Founded in May of 1997, MediaTek is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that manufactures several products including processors, HD TVs, optical disc drivers, and wireless communication chips.
Last year, the company introduced the MediaTek MT7921 Wi-Fi 6 card with the ASUS ROG and TUF gaming notebooks. The powerful chip features superior connectivity, support for long-range connections, and improved battery life.
While the Wi-Fi card looks extremely good on paper, recent reports from those using the MediaTek MT7921 indicate the device is not working after the Windows 11 June update.
It looks like the hardware is having problems working after the update with some getting ‘This device cannot start. (Code 10)’ error message while others say their Wi-Fi is not showing up at all.
While MediaTek is yet to officially comment on the matter, we stumbled across some potential workarounds that might help fix the MT7921 not working issue after the Windows 11 June update.
The first solution requires users to reset the BIOS and see if the card works as intended. It looks like the Windows 11 June update allegedly made some changes to BIOS.
If this did not fix the issue, try holding the power button for at least a minute before booting up the machine.
If both aforementioned solutions fail to fix the problem, try uninstalling the device drivers and reinstalling them from the My Asus app available in Microsoft Store and see if it helps.
As always, we will be keeping track of further developments on the matter and update this article when we come across more information so stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.
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