Lenovo G550 2985 WiFi Issue

Hi,
I'm Using the Lenovo G550 2985 machine and struggling with Wifi services. I was able to use the services initially when i bought the laptop without any problem, but after sometime i formated my laptop and reinstalled the win 7 and installed all the drivers including Wifi. Unfortunately machine wasn't recognizing the drivers as I checked in devmgmt.msc, I couldn't see the drivers there, I also checked the services.msc and the wifi was on start and automatic. Later I uninstalled the ReadyComm but still it didn't help me at all. It's just i can't get my Wifi on this machine since i formated my lapton. Please help if u any suggestion..

hi amitpal1717,
Welcome to Lenovo Forums.
Can you try to download and install Aida 64 Extreme and check the wifi device properties (see sample on spoiler)
Spoiler (Highlight to read)
 If you get the info on the wireless card, try these drivers accordingly:
Intel Wireless WiFi Link Driver   Intel Wireless WiFi Link Driver     Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver
Windows 7 32bit                             Windows 7 64bit                               Windows 7 32bit / 64bit
IN1WLN61WW5.exe                      IN1WLN32WW6.exe                         IN2WLN50WW5.exe
2.42 MB                                            2.99MB                                                19.5 MB
Let me know your findings
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