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    missing lan

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Shinko, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. Shinko

    Shinko Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi, i got an aspire 5102 and out of the blue the lan stoped working. I rebooted, instaled new drivers, ran the recovery option to returned to original state but nothing works. when i plug the cable the leds do not react.

    so if anybody could help will be great. :confused:
     
    Shinko, Jul 24, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    What does Device Manager show? No network adaptor or an exclamation mark?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 24, 2008
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  3. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    Happend to my Toshiba a few times, it disapeared, re-appeared and disappeared... randomly. Apparently it was because I updated the drivers and hadn't installed them properly.

    I had the problem resolved in this way;

    Get a copy of the install of the wired LAN drivers.

    Take out the battery and press the power button to get of any power left in it and then leave it for a few minutes.

    Insert battery, turn it on, (keep unplugged from wired LAN, can have power supply connected though).

    Boot into windows / safe mode.
    Uninstall the current drivers for the device from device manager.

    Reboot again into windows / safe mode.

    Install the drivers, reboot once more into windows this time.

    Insert LAN cable.

    Hopefully this will work ;)
     
    TonyZ, Jul 24, 2008
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  4. Shinko

    Shinko Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank's i'll try that. :)
     
    Shinko, Jul 24, 2008
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    Shinko Notebook Enthusiast

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    nothing,it shows only wlan
     
    Shinko, Jul 24, 2008
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Does LAN appear in network adapters in the device manager or not..??
     
    Andy, Jul 24, 2008
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