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    Asus G50VT-X1 Wifi Problem :(

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Elitehunter, Apr 28, 2009.

  1. Elitehunter

    Elitehunter Notebook Enthusiast

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    i really need help...My Wifi was working perfectly fine till yesterday morning :) :(...But now if i try to swtich it on it dosent switch on :(...I tried switching it on from the button on the front but it dosent :(...even if the button is on, the connection dosen get turned on...i also tried Fn+F2, here it gets switched on for like 5 seconds and then gets disabled :(....The icon displaying it in the front in the laptop (next to the battery charging display icon) dosen work like when i use Fn+F2 when the switch is on, it comes on for like 5 seconds and goes off :(
     
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  2. David

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    Check your device manager to see if your wifi card is working properly. If it isn't there should be an exclamation mark next to it.
    If there's no problems there, try and reinstall your wifi driver and see if that works. Make sure you install your current driver first.
     
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    Reaper05 Notebook Evangelist

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    did you recently update the driver via windows update?
    ive seen vista uninstall stuff and not reinstall the drivers.
    stupid vista LOL
     
    Reaper05, Apr 28, 2009
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    I guess i recently did update...will check it out...ANd ya the 1st thing i did was check in the device manager...It was installed properly...
     
    Elitehunter, Apr 28, 2009
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    Elitehunter, May 8, 2009
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