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    Problem with wifi

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jacatone, Nov 24, 2011.

  1. jacatone

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    Have an Aspire 5000. The wifi stopped working so I tried a PCMCIA card. It shows up as a Ethernet Controller in the Device Manager but won't accept the driver even after multiple attempts to install it. Works fine in Ubuntu 10 with the live CD though. Anyone figure this out? Thanks.