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    Broken WiFi Switch on Aspire 1410

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by dustrho, Apr 18, 2010.

  1. dustrho

    dustrho Notebook Guru

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    The other day I was turning off my WiFi switch (located underneath and in the front-left side of the notebook) when I noticed that it was completely loose. It didn't have that snug feeling, and definitely wasn't working anymore because it couldn't turn the WiFi on or off anymore. My guess is that it's broken, and I'm not sure what I want to do with that now (attempt to fix it myself, call Acer for repair or just ignore it).

    Has anyone else's WiFi switch break on them? If so, what did you do to fix it?
     
    dustrho, Apr 18, 2010
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    decworld Notebook Evangelist

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    Ive always wondered if the switch is physical or software, if software you may be able to just enable the hardward device or reset the bios (assuming its a bios setting).
     
    decworld, Apr 19, 2010
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    Thanks dustrho i was having a problem with my wifi as well it wasnt picking up any wifi networks eg at my library untill i did a google search and saw ur problem about your switch. i didnt even know that the aspire 1410 even had a switch for the wifi and bluetooth thank you for your help oh and has your local pc shop have any switches so that you can replace it? :)
     
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    Dj Crook, Jan 25, 2011
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