Wifi Network Adapter keeps crashing when I play games.

[NajIsEvil]

Hello,

First time poster here. I'm wondering if I could get any help with my problem.

Every time I run GTA 5 and gamble at the casino my Wi-Fi adapter just stops working, and when I check it, the Wi-Fi button doesn't exist and if I check the

device manager it has the yellow caution sign, even though I already updated my INTEL R WI-FI 6 AX201 160MHZ to its updated version.

I've had this problem for quite some time now and I don't know if there is a PERMANENT solution to this. I've done the network reset and the clean uninstall install of it,

nothing works that would fix it for good.

 

It does not matter what games I play whether it be offline or online, steam or riot or epic. It just crashes. 

The windows I'm using is 10.

 

Please Help.

 

EDIT 2-6-23

I don't know how to respond to all of you guys but I am using a gaming laptop, and here is the specs:

Device name    DESKTOP-4G76R1N
Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10300H CPU @ 2.50GHz   2.50 GHz
Installed RAM    8.00 GB (7.79 GB usable)
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Edition    Windows 10 Pro
Version    22H2
Installed on    ‎2/‎2/‎2023
OS build    19045.2546
Experience    Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0
 

Edited February 6, 2023 by NajIsEvil
added response to inquiries

[HanZie82]

What wifi-adapter, what pc. The more you share the better your help will be.

Else the recommendation would be; "use another USB port".

[johnno23]

alternative USB port would be my first attempt at problem solving also. I have a ton of USB items from over the years and although USB in most cases is supposed to be backwards compatable I often have to swap a port on older items wirelss modules for the mouse or i forget my little travel USB drive is in the wrong port and only works on A not B etc. 

[Falcon1986]

2 hours ago, NajIsEvil said:

I already updated my INTEL R WI-FI 6 AX201 160MHZ to its updated version.

1. Is this adapter integrated to the motherboard?
2. Which motherboard?
3. Where did you get the drivers from?
4. Have you updated the rest of the motherboard's drivers?

[johnno23]

it could be a number of things. Poor Signal., so if connected what is your laptop telling you regarding the signal strength.

How far are you from the router itself. are you in a different room.

Does the issue persist if for example you are sitting at a table uisin the laptop and the source of your wifi is in the same room.

is it the only happening when you play a game or does it happen if you simply browse the internet?

 

From my perspective it is hard to ubnderstand if it is an issue with the laptop the router or its wifi and simply bad wifi connection.

And my last question is where is the router ? is it in a cabinet or placed on something so the antennae have room. Modern routers are robust but position can influence results.

[NajIsEvil]

18 hours ago, johnno23 said:

it could be a number of things. Poor Signal., so if connected what is your laptop telling you regarding the signal strength.

How far are you from the router itself. are you in a different room.

Does the issue persist if for example you are sitting at a table uisin the laptop and the source of your wifi is in the same room.

is it the only happening when you play a game or does it happen if you simply browse the internet?

 

From my perspective it is hard to ubnderstand if it is an issue with the laptop the router or its wifi and simply bad wifi connection.

And my last question is where is the router ? is it in a cabinet or placed on something so the antennae have room. Modern routers are robust but position can influence results.

the router placement is placed where it is convenient to our room and outside by the living room, the signal, it doesn't matter if its 1 bar short or it is on its max strength, once i startup the game and start to play when it involves using the in game credits, the internet and its Wi-Fi button disappear.

for now the fix that seems to be working is that i would just do idle stuff before i start playing any games, that way it would not have to immediately kill the Wi-Fi.

[johnno23]

It almost sounds like a form of filter to prevent gambling as you mention a spefic item as gambling but might have just been a bug in the game.

As you seem to have solved the issue that sgood.

Anyways there are forums and it seems that many people around the world have had issues with th gambling in GTA and here is a quick snip from one forum post at the Rockstar forums

 

It's because countries law... Poland, Luxemburg, Belgium have blockade... So I don't know what to do , I'm pretty sure that USA is allowed to play in casino xD 

Guys , I've been thinking about using a USA VPN for example, will I get banned? Do you know sth about it?

 

 

But casinos are legalized in Portugal. And this is just a game, it has nothing to do with laws, just age (+18).

[NajIsEvil]

3 hours ago, johnno23 said:

It almost sounds like a form of filter to prevent gambling as you mention a spefic item as gambling but might have just been a bug in the game.

As you seem to have solved the issue that sgood.

Anyways there are forums and it seems that many people around the world have had issues with th gambling in GTA and here is a quick snip from one forum post at the Rockstar forums

 

It's because countries law... Poland, Luxemburg, Belgium have blockade... So I don't know what to do , I'm pretty sure that USA is allowed to play in casino xD 

Guys , I've been thinking about using a USA VPN for example, will I get banned? Do you know sth about it?

 

 

But casinos are legalized in Portugal. And this is just a game, it has nothing to do with laws, just age (+18).

I got a lan cable that seems to solved my problem.

[E-waste]

I have had this happen as well.  And to the point that I had to reset windows (and I have a full backup install but it's the one with this issue) to be able to use the usb wifi adapter again.  I've also had the adapter not be accessible where I can't enable wifi at all, nothing, yet the OS detects the hardware.

 

No idea what the issue is, but I'm going to upload all the default stuff to microsoft by finding all the logs, and copying them to my reset install.  I'm sure this is a more common issue.

[E-waste]

Seems to be a common windows bug with certain wi-fi devices.  Sometimes my usb connection works great for a few hours and other times it won't see any networks until I reboot.

[big.stonkus]

Hey, did you ever solve the issue or are you still using a lan cable?