Odd Wireless Adapter Problem (Acer Aspire One D260)

I have an Aspire One D260 Netbook.
I have windows 7 X86 installed on this computer. The wireless adapter couldn't not detect the any wireless connection until I install the latest BIOS (V3.13). But there's a still a problem remaining.
After I reboot the computer, the wireless adapter(Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter) goes back to the same state, not being able to detect any wireless connection. (I have the latest drivers for every hardware component).
If I install the BIOS again the problem goes away until I turn it off again. When I turn it on again, the problem comes back. How can I fix this problem so that the wireless adapter detect wireless connection all the time without any problem. I can't imagine installing BIOS everytime I have to use the wireless internet.
Thanks.

 

Can you test the computer with a different wireless card to verify if it's a BIOS issue or a card issue?

 

Most probably a driver issue.
Do not assume that the drivers provided by windows update are the latest. In your case is best to use the latest drivers available on Acer support site (or FTP). If you can't find drivers specifically for windows 7 then use the drivers available for Vista as they are usually compatible (In my case I haven't yet encountered a Vista driver that does not work for 7 too).

Do not flash your bios all the time as you expose yourself to a great risk.

 

I installed the latest driver for Broadcom Network Adapter but the problem still persists. What can I do?

 

What driver version exactly?
Make sure that in advanced settings of power management in Windows Wi-Fi card is set to no power saving/max performance.

 

What do you mean by "not being able to detect any wireless connection"?
You can not see the available wireless networks or you can not switch on/use the wireless adapter? What is the status of the wi-fi led?

And another question, how can you use the wireless connection after a bios update when the update utility will require a restart immediately after?

 

It's the latest driver on the Acer home page.
Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver 5.60.350.6

Yes, I cannot see any available wireless networks even the adapter is on (Fn+F3) and the netbook is in proximity of the router.

I don't understand why but if I installed(overwriting) the BIOS, the next time I boot the netbook, it does detect wireless connection.
Very odd but I wonder whether it's a problem with the current BIOS.

 

Try these drivers (v5.100.57.8) and make sure that power management for Wi-Fi card is set to no power-saving/max performance (in advanced power management settings available through control panel)

 

Thanks but it doesn't solve the problem.
It looks the same. I feel really stuck.

 

Do you have another laptop? It would help if you could cross check your Aspire One with another Wi-Fi card and your current card in another laptop.
If this doesn't help or is impossible to do you may want to flash an earlier version of BIOS.
I would mention something about flashing BIOS being dangerous but since you do it on daily basis...

 

Thanks.
I will try earlier BIOS. What are some of the risks involved in flashing BIOS?

 

If the flash goes bad you brick your computer.
The only thing left to do at that point is playing with crisis disk.