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    Intel 5100 ANG Not Powering Up On Toshiba Qosmio X305

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Lappie, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. Lappie

    Lappie Notebook Consultant

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    I have a new Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q705 of only 2 months new to me and all of a sudden, the wi-fi radio switch stopped working.

    I removed it and tested in a PM945 based notebook and it was detected and installed latest friver as of 01-05-09 and it works fine. I am using it now.

    Where and how do these slide switches control the wi-fi onand off? I dont even get the light so it appears to not be coming on. Yet when it is moved to another notebook, it does. I am gonna drop an old Intel 4965 AGN to test (yes, it is known working and just pulled for this test).

    Any ideas of what to look for asside from loose or fulty wiring? Does the radio switch pass through something els on the way back to the actual link adapter? When I troubleshoot, it reports that wireless capability is turned off, yet I can use a USB N adapter just fine and if I click to activate it nothing happens. I dont get any LED to light up. What else in Vista or Toshiba can disable the radio of the PCIe slot card (built in)?

    UPDATE I just installed the known working Intel wi-Fi Link into the Toshiba x305 and it was identified by Vista Ult x64 and configured and I still updated to the latest driver. But still I cannot activate the On/Off switch to get it to connect. the 5100 also still showed up in Windows and if I run the Intel Pro Utility, it hangs at cannot turn radio and fails to go on.

    When It happened; I had just got up to answer a phone call and was in the middle of a game wich was on pause and minamised w/ a PDF walkthrough up on screen and in the background uTorrent ws running but w/ only 150Kbps D and 60Kbps U. I do this often w/ no issues on this and several notebooks. I only noticed that cause the game was sitting there the CPU was pinging to 60% but not hotter then usual. Nothing felt hot outside of normal for a gaming session.

    Thankx in adavnce!
     
    Lappie, Jan 16, 2009
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