Cannot fix unclaimed network adapter

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I desperately need help fixing my wifi adapter. I cannot get it to show up and fix it from being unclaimed. Please have some patience as this weekend is my first step into Linux in my personal life, although I have used Linux machines at work here and there. I have looked at other threads and tried out a few things already, but am willing to try anything again.
Things I have tried:
-reinstalling drivers
-searching BIOS for power settings and other things that may be an issue (I couldnt find much so it may be that I am missing the particular setting)
-Going into my Windows install on a separate SSD and trying the Network Reset tool (this was a solution in another thread)

Please let me know what other information I can provide that may help diagnose the issue, as I would love to solve this asap.

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Here is some more info, for any that may need it.

System:
  Kernel: 6.11.10-300.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.43.1-2.fc41
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.1 Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85)
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.H4
    date: 09/03/2024
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
    rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3632 min/max: 550/4409 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3632
    2: 3632 3: 3632 4: 3632 5: 3632 6: 3632 7: 3632 8: 3632 9: 3632 10: 3632
    11: 3632 12: 3632 bogomips: 91193
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01 arch: Lovelace bus-ID: 26:00.0
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    resolution: 5120x2880~30Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 565.57.01 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.1
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 28:00.4
  Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis Nova 5
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB bus-ID: 1-1.4.4:7
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.10-300.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: N/A
    bus-ID: 21:00.0
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb
    v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB bus-ID: 3-4:3
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 9.83 GiB (0.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
    temp: 30.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 464.76 GiB used: 9.45 GiB (2.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 395.5 MiB (40.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /home size: 464.76 GiB used: 9.45 GiB (2.0%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.72 GiB used: 4.19 GiB (6.7%)
  Processes: 396 Uptime: 23m Init: systemd target: graphical (5)
  Packages: 10 note: see --rpm Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.32
    inxi: 3.3.36
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Notice that the system suggested that you use sudo with the lshw command.
The command lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 -E "wi-fi|network|ethernet" should provide more detailed info needed for troubleshooting.

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Running lshw as sudo didnt really provide any additional info.
Here is what lspci provided:

21:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 5(802.11ac) Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] [8086:2526] (rev 29)
	DeviceName: Broadcom 5762
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz 2x2 [8086:0014]
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi
22:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1539] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7b85]
	Kernel driver in use: igb
	Kernel modules: igb
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You have iwlwifi probe failed with error -110. This is quite common, and has multiple underlying causes. Arch Linux Topic 297679 has a number of things to try.

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Thank you. While I am convinced at this point it may be some setting in my BIOS, I cannot figure it out. My b450 motherboard does not have a fast boot and does not have Intel AMT setting as was the solution in your posted thread. I am at a loss, but will continue to dig in.

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The posted thread had multiple suggested solutions.

From MSI Fast Boot and Fast Boot missing from B450 Gaming Plus Bios it appears that different MSI BIOS versions enable different feature sets. You could try searching for your hardware in the LHDB to see which BIOS versions have WiFi enabled. You can also ask for advice from MSI Forum users.

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Fixed!! Thank you very much! It was the Fast Boot option inside of Windows that had to be turned off. I was an idiot and combing through my BIOS setting this whole time. Booted up Windows and changed the setting and came back to working wifi.

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I don’t agree that you were being an idiot. Windows “our way or the highway” attitude creates many “attractive nuisance” issues because side effects of settings for use-cases other than the as-delivered Windows configuration are never mentioned.

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