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The TL;DR is My Wi-Fi driver is cooked and no drivers work for it, I cannot type in command prompt to bypass Network requirement, and windows is not recognize another drive. 

 

I'm currently trying to build my second PC using the Microcenter bundle with the ryzen 7 9700x, 32 GB of ddr5, and the gigabyte b650 x ax V2 gaming motherboard. Initially it didn't boot because the motherboard bios was out of date. I flashed the new bios and finally was able to get it to boot. 

Then once I booted and was trying to install Windows, Windows couldn't recognize my motherboard's build in wifi. (I have no ethernet cord.) I tried to install the Wi-Fi drivers using a USB stick, but Windows doesn't recognize any of the drivers that I found on the gigabyte website. I triple checked and I know it's the correct mobo on the website. I tried all versions and iterations of the drivers. Nothing works. I also tried extras that I found recommended by other redditors in the pass who've had success. I've now tried 12 different Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers, and Windows recognizes none of them as compatible drivers. I extract the files to the usb stick and put them in a folder. I then connect the usb stick to the mobo. The weird thing I will note is that when I open the folders containing the drivers, the folders show that they are empty.
Secondly, when I try and enter command prompt and bypass the Wi-Fi or network requirement I cannot type in command prompt. I can type when I'm trying to find the files to update the drivers, but I cannot type in command prompt. I know the keyboards work. I also tried typeing the whole thing in and pressing enter (assuming text was hidden) that does not work. Alt-tabing does not work.

Lastly, Windows is not recognized my other m.2 drive. In BIOS I see both my m.2s there, but Windows only sees one in file explorer (while trying to find the drivers). Do I need to config the other after getting into windows?

As for the drivers, I'm really at a loss. I cannot even get to the device ID in device mngr, as others have done in the past, to go and find the exact chip. It seems really weird and poor that the new bios drivers worked and solved one of my previous issues, but none of the wifi drivers are recognized. 

Any tips, advice, or websites I should go to? 
Anything helps.

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