DEFINITIVE MEDION / TONGFANG CLEAN INSTALL DRIVER FIX (2024–2025).
DEFINITIVE MEDION / TONGFANG / XMG CLEAN INSTALL DRIVER FIX (2024–2025).
How to recover Wi‑Fi, LAN, Touchpad, Medion, Tongfang ? XMG Control Centre Hotkeys & Control Centre after a clean Windows 11 install.
Author: Brian Hunter Tested on: Medion Erazer / Major X1 / X20 / X40 / Beast 16, 18 S‑Series (2023–2025) Problem: Clean Windows install = NO drivers, NO Wi‑Fi, NO LAN, NO touchpad, NO hotkeys, NO Control Center Cause: Medion’s driver installer only works on Medion‑branded OS images Fix: Manual.INF injection + Windows Update + OEM clean-up.
🟥 THE PROBLEM (WHY NOTHING WORKS)
If you wipe the SSD and install a clean Windows ISO, you’ll hit this:
- No Wi‑Fi
- No LAN
- No trackpad
- No hotkeys
- No fan control
- No keyboard lighting
- No Control Center
- Medion’s driver installer (
drivers.cmd) prints a list and exits - Windows Update can’t start because you have no network
- Device Manager is full of yellow triangles
This is because Medion/TongFang drivers require a Medion OS image to install automatically.
A clean Windows install breaks the OEM detection, so the installer refuses to run.
🟩 THE FIX (WORKS 100% OF THE TIME)
This method bypasses Medion’s broken installer and forces Windows to accept every driver.
✅ STEP 1 — Get ANY network working (LAN or WI‑Fi)
You only need ONE of these to come alive:
- Realtek LAN
- Intel/Realtek Wi‑Fi
Once you have internet, Windows Update can do the heavy lifting.
How to force it:
- Open Device Manager
- Right‑click Ethernet Controller → Update driver
- Browse → point to the root of the Medion driver pack
- Tick Include subfolders
- Next
If it finds nothing, repeat with:
LANfolderWLANfolder
Once one of them installs → you’re online.
✅ STEP 2 — Let Windows Update run fully
Now Windows Update will install:
- Intel chipset
- Intel MEI
- Intel/AMD GPU
- Realtek LAN
- Realtek Wi‑Fi
- USB controller
- Card reader
This fixes 70% of the machine.
Let it run until it says “You’re up to date”.
✅ STEP 3 — Install ALL remaining drivers manually (the secret step)
Medion’s CMD installer will NOT work after a clean installation.
So you must install the OEM drivers manually:
For every “Unknown device”:
- Right‑click → Update driver
- Browse my computer
- Browse → select the root of the Medion driver pack
- Tick Include subfolders
- Next
Windows will auto‑match the correct INF.
This installs:
- Tong Fang HID
- Precision Touchpad
- Tong Fang ACPI
- Hotkeys
- Keyboard lighting
- System interface
- Fan control dependencies
This is the step Median never tells anyone.
✅ STEP 4 — Install the Tong Fang Control Centre.
Look for folders named:
ControlCenterHotkeyTCCTongFangControl
Run the EXE inside.
This restores:
- Performance modes
- Fan control
- Battery charge limit
- Keyboard lighting
- Fn keys
Without this, the laptop runs like a potato.
🟦 STEP 5 — Reboot and verify
Open Device Manager → no yellow icons Open Control Center → fan modes + lighting working Trackpad → Precision Touchpad enabled Wi‑Fi + LAN → working GPU → correct driver installed
Your Medion is now fully restored.
🟧 WHY THIS GUIDE IS NECESSARY
Because:
- Medion’s installer checks for Medion OS branding
- Clean Windows installs break the OEM detection
- The CMD installer silently exits
- Windows Update can’t run without a network
- Forums are full of people stuck with no drivers
- Medion support gives copy‑paste answers
- No official documentation exists
This guide solves the entire chain in one go.