in network interface for WiFi, but it turns out it doesn't. I tried to install Windows 11 from a USB flash drive but hit a roadblock. I ended up downloading the WiFi drivers onto another USB using my laptop, but when I ran the installer from AMD, I keep getting a 'no suitable drivers' error. I've read that some users suggest discharging static by unplugging the PSU and holding the power button, but that didn't help either. Interestingly, I have no trouble connecting to WiFi when I boot up with Linux. However, my new build is primarily for Windows-exclusive games, so I really need to sort this out. Has anyone encountered this issue before or know how to resolve it?
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If you can boot into Windows, you should be able to install the WiFi drivers from the MSI support site. Make sure to switch to the chipset drivers related to LAN; your WiFi driver should be listed there too.
Have you installed your chipset drivers yet? Those are usually a prerequisite for enabling the WiFi.
No, I haven't done that. Do I need to install those first?
That's where I got them from, but I get an error when I try to install them.