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    G51 Wifi all of the sudden not working, help?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by wgilles, Nov 3, 2009.

  1. wgilles

    wgilles Notebook Enthusiast

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    I turned on my G51 today and it will not pick up any Wifi signals...I have no idea why this happened. I tried reinstalling the wifi drivers and it says that the device is unplugged or ejected.

    Anyone have any ideas?
     
    wgilles, Nov 3, 2009
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  2. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    Did you happen to accidentally flip the wifi switch on the front of the laptop?
     
    Lanaya, Nov 3, 2009
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    wgilles Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tried that, I turned it off and on and the interesting thing is that it says Wifi and Bluetooth off when I flip it both ON and OFF.
     
    wgilles, Nov 3, 2009
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    Try Fn-F2 and click it on. Then reboot. I had similar issue when I 1st unboxed mine.
     
    Fizban68, Nov 3, 2009
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  5. wgilles

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    Ok, I'll try that
     
    wgilles, Nov 3, 2009
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    That worked, thank you.
     
    wgilles, Nov 3, 2009
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    i had this same problem today. it would only work after removing it from device manager and reinstalling it! using this tip helped, so thanks for the heads up!
     
    den4ps, Nov 3, 2009
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    mrcrysis Notebook Geek

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    one of my friends encountered that too
    but i think he solved it the same way
     
    mrcrysis, Nov 4, 2009
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