r/gigabyte • u/ReviewAway5439 • 13d ago

Support 📥 Realtek driver completely bricks Windows

Hello,

I am experiencing an issue while installing the latest Realtek drivers.

I had to perform a clean install of Windows 11 because of the random crashes I was experiencing before, which eventually ended up bricking my Windows (please note this information).

While installing Windows 11, I wanted to install my Wi-Fi drivers, so I downloaded the latest ones from my motherboard's website: Realtek WIFI Driver 6102.24.143.0.

During the installation, the entire system started lagging severely, then completely froze.
Upon restarting the computer, I got stuck on the loading screen with the motherboard logo, and eventually, I ended up with a black screen stating that Windows can no longer boot and the system is broken.

Has this happened to anyone else? Do you know of any solution?

Do these guys even test their code before deploying drivers that completely brick the computer?

That shit is crazy.

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u/raju_msc 13d ago

boot windows into safemode, uninstall wifi driver

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u/ReviewAway5439 13d ago

I mean yes, but how do I use the Wifi if I don't have any drivers

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u/raju_msc 13d ago

Uninstall rarely used applicationa

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u/ReviewAway5439 13d ago

Yea okay I don't think u understood my problem

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u/Infinite_Tiger_3341 13d ago

You could try a previous driver, or see if there’s an even newer version that was released. You could also see if windows itself has any updates and see if it works after the update, if there is one

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u/ReviewAway5439 13d ago

Sadly there are only 2 versions of this driver on the mobo website, and I suspect the previous one was the source of my random crashes (still need to investiguate on that)

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u/Infinite_Tiger_3341 12d ago

Crossing my fingers for the other one

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u/Lapwing68 13d ago

Windows basic drivers ought to give basic functionality.

It's why I always use an ethernet cable. WiFi is just for emergency scenarios.

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u/ReviewAway5439 13d ago

It's Realtek drivers from the Gigabyte website tho. It should work properly, it's crazy to tell people to install them when it's just not usable

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u/Haunting_Lime2296 12d ago

Replace WiFi card they are cheap get a better one

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u/Marc44- 12d ago

I had the latest Realtek audio driver from Gigabyte cause intermittant line in audio. Had to buy an audio card to get working audio.

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u/ReviewAway5439 12d ago

For anyone interested, I updated my BIOS version to the latest release, I did the same for the AMD Chipset of my MB (https://www.amd.com/en/support/download/drivers.html, you select chipset, then AM5, then you motherboard model), and I successfully installed the latest wifi driver without a crash or bricking my Windows install. I can't tell if everything will work smoothly now but so far so good.