So it turns out it wasn't software or drivers, it was a faulty chip. It stopped working completely after downgrading the driver, so I ordered a new ac7260 chip and installed and it worked flawlessly...

Ken, thank you again. I couldn't tell you how long i've been looking for a working driver but the 17.0 drivers are working perfectly. I'm not sure if I had the wrong one or if I had it half installed...

Thank you for your reply and solution to the problem, I have disabled windows from handling updates/drivers and have installed 17.0 driver and after using it for 30 minutes no problems so far, i...

A little background: I have researched this topic many times to find a solution to no avail because they either never offered a working solution in the thread before it died out, or their issues were...

Any updates on finding a solution to this problem? My computer is having what sounds exactly the same issues, but i have an HP m7-k211dx laptop and intel AC 7260 wifi card. Only difference is the...