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    NP700Z5A-S04US broadcom wifi fixed?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by NEOFOLLOWER2, Jan 24, 2012.

  1. NEOFOLLOWER2

    NEOFOLLOWER2 Notebook Consultant

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    i have a NP700Z5A-S04US i have had crappy reception and dropped wifi signals for about 2 months now...but then i went and updated the broadcom driver with the one listed on samsung and the problems went away completely...

    the driver that my laptop come with was out of date i forget what version it was but the new one should be

    5.60.350.21

    very easy to find

    maybe this will work for you maybe it wont
    but its worth a try.
     
    NEOFOLLOWER2, Jan 24, 2012
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  2. Hawat

    Hawat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Those drivers are not new, actually they are old (from 6/2010). The latest drivers for the chip are 5.100.82.95 (7/2011). I ran into some problems with the wifi and connection speed the first month I got the laptop. Surprisingly the same connections didn´t work well form me in the past now work much better. I´m not sure if the improvement is related to any Windows 7 update besides Broadcom wifi driver...I suggest update the system to date to check this out.
     
    Hawat, Jan 25, 2012
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