1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 3, 2013 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 hello the laptop heather uses seems to have lost the will to connect to our wireless. its an internal wireless on the motherboard I assume so cant take out and replace. i have pluged in a network cable and its fine i have disabled and re-enabled in device manager i have un installed and re-installed I have updated drivers all i get is the error "windows can not find any networks" when I try a wireless connection the wireless router is fine (i have been connected to it with my work laptop all afternoon) any help welcome Friar (and Heather) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted January 3, 2013 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 What brand model is that laptop? Which version of Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 3, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 dell vostro 1500 vista business sp 2 wireless card is intel pro/wireless 3945abg i am just downloading drivers from intel site now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 There might be a switch some where on the case, This happen last week and took be a day to work it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted January 3, 2013 2. Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2013 Check the antenna cables have not become disconnected from the wifi card. The wifi card should be accessible via a cover on the underside of the laptop. Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 3, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 no crash the wireless on/off is not the issue, thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 3, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 thanks nick, did not think i could get to the card took out the card and re-seated, still same issue. i think i will look to picking up a new card, cant be that expensive.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted January 3, 2013 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yeah, USB adapter like, should do fine. Make sure it's one that compatible with yer router, N- and stuff thingies. Otherwise from removing the adapter (similar to uninstall) then re-booting the pc so it can discover the card itself, I have no other options to tinker with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 3, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 just had a look on ebay and can get a new card for £4.99 so going to go for that ...... thanks for the help chaps, much welcome as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted January 3, 2013 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 3, 2013 Just make sure that you are letting Windows search for the networks or alternatively let your network software do it - check these settings first because that's the same problem we had with Janie's XP laptop. We let Windows do the searching and it was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gec Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 What Sid said. Sometimes programs from manufacturers interfere with network search from windows. the best would be to have installed only the driver for the card. without of the rest of the rubbish usually comes with it. windows does fine job with discovering networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 4, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 4, 2013 no its windows that cant find the networks anyway, as i said i have bought a new card to see if its that. many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gec Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 i know what u r saying Friar. but if u have another sw doing the same thing, windows are not able to find a network. i'm afraid that when the new (same) card comes, u'll have same problem. wish im wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 5, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 5, 2013 its fine when i plug a network cable in gec, it finds the network etc all ok so that makes me think its the card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gec Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 wireless and wired are very rarely the same card. i could bet that your wired network works even with wireless card removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted January 5, 2013 2. Administrators Share Posted January 5, 2013 I think that's Colin's point. The laptop does connect to the network OK via ethernet, just not via wifi. Fortunately, the replacement wireless card is only a few pounds, so it's worth a try even if the problem is something else. Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted January 13, 2013 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted January 13, 2013 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr fecking Vista........ After deciding to re-install from the recovery partition of Friday evening and then spending till now to try and bring Vista up to date (its an old machine so lots of patches) it now tells me (after doing multiple updates with the machine running fine that the updates have not installed correctly and that I need to reinstall windows to activate.... Wheres that xp disk.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted January 13, 2013 2. Administrators Share Posted January 13, 2013 on ts now if you want to discuss it Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewh Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 It seems to be because of the slow speed of the internet. Have you tested the speed of your internet? If not, you should do it now. And for this I would recommend this site ptcl speedput. Make sure that you are getting the actual speed of the internet. There can be a number of reasons behind this problem. Also, check out your router if you are using an old router. You can also set up a wifi booster at your place to give strength to the internet signals by increasing the coverage area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted March 16, 2021 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted March 16, 2021 err, this post was from 2013 but thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted March 16, 2021 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Friar said: err, this post was from 2013 but thanks anyway Well, Matthew must be an expert on slow internets... his reply took 8 years to get here! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 On 3/16/2021 at 10:54 AM, FoolTrottel said: Well, Matthew must be an expert on slow internets... his reply took 8 years to get here! FT! FTW 🏁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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