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    T61 802.11 Wireless Radio doesn't power on

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zube, Sep 9, 2007.

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    I received my T61 (6459CTO) and I'm having a problem with the 802.11 Wireless Radio powering off on it's own. It happens during long sustained network transfers.

    When I hit Fn+F5 I see that the 802.11 Wirless Radio is powered off but hitting Power On does nothing. In Access Connections I hit Find and it tries to power on the wireless radio but it can't. The only way to fix it is a hard reboot. If I try to shutdown through Vista it just sits at "Shutting Down".

    I have tried a clean install and restored the factory install and the problem still exists.

    Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
    Widows Vista 32-bit
    Latest drivers and BIOS

    Power savings is set to maximum performance and the laptop does not go to sleep when plugged in.

    I'm using N mode and this happens when running on AC power (haven't tried on just battery). I have four other wireless PC's on this network which have no problems at all (but they are all running on G). I'm using WPA2 encryption and a DLINK DIR-655 router (latest firmware).

    Any one else experiencing this? Any suggestions?

    Thanks
     
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    This is the error message in event viewer:

    The description for Event ID 5005 from source NETw4v32 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

    If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

    The following information was included with the event:

    \Device\NDMP8
    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

    The specified resource type cannot be found in the image file
     
    zube, Sep 9, 2007
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