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    M17x Broadcom Wireless Issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by alitunay, Jun 21, 2009.

  1. alitunay

    alitunay Power Seller

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    Hi guys,

    When ever I go on battery power the wireless card turns itself off and no matter what I tried couldnt get it working. I changed the power setting to high power, this didn;t help. Machine is not in stealth mode. I cahnged the wirelss power settings in the power management to maximum power. I tried reinstalling the broadcom drivers, and no help either. It looks like something turns the Wifi adapter off when ever I plug the power off but can not figure out which applciation is doing it. Any ideas?
     
    alitunay, Jun 21, 2009
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    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    You try looking around in the command center/windows mobility??
     
    sleey0, Jun 21, 2009
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  3. alitunay

    alitunay Power Seller

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    Nope everything is set to maximum performance for wireless bu yet I am having these issues. And other ideas?
     
    alitunay, Jun 21, 2009
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  4. sleey0

    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    I don't have my system until tomorrow. If your still stumped on Monday I'll def help you out.
     
    sleey0, Jun 21, 2009
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  5. alitunay

    alitunay Power Seller

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    Thanks man. I'll try installing windows 7 and then see if it continues.

    Thanks
     
    alitunay, Jun 21, 2009
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  6. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    You should have some advanced power save features options for the device specifically in the device manager.

    You maybe need to uncheck the selection that says "allow this device to enter power save mode" or something along those lines.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 21, 2009
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  7. kilthro

    kilthro Floating in Space

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    dumb question.. never thought of this before with vista.. mainly used it on my desktop.

    Is there a connected disconnected icon for the sys tray like xp would show?
    I just have one icon that does both Ethernet and wireless. I would like to be able to glance at it to tell if wireless is connected or disconnected like in xp..

    Just curious..
     
    kilthro, Jun 21, 2009
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  8. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    you should be able to have both show on the "bar" as seperate units.
    i cant remember right off, but there usually is a "show when device is connected/disconnected" check box....i think...lol
     
    ryujin, Jun 21, 2009
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  9. Axman

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    uninstall all software that came with the wifi card and install the drivers only
     
    Axman, Jun 21, 2009
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