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Wireless does NOT turn on my DS laptop

Post Date: 2016-03-28
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    Posted: 28 Mar 2016 at 8:29pm
Hey guys,
I have a situation.
I have a 15" laptop I bought from here in 2013. I installed a fresh version of Windows 7 (using the disk that came with my laptop).
Everything went fine, but I can not turn on the Wireless capability. I press Fn+F11, but the only thing i see on the screen is that it says "OFF". When I try to toggle between on and off, it just says off.
This is very concerning to me.
Am I doing anything wrong?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks.
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try reinstalling the wi fi driver. might need to update it as well.


Edited by db188 - 28 Mar 2016 at 11:01pm
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The Hotkey driver might also need installing from the disc.
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Yep. I forgot to install the Optional Drivers from the disc. I'm an idiot.
Thanks guys!
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Awesome

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Now that you've got the driver installed from the disk, and it sounds like the Wi-Fi is working, go to the manufacturer's website for your Wi-Fi chip (Intel? Killer? Something else?) and download the latest driver for your OS.

With all my PCs over the years, for home and work, I like to create a folder on my data drive for all the drivers and download newer drivers to that folder.  It also gets backed up to my NAS so I don't lose any drivers that the manufacturer might not offer anymore.  Then I can just copy them to a flash drive when I want to do a clean OS install and have the latest ones ready to go.
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