Permanent driver update for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 network card in win7

Question

Windows

Good afternoon dear community.
There was such a problem on an Asus X5DIJ laptop with Win7 installed, at each boot, the drivers for the Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 network card are updated. And sometimes this update is successful and sometimes not. I downloaded drivers from the official site, I also downloaded from windows update, the effect is the same. Tell me in which direction to look, where could be the problem?

Answer 1

How does the driver version change?
If there is a suspicion that there is a conflict between two update systems: one is native windows update, and the second one is supplied with a laptop.

Answer 2

There was a problem with a looped update (GFWL), solved by troubleshooting.
windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Windows-Update-troubleshooter

Answer 3

There was the same problem on ASUS K40IJ and it was with the Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 network card.
The problem is in the network card. Each time it boots, its MAC address changes, so the OS recognizes it as a new device.
The problem is solved in two ways:
1. Take it to the SC under warranty.
2. Flash eeprom on the network card.
My laptop's warranty is over, but I could not find the firmware for this card on the Internet.