Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller always has an error after sleep

CA 145 Reputation points
2025-07-07T10:01:47.0033333+00:00

When starting after sleep Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller always has an error and therefore I have to disabled it and the enabled it to restart the WiFi connection. I do not want to leave network controllers on during sleep. This started happening after the June 2nd update. Please fix at your end and reissue the update. I do not really want to have to disable and reenable the controller every time. Thank you.

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  1. Sandra 40 Reputation points
    2025-11-15T22:22:43.6733333+00:00

    I found a better solution that has been working for the last few days! Go into device manager --> network adapters --> marvell avastar wireless-AC network controller right click and select properties --> advanced and select wake on pattern match --> change from enabled to disabled! Hope this helps some of you! I haven't had to do the enable disable adapter for days which was a solution albeit an annoying one.

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  2. D S 110 Reputation points
    2025-10-18T12:08:18.59+00:00

    The problem is specifically related to the latest Avastar Marvell driver released by Microsoft, version 15.68.17022.122

    I was able to find a previous version of the driver 15.68.17021.121 that does seem to work, but I don't know what other issues 121 may cause.

    You can download a .cab of the previous drivers from the following Microsoft website.

    https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=marvell%20semiconductors%20

    Choose the 121 driver, or other previous driver. Download the cab. Double click on the cab to open it, and move the files out of the cab into a folder on your computer.

    Open Device manager and choose to update the driver, with files on your disk. Then choose the folder where you placed these extracted files.

    NOTE: the driver IS signed by Microsoft, so you won't get any errors. This is an official previous release, from a Microsoft website.

    In addition to complaining to Microsoft, please go to the Marvell website and click, "Talk to us" and fill out the form to submit a complaint about driver 122 for the Marvell Avastar wifi card.

    https://www.marvell.com/support.html

    Perhaps someone will pay attention to this problem.

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  3. Thibaut 40 Reputation points
    2025-08-22T16:51:06.5133333+00:00

    Same here.

    I created a PowerShell script to disable/enable the device automatically: 

    # Name of the device as it appears in Device Manager
$DeviceName = "Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller"

# Find the device
$device = Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -eq $DeviceName }

if ($null -eq $device) {
    Write-Host "Device '$DeviceName' not found." -ForegroundColor Red
    return
}

Write-Host "Disabling device: $($device.FriendlyName)"
Disable-PnpDevice -InstanceId $device.InstanceId -Confirm:$false

Start-Sleep -Seconds 2  # Wait briefly before re-enabling

Write-Host "Re-enabling device: $($device.FriendlyName)"
Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId $device.InstanceId -Confirm:$false

    How to Write and Run PowerShell scripts

    (The script must be run in an elevated PowerShell window because enabling/disabling devices requires administrative permissions.)

    Then you can create a shortcut to it (adjust the execution policy as needed).

    Hope this helps while we're waiting for a fix.

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  4. CA 145 Reputation points
    2025-07-18T14:38:16.9+00:00

    I found a quick work around which is to leave the Computer Management window open and just Right click on Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller and select Disable device. It asks if I am sure - click yes. Then after it reloads the menu, Right click it again and this time select Enable device. The Wifi pops back on immediately.

    Meanwhile, Microsoft have not responded.

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  5. CA 145 Reputation points
    2025-07-25T19:32:25.1433333+00:00

    If you have the SAME ISSUE - please raise it here:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/send-feedback-to-microsoft-with-the-feedback-hub-app-f59187f8-8739-22d6-ba93-f66612949332

    Hopefully someone from Microsoft will eventually see / respond.

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