This simple post is just to share the driver that you can use for Atheros AR5007EG on Windows 7. Atheros AR5007EG is a wireless network adapter. I found that this AR5007EG driver a little bit hard to find on the internet. Not because it’s hard to download, it’s because you may encounter several drivers that said to be work on Windows 7 for Atheros AR5007EG but it’s not. Some of them will not work correctly and if you unlucky, you may have to face blue screen of death on Windows startup.
To make your life easier, if you want to find correct driver for Atheros AR5007EG for Windows 7, you can just download the driver below. I tested this driver on my laptop Acer Aspire 5050. The first link at bottom of this post has driver setup for windows 7 32 bit and Windows 7 64bit. Of course it’s free and no registration required.
The hardware ID for Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_04281468&REV_01
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_04281468
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001C&CC_020000
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001C&CC_0200
Atheros AR5007EG Driver Windows 7 – Driver 1
OR
Atheros AR5007EG Driver Windows 7 – Driver 2
That’s all. Thank You.