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    WIFI BIOS lock by Sony? 3945/4965/5300 not working

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by RayStar, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. RayStar

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    I posted this in the Networking section but I wanted to see if anyone has ever encountered a problem like this.....

    I think i screwed my laptop somehow,
    last week i tried to upgrade my wifi to 5300 from 3945 but when inserted it showed up but it said no connection availalbe with an X through the signal bars
    so i just changed it back to 3945.

    Today i tried to upgrade to a 4965 and for some reason the same problem occured. I thought the 5300 might of been BIOS LOCKED or something as that was suggested to me by another member on the forum but i found it odd that both cards were somehow blocked in a way, but they were still attached to the laptop and showing up as working in the device manager. nowa after giving up on installing the 4965 I reinserted my 3945 and now its showing up as no connections available :( . are there any settings in the advanced tab that i need to change?
    I never install the Intel Wifi configuration utility so i dont know if that would help or not. i have tried switching the antennas back and forth from one and two to see if that works and taking off the 3rd antenna but no luck with the 4965. please help me out.
    im in urget help of getting this problem fixed. thanks.

    The 5300 was taken from a Sony as I've heard and the 4965 was bought off ebay and was being used fine in a Dell 1330 and is still working with that laptop as thats where it came from
     
    RayStar, Apr 6, 2010
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    Did you turn OFF the Wifi using the Sony utility?
     
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  3. RayStar

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    no not at all...i had it on and running never touched it just switched wifi cards and booted up and now it wont turn on
     
    RayStar, Apr 6, 2010
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    Is the card showing up in device manager? It it does, go to the advanced properties of the card and make sure the wireless mode is not disabled.
     
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    yep i did do that but no luck, its all showing as working properly in device manager its like everything is working but the wireless itself........even the WAN light is on where its shows the physical light on the laptop...
     
    RayStar, Apr 6, 2010
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    Did you check if your wireless router is working properly? Run the troubleshooting in Windows.
     
    coolguy, Apr 6, 2010
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